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Three missing Kirks from Dumfriesshire.
« on: Thursday 01 April 21 12:36 BST (UK) »

Three missing Kirks from Dumfriesshire, and help in trying to find them would be greatly appreciated.
The first two are siblings, the last their nephew:

Jean Kirk 1783 born 20 Nov 1783 Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire

William Kirk  1795 born 30 Aug 1795 Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire

James Kirk 1814 born 03 Nov 1814 St Mungo, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire

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Re: Three missing Kirks from Dumfriesshire.
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 01 April 21 13:22 BST (UK) »
Who were their parents?

Have you searched for deaths at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk using their mothers' maiden surnames?
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Three missing Kirks from Dumfriesshire.
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 01 April 21 14:29 BST (UK) »
Who were their parents?

Have you searched for deaths at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk using their mothers' maiden surnames?

The parents of the siblings are James Kirk 1759-1813 and Mary McLean 1755-1830.

James's parents are Robert Kirk 1787-1862 and Elizabeth Byers 1791-1866.

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk has been duly researched.

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Re: Three missing Kirks from Dumfriesshire.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 03 August 21 15:06 BST (UK) »
Jean Kirk features in 165 trees on Ancestry.

have you looked at these?