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<title>[CLAN-CUMMING] old Beattie/Cumming family bible</title>
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<description>Hi all. I recently acquired a very old bible that apparently belonged to&lt;BR>David BEATTIE, who was born 1828. His wife was Isabella H. CUMMING, born&lt;BR>1826. This family lived mostly in Orange Co., NY. Children of David and&lt;BR>Isabella were:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Thomas Cumming BEATTIE 1859&lt;BR>Sarah Allice Beattie 1857&lt;BR>Isabella Hamilton BEATTIE 1859&lt;BR>William C. BEATTIE 1862&lt;BR>&lt;BR>This bible was published in 1857. There are many of the families birth,&lt;BR>death, and marriages recorded in the bible. &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Sarah Alice married James McWilliams. Isabella Hamilton married Robert&lt;BR>McCready. Thomas C. married Ruby MILLER.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>I am not connected to this family, and would like to be able to put the&lt;BR>bible in the hands of a descendant. If anyone is connected to this family,&lt;BR>or know of anyone that is connected, please feel free to contact me. &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Rex Bertram&lt;BR>132 S. Butler St.&lt;BR>Redkey, IN 47373&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Will research your ancestor at the world's second largest genealogy.&lt;BR>You give donation, only if I succeed.&lt;BR>www.digginbones.com/NoRiskProResearch.htm&lt;BR>&lt;BR>-- &lt;BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.&lt;BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.&lt;BR>Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 267.0.0/435 - Release Date: 8/31/2006&lt;BR> &lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:creator>"Rex Bertram" &lt;researcher@digginbones.com></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-09-04T19:41:05-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>[CLAN-CUMMING] unsubscribe me please</title>
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<dc:creator>Cummings Edward G  BATH &lt;CummingsEG@SUPSHIP.NAVY.MIL></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-08-28T05:44:06-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>ADMIN NOTE OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE: READ ME NOW, LIST IS GOING TO MIGRATE TO NEW SYSTEM</title>
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<description>Dear Listers:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>I appologize for making this a bit generic, however it is going out to&lt;BR>at least 70 clans lists.  Please substitute the name of your clan&lt;BR>where I have left it as "clan-name".&lt;BR>&lt;BR>You may or may not have received the message that Rootsweb sent out&lt;BR>Friday from List Announce. It apparently is taking quite some time to&lt;BR>generate to all the subscribers of all 30,000+ lists at Rootsweb.com&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Some ISPs may also be blocking mail from the Lists9 Server due to the&lt;BR>sheer number of messages being distributed.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>In order to continue to have mailing lists for us it was necessary to&lt;BR>make some changes. That is what the Announcement message was alerting&lt;BR>to. Rootsweb is changing, not upgrading their list software on their&lt;BR>computers. The old software, Smartlist, is no longer supported and was&lt;BR>held together with bailing wire and bubble gum. It became a situation&lt;BR>of change it now or no lists. So... we will accept the change to the&lt;BR>new software, mailman.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>There is nothing you need to do... it is on their computers and will&lt;BR>not be needed on yours.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>RootsWeb is preparing to migrate all mailing lists to a new and&lt;BR>updated list management system. I participated in the initial tests of&lt;BR>the new software. When the list has been migrated, there will be some&lt;BR>changes but most have to do with the list administration tools.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>There is a message list that was created to support the migration....&lt;BR>List-Updates@rootsweb.com  It is NOT required that you subscribe to&lt;BR>it. And you may not want to.... in about a 24 hour period, there were&lt;BR>no less than 317 messages posted to it. It is confusing to most&lt;BR>"users". However, it is there so you can have your questions responded&lt;BR>to. I participated in the Beta Test and can respond to some of your&lt;BR>questions even if you do not subscribe to that list.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>For list subscribers, the changeover should be smooth. However there&lt;BR>is one significant change you should be aware of. The new management&lt;BR>system treats both the digest  ("-D") and regular delivery ("-L")&lt;BR>lists as a single list with two delivery options-digest or regular.&lt;BR>This means that the "-L" or "-D" is dropped from the list name within&lt;BR>the system so the list becomes Clan-Name (NO "L").&lt;BR>&lt;BR>This sounds like a big change, but it actually won't affect the way&lt;BR>the list functions&lt;BR>that much.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Below is a list of the ways this change may affect you:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>- You can choose to drop the "-L" or "-D" in the list email address when sending&lt;BR>messages to the list. That means messages sent to&lt;BR>Clan-Name@rootsweb.com will be sent directly to the list. Sending a&lt;BR>message to Clan-Name-L@rootsweb.com will also continue to work.