Don't give up searching!.....

Clydesdale · Post by **Clydesdale** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:36 pm

Hi all,

For simply ages I have been trying to find the records of birth for my great-great grandmother on my father's side.

My grandfather named her in a poem as Christina Buitte. I then found out her father was called Charles Bewitt, but I just could not find her birth anywhere on SP.

So when I visited the Aberdeen Family History Shop about 10 days ago to do my Peterhead ancestors, I decided to have a look at the Perth Index and blow me, there she was. She was actually called Christian, and there she was with a brother called John - and the spelling of the surname was BEWEATE. Not in a million years would I have thought of trying that combination. Even using wild cards in SP didn't come up with that one.

I guess non of them were literate, so the registrar just put down the name according to how the family pronounced it - and I should think this problem has affected a great many of us trying to do our research.

So keep going everyone - the truth is out there!

Clydesdale.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:48 pm

Hi Clydesdale
What a great find! Encouraging news too for all those who have relatives who appear to have been abducted by aliens!

Best wishes
Lesley