Linda,
I was a little too quick there. The listing I gave you is obviously not the
correct one because 1874 is a little too late for children born in 1862 or
1864.
There is one other marriage with the same names, so I assume that is the
correct one. It is James Cairns and Elizabeth Dryburgh married 16 Jan 1847
in Wemyss parish, Fife. The registration is not available online, but you
can order it it online for 10 pounds. They seem to take about a month to
come to me in Canada.
The reason I missed the second listing is that they instuted civil
registration in Scotland in 1855. So marriages in 1855 or later can be
looked up in the civil registration, and marriages before that must be
looked up in the old parish registers. I should have looked in the OPR
records, but I didn't notice the dates. Unfortunately, the old parish
registers are mostly not available online and they usually only contain
really basic info, usually not containing the bride and groom's parents, and
sometimes just the date of posting of banns rather than the marriage date.
The registration documents I sent as tif attachments obviously didn't get
through. So, if you send me an Email offlist, I will send you the documents
I used for lookup. Even though the marriage is wrong, I have three other
documents that are your line.
In any case, I'm so impressed with the Scottish Government lookup that I
just thought I would pass it on. Good luck.
- Bob
Bob Johnson
Kirk Computer Systems
Yellowknife, NT
Phone (867) 669-6809
Fax (867) 920-4451
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:15 PM
To: 'CAIRNS-L(a)rootsweb.com'
Subject: RE: [CAIRNS] Web site URL
Linda,
There is an unbelievably good site provided by the Government of Scotland
for searching Scottish records. It costs money, but it is the the cheapest I
have seen and it contains only official records. The URL is:
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Anyway, I did a quick search and turned up the marriage registration you are
looking for:
May 8, 1874 at Dysart, Fife
James Cairns, Ships Carpenter, Bachelor 26
and Elizabeth Dryburgh, Spinster 23
Groom's Parents:
David Cairns, Coal Miner
Helen Cairns, Maiden Surname Hunter
Bride's Parents:
John Dryburgh, China Merchant
Helen Dryburgh, Maiden Surname Baynes (deceased)
I am not sure whether attachments are allowed on the list, but I enclose the
actual registrations I found during the lookup as tif files. If they don't
get through, you can send me an Email offline and I will send them to you.
- Bob
Bob Johnson
Kirk Computer Systems
Yellowknife, NT
Phone (867) 669-6809
Fax (867) 920-4451
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Yendall [mailto:lynyendall@uniserve.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:15 PM
To: CAIRNS-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: [CAIRNS] Web site URL
Hello Margrett!
Thank you for getting everyone sending information on the CAIRNS FAMILIES.
Has anyone have any information that they are willing to share on CAIRNS,
James Drybrough and KEDDIE, Catherine? The information below is as far back
that I have been able to find. I had found a message that had been posted
back in 2000 by Violet Cairns, it is no longer available. (She had posted
that James CAIRNS married Elizabeth DRYBROUGH this could possibly be my
g.g.grandparents)
James Drybrough CAIRNS - b. 1862 Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland.
d. 1941 Courtenay, BC,
Canada
Married - Catherine KEDDIE - b. 1862 Fifeshire, Scotland
d. 1936 Courtenay, BC,
Canada
They had three Children:
Robert Keddie CAIRNS - b. 1888 Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland
John CAIRNS - b. 1890 Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland
Thomas Drybrough CAIRNS - b. 1898 Methil, Fifeshire, Scotland.
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