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>- You can use either Clan-Name-L-request@rootsweb.com or&lt;BR>Clan-Name-request@rootsweb.com to subscribe to the regular list&lt;BR>delivery. To subscribe to the list digest, continue to send your&lt;BR>"subscribe" email to Clan-Name-D-request@rootsweb.com.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Your current subscriptions will be migrated over so if you are&lt;BR>currently subscribed&lt;BR>to the digest, you will continue to be subscribed to the digest.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>- (not many do this but as some do, I am including this...) You will&lt;BR>no longer be able&lt;BR>to receive both the digest and the regular delivery ("-L") versions of&lt;BR>the list at the same  email address. If you are currently subscribed&lt;BR>to both "-L" and "-D" with the same address, you will only continue to&lt;BR>be subscribed to regular delivery when the list is migrated. You will&lt;BR>need to subscribe to the list digest with a different address.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>- You can unsubscribe from the regular delivery or digest by sending&lt;BR>your "unsubscribe" message to a single email:&lt;BR>Clan-Name-request@rootsweb.com.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Other changes you might notice include:&lt;BR>- Changes to the layout, volume and issue numbers of the digests.&lt;BR>- New "welcome" and "goodbye" and other messages.&lt;BR>- New message footers.&lt;BR>- The "from" email will be different (no "-L") so some messages may be&lt;BR>sent to your&lt;BR>"junk" folder.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>For those of you that filter your mail, if you need to adjust your&lt;BR>filters, the following have been suggested. Filter on either of these&lt;BR>fields, changing "listname" to the actual name of the list:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>X-BeenThere: clan-name@rootsweb.com&lt;BR>List-Id: clan-name.rootsweb.com&lt;BR>X-Loop: clan-name@rootsweb.com&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Please report anything unusual or confusing that you find during this&lt;BR>transition period&lt;BR>to me at Clan-Name-admin@rootsweb.com. If you do not find mail in your&lt;BR>mailbox over the next couple of weeks... check the archives. As&lt;BR>mentioned in the beginning, there may be some issues with ISPs while&lt;BR>the migration of ALL 30,000+ lists occurs.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>It may be necessary for you to resubscribe. I will not be aware of any&lt;BR>"issues" until your address bounces off the list. And from what I have&lt;BR>observed so far, I will not be able to pinpoint why it may have.&lt;BR>Digest subscribers -- I expect that I will hear from some of you as&lt;BR>the way you receive your digest may appear differently.... I have a&lt;BR>fix for it.... just email me.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>The Clan lists will be among the first to migrate to the new system.&lt;BR>There should&lt;BR>be no interruption in the flow of your mail. You may not even notice&lt;BR>the change when it occurs. I will be notified in the same manner that&lt;BR>Admins are notified of receipt of a newly established list and will&lt;BR>need to rebuild our Welcome Message, etc.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Eventually, there will be a website you can go to to more proactively&lt;BR>manage your&lt;BR>mail and even have the option to turn mail off when you go on vacation&lt;BR>rather than&lt;BR>unsubscribe! The drawback is that you will have to remember to turn it back on!&lt;BR>&lt;BR>I am pasting in the migration schedule and the link to it.&lt;BR>http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/migrate_sched.html&lt;BR>Bear it mind, that as with all things, it is a PLAN... and subject to change.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Keep an eye on the Help Desk page to see if there are any notices that&lt;BR>may affect your experience in the next few weeks.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Post away! Don't be shy! We need the mail to be generated to ensure&lt;BR>all is going as planned.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>I will post a message after the lists migrate.  If you do not receive&lt;BR>it, but see it in the&lt;BR>archives, first check your spam folders and second, resubscribe if you&lt;BR>still do not find it. The subscription lists are expected to migrate&lt;BR>without incident, but anything is possible when done on this large a&lt;BR>scale.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>AOL users, you will need to mark any messages found in the spam&lt;BR>folders as "this is not spam" in order to retrain AOLs servers.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Yours Aye,&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Lauren&lt;BR>Lauren M. Boyd, FSA Scot&lt;BR>Various Clan Lists Admin&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:creator>"Lauren Boyd" &lt;listsmonster@gmail.com></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-08-17T01:24:37-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>Re: [Clan-Cumming] my cumming interests</title>
<link>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CLAN-CUMMING/2006-07/1154295997</link>
