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Comment by Brenda McLean on January 18, 2010 at 8:29am

Hi Everyone,

I've just joined Our Family and still trying to rind my way around.
I am trying to find any data on John McCracken, [a master baker] born Colmonell, Ayrshire about 1835-1840.father John, mother Janet McCreadie.
So far all I have is a sore heid from banging it against the proverbial brick wall.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers
Brenda

Comment by Margaret Joan Kerr on November 28, 2009 at 6:31am

I'm in Australia, and often come across information relevant for other families. Goulburn (NSW) is one of the oldest cities.

Comment by Mary Poole on November 26, 2009 at 2:25am

Looking for McNaughtans (aka MacNaughton,MacNaughton, McNaughton depending on who was writing in the census and the immigration papers). I know I have relatives in Australia and South Africa

Comment by Kirsty F Wilkinson on August 22, 2009 at 12:10pm

Does everyone know about GenealogyWise? It's a social network quite similar to this one but specifically designed for genealogists. I run the 'Scotland and Scottish Ancestry' group which currently has over 400 members and an active discussion forum. Hope to see you all there!

Website: www.genealogywise.com

Kirsty

Comment by Rosemary Miles on May 26, 2009 at 12:19am

That sounds great Kristy. I don't actually have much research to do on the Northern Ireland side, just dates really, but it's been annoying not to be able to look them up.

Comment by Kirsty F Wilkinson on May 26, 2009 at 12:04am

Indexes to Irish BMDs (including Northern Ireland pre-1922) are being put online on the FamilySearch Record Pilot at http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1408347 If you are able to identify your ancestor's birth in Scottish records then tracing family who stayed in Scotland is quite straightforward (although sometimes a little time-consuming) and I quite often do this type of research. Let me know if I can help!

Comment by GerryMcKay on May 25, 2009 at 11:19pm

Thank you Rosemary I have tried Genesreunited and Ancestry.com but to no avail but I will take your advice and keep trying other such sites, John was my grandfather and most of my family are dead including my mum and dad, my older brother filled me in with some facts but he does not know about any relatives left in Scotland, so it's up to me but I will keep trying thanks anyway for the advice,
God Bless, Gerry.

Comment by Rosemary Miles on May 25, 2009 at 5:21am

Hi Gerry
Northern Ireland can be a bit difficult as their BMD records aren't on-line (as yet). Seems you have to check them personally at the Registry in Belfast. Once again, I'd suggest joining as many genealogy sites as possible and posting notes in their forums. Have you tried Genesreunited and Ancestry.com? I've had a lot of luck with both, although Genesreunited is not at expensive at Ancestry.com. Worth a ook anyway. Good luck. I'll be interested to hear how you go as I have family in Belfast also.

Comment by GerryMcKay on May 25, 2009 at 1:30am

Hi all,
I am trying to find relatives of John MacKay who emigrated to Ireland in the late 1800s or early 1900s he finally setteled in Belfast and married Martha Ballard from Lambeg they settled on the Falls Road Belfast.

Comment by Rosemary Miles on May 18, 2009 at 4:49pm

I made another geneaology contact today - through another site. We have several surnames in common - Cobbans, Lawries, Urquharts, Yules amongst them but strangely enough, none that match up! I'm sure we'll both keep looking though. I'm quite surprised as I didn't think that Cobban was a particularly common name.

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