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Re: Searching for John McLeod
Thanks for all the help. I am finally learning how to use Scotland's People and have used up my first purchase of point
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Thanks for all the help. I am finally learning how to use Scotland's People and have used up my first purchase of point
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Claude Hanson
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Re: Searching for John McLeod
I can only reiterate, and _emphasise_ what Anne has said... be a Berean - as Paul of Tarsus enjoined all Christians to be - "These (Berea) were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they
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I can only reiterate, and _emphasise_ what Anne has said... be a Berean - as Paul of Tarsus enjoined all Christians to be - "These (Berea) were more noble than those in Thessalonica in that they
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Allan MacBain
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Re: Searching for John McLeod
I use the IGI on FamilySearch a lot, but usually only the 'Community indexed' section - I do not trust the 'Community contributed' section at all.
They also had a nasty habit of assuming that a man
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I use the IGI on FamilySearch a lot, but usually only the 'Community indexed' section - I do not trust the 'Community contributed' section at all.
They also had a nasty habit of assuming that a man
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Searching for John McLeod
I gave you the web site address for Grampian Health Board Archives. You will not find details of patients in Ladysbridge Hospital (or any other hospital) online - you need to e-mail them and ask what
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I gave you the web site address for Grampian Health Board Archives. You will not find details of patients in Ladysbridge Hospital (or any other hospital) online - you need to e-mail them and ask what
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Searching for John McLeod
I do use the FamilySearch Family Tree for a couple of reasons -- first, it is the most widely-used free site, and many people trust it, therefor I try to make the sourcing and information for my
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I do use the FamilySearch Family Tree for a couple of reasons -- first, it is the most widely-used free site, and many people trust it, therefor I try to make the sourcing and information for my
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Valorie Zimmerman
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Re: Searching for John McLeod
Anne: Thanks for continuing to try to help me. I did learn how to use the Scotland's People cite, paid a fee and purchased a couple censuses. I tried for several hours to get the marriage of
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Anne: Thanks for continuing to try to help me. I did learn how to use the Scotland's People cite, paid a fee and purchased a couple censuses. I tried for several hours to get the marriage of
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Claude Hanson
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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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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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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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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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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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Searching for John McLeod
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Claude Hanson <claudehanson@...>
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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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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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