<description>Dear Listers:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>If you are looking for general genealogy of the Cumming&lt;BR>Family, then then Cumming surname list where to find it.&lt;BR>If you are looking to find out more about Clan Cumming&lt;BR>then this is the list for you.  It is a clan specfic, not genealogy&lt;BR>specific list.  Genealogy on this list is focused on that of the&lt;BR>Clan era... up through circa 1747 and only in the areas of the&lt;BR>Scottish clans... Scotland, Ireland and a bit of Europe.  Not&lt;BR>the USA, Canada or Australia, etc.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>To subscribe to any list at Rootsweb, send a message to&lt;BR>listname-L@rootsweb.com  where "listname" is substituted&lt;BR>for the name of the list.  If you prefer digests to single messages&lt;BR>then change the L to a D.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Yours Aye,&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Lauren&lt;BR>Clan Cumming List and Board Admin&lt;BR>Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996 ** celebrating 10 yrs**&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:creator>"Lauren Boyd" &lt;listsmonster@gmail.com></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-07-30T15:46:37-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>my cumming interests</title>
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<description>This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Classification: Query&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Message Board URL:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/uKB.2ACIAE/12&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Message Board Post:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>1.2.6  George Tait KELMAN m (1) Elizabeth CUMMING 16 January 1864 &lt;BR>Aberdeen&lt;BR>Old Machar&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>1.2.6.1  Elizabeth KELMAN b 30 June 1864 Aberdeen Old Machar&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                        m John STEWART 19 September 1882 Aberdeen St&lt;BR>Nicholas&lt;BR>264. Erected by GEORGE CUMMING &amp; sons in memory of his beloved wife ANN&lt;BR>TAYLOR who died at Craigherbs 5th December 1873 aged 75 years.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>265. Jane DEY in memory of her beloved husband ALEXANDER CUMMING who &lt;BR>died&lt;BR>7th Decr. 1868 aged 35 years. Blessed are the dead that die in the &lt;BR>Lord.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>266. Erected to the memory of GEORGE CUMMING sometime in Little &lt;BR>Craigherbs&lt;BR>by his spouse and sons, who died May 17th 1822 aged 59 years. His &lt;BR>spouse&lt;BR>ISABELLA WILSON died 19th December 1851 aged 80 years. Their son &lt;BR>ALEXANDER&lt;BR>CUMMING died 12th Feby. 1848 aged 45 years; and his wife MARGARET &lt;BR>RITCHIE&lt;BR>died 5th April 1876 aged 72 years; and their children JANE died 14th&lt;BR>February 1845 aged 17 years; GEORGE, JAMES and WILLIAM died in infancy.&lt;BR>Yea one thing remains, it is hope's brilliant light,&lt;BR>To illumine the path where we may yet unite.&lt;BR>When the struggle on life's rolling billows are o'er,&lt;BR>And the victim of sorrow has ceased to deplore.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>167. Erected by ANN WILSON in memory of her beloved husband JOHN &lt;BR>CUMMING&lt;BR>crofter Little Craigherbs, who died 2nd April 1880 aged 42 years; also &lt;BR>of&lt;BR>their daughter ELIZABETH who died 21st March 1875 aged 5 months; also &lt;BR>of&lt;BR>their son DONALD who died 27th May 1881 aged 3 years.&lt;BR>Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the &lt;BR>Son of&lt;BR>Man cometh.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;BR>"Erected to the memory of GEORGE CUMMING sometime in Little Craigherbs by his spouse and sons, who died May 17th 1822, aged 59 years. His spouse ISABELLA WILSON died 19th December 1851, aged 80 years. Their son ALEXANDER CUMMING died 12th Feby 1848, aged 45 years; and his wife MARGARET RITCHIE died 5th April 1876, aged 72 years; and their children JANE died 14th February 1845, aged 17 years; GEORGE, JAMES and WILLIAM died in infancy."&lt;BR>&lt;BR>if any one is researhing these families please contact me thanks michele&lt;BR>shelldeleo@yahoo.com&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:creator>shelldeleo@yahoo.com</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-07-20T08:40:32-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>Admin Note re Genealogical Posts to the Clan Cumming Board and List</title>
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<description>This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Surnames: Cumming&lt;BR>Classification: Query&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Message Board URL:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/uKB.2ACIAE/4.1&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Message Board Post:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Admin Note re Genealogical Posts to the Clan Cumming Board and List&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Dear Clan Cumming Posters:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Please bear in mind that the genealogical portion of the Clan Cumming list and board should keep within the time frame of the Clan System being active in Scotland. This would be up through 1745-47 as it was quashed following the Jacobite Wars.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Should you post genealogical queries to the Board and find them "deleted", take a look to the Cumming Surname Board as I likely have moved them to the surname board where they are more appropriate to the topic. [If you have a variant spelling used in your post, they may be moved to a board that share that spelling, if it exists, otherwise they will go to Cumming.]&lt;BR>&lt;BR>This is not to say that the Clan Cumming list and board are not for genealogical queries and posts. This is to provide a reminder that they are CLAN specific and not general in time and place. Period circa 1000 through 1747 and Scotland, Ireland, Europe in geographic nature. Think of those under the Clan system and where they would have been, as such. Where and when their Chiefs resided, origins of the name and time frame/locations descended from.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Remember that clan lists and boards are more inclusive than strictly Genealogy and History, but that there are guidelines as posted by John Hansen when he created the Boards.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Yours Aye,&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Lauren M. Boyd, FSA Scot&lt;BR>Clan Cumming Board and List Admin&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:date>2006-07-06T13:56:03-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>Long-lost Great Uncle</title>
