John's "declaration of intention" for naturalization in 1915 says he is 5'11" tall, complexion "fair", weight: 190 pounds, hair: dk gray, eyes: blue, distinctive mark: lame in left leg.
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I also just found that the Chalkley volumes are available for free on HathiTrust: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009029527 The ideal is to see the complete records, rather than abstracts, but maybe you have to go to the Library of Virginia or the Augusta County courthouse for that. In any cas...
Good morning, Lizzie, It is certainly possible that your Margaret died in what is now West Virginia (just plain Virginia back then.) There was a thriving settlement of immigrants from Scotland and Ireland in that area at that time. I have some ancestors who were part of the mix. There are a number o...
I just experimented 8 followed directly by a close parenthesis turns into the "cool" smiley. If you put a space between the 8 and the parenthesis, it is just that. So and 8 )
Hello Dot and a warm [TS_welcome] This is a very old post and several of the posters haven't been back since they posted... but fingers crossed either they or other McCreadie researchers will find yours! In the meantime, have a good search of the forum to see if any other information is useful to yo...
Sad to say, Russell passed away in 2016 and is much missed on the forum. I hope someone else with local Kilbarchan knowledge will see your post and be able to help.
Posters on this thread seem to post once and then disappear! Something genetic going on here?! I hope you'll stick around and find some helpful information on the forum.