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Can anyone advise on the usefulness or otherwise of DNA testing for ancestry research puposes.

Can anyone recommend a reputable company?
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Many thanks Lesley

Many thanks for the reply Russell

Can anyone tell me if there is a register/record of Inn Keepers/Vintners - Edinburgh early 1800's?

Concur with your posts - oh how disappointed I am after wating for so long!!
Did not get off the starting blocks. Can I join in the run?

Devestated - just spent £18 on SP excitedly looking for family. Located only one family member. Totally depressed, seems the only way can move forward is a trip to Scotland. I acknowledge to being a novice but I thought I was clued in enough to locate some useful info!! Woe is me!! Do I jump now or ...

That of course makes sense!!

The death entry shows she died in childbirth and I also noticed she was widow.

'I'm getting there' - this site has been very helpful.
Thanks

David
Many thanks - you gave me a searching tip I was not aware of!!

Spent most of the evening tracking another family group.

Can I ask how you assume or why you state the informant was not a family member?

Annette - you were quite correct these three girls do belong to John McDiarmid and Ann. I have now accquired copies of the birth entries for these three addtional children. However try as I might I can find no further mention or entries of them after their birth. I have searched marriage and death e...

Wow Annette :shock: What a lot of additional info to take in. Having found their marriage entry I did not consider searching backwards (as I said previously I am still very much a novice). You are correct his wife was a Mckay. I thought I was cute enough to have searched the various spellings of McD...