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we are the carrick family in glasgow i have just started the
family tree. My dad was james murray carrick born on the
3/1/1927 and died on the 14/7/2004. My grandad was called
John Carrick and my gran was euphemia cadzow carrick
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That's a great start. I was in Glasgow in '96 (if I recall correctly) for the
World Cup and there
were maybe 20 or 30 Carricks in the phone book, so we need a lot more information to place
you well.
For example, I have a John Carrick in my line. Maybe we are related. But he was my
great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, and died in 1812 in Adams Co., PA. We think he
was born
in that area in 1712 and that the family were what we Yanks call Scots-Irish, meaning that
his
family was from Scotland originally but had been forced to immigrate to Northern Ireland
and later
immigrated to the US. It would be fun to find out we are related, but you need to give us
a lot more
information. For example, where was your John born & where did he die? Dates and
places for
Euphemia's birth & death. Where were they married? Who was your mother and her
parents? Who were
your Aunts & Uncles? Great-grandparents, etc. Do you know if any of your ancestors
immigrated to the
US or other countries? If so, who, when, and where?
Next, did you have a specific question? We can't help you unless we know what you
want.
Third, some people are really serious about genealogy and are on lots of lists. When you
type your
email in all lower case it makes it very hard to read. Those people who are the most
active are the
ones who are most likely to be able to help you. But if you make it hard for them they are
less
likely to take the trouble. If you can't spare an extra minute to put capital letters
on names and
the start of sentences and to use periods and such when you are asking dozens of people
for help
then why should they take a few minutes to answer when they are probably helping only one
person? It
helps even more to put last names like CARRICK in all caps. See how that just jumps off
the screen
at you? Of course, in this case, everybody on the list has that surname in mind, but
maiden names of
wives, for example, might be given in all caps.
Finally, I am guessing from the date 14/7/2004 that you are using the format
day/month/year.
Unfortunately, in the US we habitually use month/day/year. Your system is better, I think,
but we
are stubborn. ;) In this case it is clear, assuming that you typed it correctly, but your
other date
of 3/1/1927 would not be. So it is better to use a format like 3 Jan 1927 for dates to
avoid
misunderstanding.
I hope you don't think I am picking on you. These topics just need to be covered once
in a while.
Many thanks for your input. We look forward to lots more. By the way, many of us have
posted a
fairly lengthy family history to the list in the past. You can search the archives of the
mailing
list for past input. It has been a while since I did this, but I think you can probably
read them
all. This Carrick list is not very active - one email every other month or so, so it would
be easy
to read them all.
I encourage any of you who have not posted your history here to do so. The more
information we see
here the more likely you are to find somebody who is a 6th cousin 8 times removed who can
add a lot
to your family tree.
I hope you all had a nice holiday and that you enjoy a safe and prosperous new year. May
we all find
out that we are related.
Gil
mailto:gilcarrick@comcast.net
web page:
http://home.comcast.net/~gilcarrick/genealgy.htm
Researching: C.ARRICK, S.HANKLIN, L.ITTLE, S.ANFORD, M.OORE, G.AMBLE, V.AN V.LECK,
M.CELHINNEY
Gil Carrick, 1012 Portofino Dr., Arlington, TX, 76012
Carrick list moderator.