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James Hamilton & Grizel Muir are not my ancestors!

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Diana

Diana Report 9 Mar 2009 11:00

Hi Pat

I haven't got as far as checking out the relationship between James & William Hamilton.

I think I'm going to try a new tack. When I go to the library, the OPR registers start with the oldest date, working forwards. I've been starting at the "beginning" and working towards today. I've decided a better way of working would be to roll the fiche to the end and start with the latest information, working backwards in time. That way, I won't do lots of research and then find that my tree goes in a completely different direction.

I'm going to check out the information I've already got and then take it back from there. I'll keep you posted on whether I really am descended from the Hamiltons. This could take some time!!!

Cheers

Diana

Pat Kendrick

Pat Kendrick Report 8 Mar 2009 09:08

Diana

Are James Hamilton & William Hamilton related then?

At least you have sorted it out now, hope you haven't spent a lot of time researching the wrong parents.

Pat

Diana

Diana Report 8 Mar 2009 08:47

Thanks for that, Margaret. I'll certainly keep them in mind as cousins.

Cheers

Diana

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 8 Mar 2009 01:43


Disappointing, but good to find it out now rather than later.

Margaret

PS they could be cousins.

Diana

Diana Report 7 Mar 2009 20:38

Janet Hamilton (wife of John Grant of Carriden, Bo'ness). I was in the library and came across the brother of Janet Hamilton in the OPR for Bo'ness:

"Hamilton: James Hamilton son to James Hamilton & Grisel Muir born April 7 and bap. 21st 1717". I noticed he was born seven and a half months after Janet Hamilton, which, given a month for conception, would make him two and a half months premature, at least. He had children so he must have survived to adulthood. THIS MADE ME DOUBT THAT JANET HAMILTON'S PARENTS WERE JAMES HAMILTON & GRIZEL MUIR. I went back to the library today and checked out Janet Hamilton's birth on 24 August 1716:

"Hamilton: Jonet Hamilton daugh. to Wm. Hamilton & Jean Tulloch born Aug. 24th & bap. Sber. 2nd. 1716".

This means James Hamilton & Grizel Muir are not my ancestors after all!

Cheers to all the folks I thought were related to me!!

Diana