Baillie Marriage 1790's?

Post by **SarahND** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:02 pm

Great news, Dave! Glad the pieces seem to be falling together. Keep me posted as your research progresses.
Regards,
Sarah

Baillie 1799 · Post by **Baillie 1799** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:41 am

I will definitely keep you posted Sarah.

I am starting to see more and more of the big picture (little by little) as far as research in the States is concerned with will, marriages, births/death records, land records and so on. As novice as I still am researching in the States . . . I am completly clueless with what to look for and where to go for it and how far back those records go when it comes to researching in Scotland. I completly feel like a fish out of water.

Any suggestions on a good book that would shed some light for a beginner like me on some of the basics of researching, specifically in Scotland?

DavidWW has suggested this book, which I have ordered.

But now, I'd suggest, there is a platinum standard, this being the recently published "The Scottish Family Tree Detective: Tracing Your Ancestors in Scotland" , by Rosemary Bigwood, - in the UK, for the paltry price of £9.99 !!

It sounds like exactly what I'm after. It won't be released here in the States for a couple more months, really looking forward to reading it. But I would like to find another that would be equally as informative that I could add to my arsenal as well. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Dave

Baillie 1799 · Post by **Baillie 1799** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:22 am

Hi Sarah.

Hope you had a great weekend. I just found another piece of the puzzle. Your not going to believe this . . .

I was doing a search for wills in Scotland for William Baillie. Found one for 1806. THe year before I thought Margaret and her family might have came to the States.

The will lists his wife as . . . Margaret Ross !

Unfortunately, the will doesn't list or name any children or any other family members, only Margaret Ross as his surviving wife.

I have contacted someone in Columbiana County and requested a will for Peter Ross to see if possibly he would name his potential sister "Margaret Baillie" in his will. Don't know how long I will have to wait to hear back from Columbiana County. It may be a few weeks. We are not there yet, but another promising addition to the puzzle. Margaret Ross Baillie's husband died in Scotland in 1806, before she came to the States.

I'm hoping there will be a will for Peter Ross. If not, or she is not named, I'm not sure what other avenues I have to try and link these two as brother and sister.

I'll keep you posted.

I still can't thank you enough for your help,
Dave

Baillie 1799 · Post by **Baillie 1799** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:27 am

OOoooops . . . .

I almost forgot. This William died in . . . . . . . . Inverness too !

pretty exciting,

Dave

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:23 am

Great news, Dave! I'm glad to hear that I wasn't sending you on a wild goose chase! So glad it is all falling together.

All the best,
Sarah

Baillie 1799 · Post by **Baillie 1799** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:47 pm

Hello again,

It's been awhile since I have posted anything. I have been doing some fun digging lately. I have made two trips back to Ohio to see the original "Scot Settlement" in Columbiana Co, OH. I made contact with a couple of people there who have been extremely helpful to say the least. They showed me where the churches, cemeteries and so one all were. A very beautiful area.

Also what I found was what I have been looking for for a long time and never been able to find. Documentation of where the Baillie's were in Scotland. Nothing that places the Baillie's in a church. cemetery, will or anything as solid as that. But I found a letter that stated he had found the Baillies from Columbiana County in Inverness.

That really narrows it down a lot for me. I tried contacting this person but couldn't.

I bought books of cemeteries in Inverness that list names in each cemetery. I also went to the LDS church and ordered film of a couple of churches birth, baptism and death records between 1750-1800's. But didn't really find anything there either.

I would like to research the Baillie's in Inverness but I don't know where to start. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Dave

Post by **SarahND** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:08 pm

Hi Dave,
Are you still convinced that the Baillie-Ross connection I found is the correct one? Anything else found in Ohio that would confirm or refute this?

Regards,
Sarah

Baillie 1799 · Post by **Baillie 1799** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:32 am

I haven't been able to 100% confirm. I did find a couple of Ross wills on ScotlandsPeople that had Margaret Ross' in them within that window of time, but none that confirmed my Baillie's unfortunately.

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:40 am

Hi again,
I was just wondering if anything you had found in Ohio confirmed the relationship between the Ross family and the Baillies. I think you said that you might have found Margaret's brother in Ohio. Did you ever get clear that he was her brother?

Regards,
Sarah

Baillie 1799 · Post by **Baillie 1799** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:03 am

No. Unfortunately I haven't been able to confirm anything there either. I did notice that over half of the original families that settled in OH were from Inverness though.

I thought that was very interesting !

Dave

TalkingScot.com

Baillie Marriage 1790's?

Baillie's in Inverness

Baillie - Ross