MY BIG MISTAKE

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ELLEN 44
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MY BIG MISTAKE

Post by ELLEN 44 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:01 pm

Hi all TS members i would like to tell you all about my big mistake and to say sorry to all the people that help me look for the Smiths.Well here goes

I asked if you could help me find James Smith and Annie Stone all i had was that you called James mom Catherine Figgins wrong mother for James :oops: the reason i know this is because i sent e-mail to Greenock Telegraph asking for there help to see if my dad had any family still in Greenock what a shock i had when someone got in touch with the Greenock Telegraph saying she was my dad's cousin so i rang her and found out a lot of stuff about my dad's family we got on about me trying to find the Smith's side of the family she told me my grannie (Elizabeth Smith) and her mom (Nora Smith) were sisters.So i went on SP and found Nora's birth on it was James Smith Marriage to Annie they got married in Ireland in 1894 my dad's cousin also told me when James died so i got that off SP to it says his parent were James Smith and Mary Clark :oops: so once again thanks to all that helped me find the wrong parents for James (my mistake) not TS MEMBERS. ELLEN
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Liz Turner
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Post by Liz Turner » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:49 pm

Ellen

At least you followed up and not only found what you were looking for, but you let us know!

Liz
Fife: Nicolson, Cornfoot, Walker, Gibson, Balsillie, Galt, Elder
NE Scot: Nicolson, Lindsay, Haliburton, Ross
Edin & Central: Nicolson, Blaikie, Stevenson, Ross, Hotchkiss, Suttie, Christie, Clelland, Gray, Purvis, Lang, Dickson
Ross & Cromarty: Ross
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Russell
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Post by Russell » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:18 pm

Hi Ellen

It's not a Mistake :cry: It's a SUCCESS STORY

[woohoo] [woohoo]

I wonder how many others have gone off down a likely looking track to find out(after downloading umpteen certificates :? :( ) that its the wrong one.
All part of the pitfalls of genealogy.

Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
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paddyscar
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Post by paddyscar » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:24 pm

I think part of the trick, is knowing when to question where/when you may have gone wrong; and another part is to backtrack successfully to that fork in the road :lol:

Frances
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sheilajim
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Post by sheilajim » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:24 am

Hi Ellen

You might have made a mistake in the beginning. Don't we all. I know that I have. But in the end you got the correct people. That is a success!
Good for you! :D

Regards
Sheila
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