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Re: Searching for John McLeod
It is possible that the John McLeod born in Forgue is the father of Alexander McLeod.
However he shows up as a coachman in every census, and Alexander's father said he was a blacksmith.
I think you
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It is possible that the John McLeod born in Forgue is the father of Alexander McLeod.
However he shows up as a coachman in every census, and Alexander's father said he was a blacksmith.
I think you
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Searching for John McLeod
Thanks, Valorie
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Claude Hanson
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#507
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Re: Searching for John McLeod
Hi Claude,
I can't seem to reply to your message because it is an image rather than text! I usually snip the Groups.io message footer in replies, but leave it so that you see that there are links
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Hi Claude,
I can't seem to reply to your message because it is an image rather than text! I usually snip the Groups.io message footer in replies, but leave it so that you see that there are links
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Valorie Zimmerman
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#506
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
Yep - but now that I've gotten so many suggestions from this group I'm re-looking - hoping I've missed something.
A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR RESPONSES - I'M GOING OVER EVERYTHING
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Yep - but now that I've gotten so many suggestions from this group I'm re-looking - hoping I've missed something.
A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR RESPONSES - I'M GOING OVER EVERYTHING
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Lynne Roberts
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#505
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
A couple ideas.....
FAN club ... Is anyone listed as witnesses on court documents (land records, Wills/probate), church records (baptism, marriage etc), newspaper records, neighbour in census records.
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A couple ideas.....
FAN club ... Is anyone listed as witnesses on court documents (land records, Wills/probate), church records (baptism, marriage etc), newspaper records, neighbour in census records.
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jemooney@...
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#504
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Re: 40 years looking for parents of John McLeod, b. 1854 or 1855 in Dyke, Elginshire
Hi Claude,
Phew! I think thanks to Anne Burgess kindly looking up Certificates for you on scotlandspeople you finally have it all. You say Alexander McLeod was later living with the family of John
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Hi Claude,
Phew! I think thanks to Anne Burgess kindly looking up Certificates for you on scotlandspeople you finally have it all. You say Alexander McLeod was later living with the family of John
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Chas Houston <cmcfhouston@...>
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#503
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Searching for John McLeod
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Claude Hanson <claudehanson@...>
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#502
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Re: 40 years looking for parents of John McLeod, b. 1854 or 1855 in Dyke, Elginshire
Well done!
The tree was just a possible, I advised Claude to check the 1929 death cert for John McLeod's actual parents, and you have now ruled this John out as being born in Dyke but he could still
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Well done!
The tree was just a possible, I advised Claude to check the 1929 death cert for John McLeod's actual parents, and you have now ruled this John out as being born in Dyke but he could still
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Cas Houston <cmcfhouston@...>
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
Trust me - I have - I am a great believer in researching every aspect of their lives - relatives and friends etc etc - to the extent of spending over a week in Delaware and Licking Counties pouring
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Trust me - I have - I am a great believer in researching every aspect of their lives - relatives and friends etc etc - to the extent of spending over a week in Delaware and Licking Counties pouring
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Lynne Roberts
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
This information is clearly a mishmash of information - some accurate and some not and much completely unrelated - someone has combined a lot of various Campbells and assumed that they are related and
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This information is clearly a mishmash of information - some accurate and some not and much completely unrelated - someone has combined a lot of various Campbells and assumed that they are related and
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Lynne Roberts
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#499
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
Sorry - should have made it clearer - Toothaker, Rankin and Wise are the girls married names - none of the family had middle names. That didn't start until the next generation - my great grandmother
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Sorry - should have made it clearer - Toothaker, Rankin and Wise are the girls married names - none of the family had middle names. That didn't start until the next generation - my great grandmother
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Lynne Roberts
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Re: 40 years looking for parents of John McLeod, b. 1854 or 1855 in Dyke, Elginshire
Unfortunately facts are chiels that winna ding.
The John McLeod, coachman, married to Helen and living in Alves in 1901 gives his birthplace as Forgue, Aberdeenshire, not Dyke, Moray (FMP
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Unfortunately facts are chiels that winna ding.
The John McLeod, coachman, married to Helen and living in Alves in 1901 gives his birthplace as Forgue, Aberdeenshire, not Dyke, Moray (FMP
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
I found this on him on bing search it seems tobe the same person
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53975356/duncan-campbell
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I found this on him on bing search it seems tobe the same person
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53975356/duncan-campbell
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Dee Horn
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
Hi Lynne,
When you have found all you can about a person or family, then it's time to investigate their FAN club. What's that? Family, Associates, and Neighbors. I'm sure we've all heard (and usually
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Hi Lynne,
When you have found all you can about a person or family, then it's time to investigate their FAN club. What's that? Family, Associates, and Neighbors. I'm sure we've all heard (and usually
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Valorie Zimmerman
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
Hi Elizabeth;
If you haven’t already checked .... There are a number of trees on Ancestry that have these individuals. You might find something in one or more of them.
Blessings,
Donald Young
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Hi Elizabeth;
If you haven’t already checked .... There are a number of trees on Ancestry that have these individuals. You might find something in one or more of them.
Blessings,
Donald Young
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Donald Young
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
HiLynne
Thereare a lot on family trees on Ancestry with not much info but there was one withthe same information as yours. Not sure if it your family but it some to workon
Onher tree she has
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HiLynne
Thereare a lot on family trees on Ancestry with not much info but there was one withthe same information as yours. Not sure if it your family but it some to workon
Onher tree she has
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Josephine Conray
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
You give their children..are the 2nd names you give MARRIED names, or in fact a second name of the child? IF in fact, they are 2nd names you should also check out them. For example......Rankin to
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You give their children..are the 2nd names you give MARRIED names, or in fact a second name of the child? IF in fact, they are 2nd names you should also check out them. For example......Rankin to
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Goldie & Lido Doratti
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
I'm happy to keep on looking - but there's no place to look that I can find - that's the reason I'm sharing this with you all. As I just said - experienced researchers Durie and Dobson told me to
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I'm happy to keep on looking - but there's no place to look that I can find - that's the reason I'm sharing this with you all. As I just said - experienced researchers Durie and Dobson told me to
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Lynne Roberts
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
Nope - nothing - there are no immigration records. And I was told by Durie and Dobson that pre-1800 I shouldn't expect any immigration documentation at all. There just aren't any records that I - or
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Nope - nothing - there are no immigration records. And I was told by Durie and Dobson that pre-1800 I shouldn't expect any immigration documentation at all. There just aren't any records that I - or
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Lynne Roberts
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Re: Looking for Duncan Campbell...
Pity. my guys boarded the boat in Glasgow. Little bits of info make up the jigsaw.keep looking
Eliz
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Pity. my guys boarded the boat in Glasgow. Little bits of info make up the jigsaw.keep looking
Eliz
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