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<description>I am looking to track down descendants of or anyone who knows anything about my long-lost great uncle who stayed behind in Scotland when the rest of his siblings, mother and step-father emigrated to Canada in 1922-23. &lt;BR>&lt;BR>My great grandmother was Christina R. Seivwright, born 1882 in Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland to Alexander Seivewight &amp; Ann Gordon. I have recently discovered that before she was married to my great-grandfather, she had a son illegitimately. His name was Alexander Sievewright Cumming (the father was William Brodie Cumming born 16 May 1874 in Fordyce, Banffshire to George Cumming &amp; Margaret Stevenson). Alexander was known as "Sandy" and he was born 13 September 1902 at Seafield, Rathven, Banffshire. I had always just thought that "Sandy" was the older (full-blood) brother of my grandfather, and therefore had the Barron surname, so I was always looking in wrong places. &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Christina married my great-grandfather Alexander Walker Barron on 2 June 1905 at Rathven, Banffshire. At the time of their marriage, Alexander W. Barron was living on North Castle street in Cullen and was employed as a coachman. Christina resided in Seafield, Rathven and was employed as a fishmonger and domestic servant. He had served as a Bombardier in the 53rd Battery of the Royal Field Artillery in the Boer War and was still with the Royal Field Artillery in 1914. In 1917, he was Sergeant 85525 with the Fife Yeomanry. &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Alexander W. Barron &amp; Christina R. Seivwright had several children: &lt;BR>&lt;BR>John Walker Barron (born 6 August 1905 at 49 Seafield Street, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland. He served with the 48th Highlanders of Canada during WWII. He died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Mary Isabella Barron (born 17 March 1907 at 28 Reidhaven Street, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland. Died in Owen Sound, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada), &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Alice Gordon Barron (born 12 April 1909 at Forgieside, Boharm, Banff-shire, Scotland. Died of cancer in the late 1940's in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), &lt;BR>&lt;BR>George Brian Tore Barron who was my grandfather (born 24 December 1914 at 36 Pennan Village, Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Died 24 December 1988 at Perth Community Care Centre, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada), &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Joseph Colin Barron (born 4 December 1917 at 21 Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Died tragically in the early 1990's in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He served with the 48th Highlanders of Canada during WWII), &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Anne Barron (born in 1920 in Scotland, although we cannot locate a birth record for her there. She is still living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada).&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Alexander W. &amp; Christina R. (Seivwright) Barron and all of their children, except "Sandy" left Scotland and settled in Toronto, Ontario, Canada about 1922-23 when they are found in the Toronto directory. They kept in touch with "Sandy" regularly until the years around WWII, when they lost contact. We've always assumed that he died serving in WWII, but he cannot be found on the Commonwealth Graves website. I realize that by the time that they lost touch he may not have even been living in Scotland anymore. I have no idea where to go next with my search.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>If anyone has any information at all on my grandfathers long-lost half-brother, Alexander "Sandy" Sievewright Cumming or how I could go about finding out what happened to him please contact me. This has always been a huge family mystery and my goal is to solve it before the last of my grandfather's generation passes away (his youngest sibling, Ann is still alive). I can be contacted at: 11 Coldstream Drive, Munster, Ontario, Canada, K0A 3P0 and my email address is rothycat@hotmail.com&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Thanks so much for taking the time to read my story and consider my request for assistance.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Maggie Barron in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada&lt;BR>&lt;BR> &lt;BR>&lt;BR> &lt;BR>&lt;BR> &lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:creator>"Barron, Margaret" &lt;Margaret.Barron@elections.ca></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-05-12T05:28:31-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>Little Dunkeld / Fowlis Wester PERTHSHIRE</title>
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<description>I thought that I had posted this, but cant find it, so will repost it:&lt;BR> &lt;BR>My ggggfather ALEXANDER Cumming (son of John Cumming and Jean STEVEN [&lt;BR>or STIVEN ]) was born 25 Dec 1809 at Little Dunkeld , Perthshire. He&lt;BR>lived at Boleglash , Methven where he had 12 kids  (John, Christian,&lt;BR>James1, Robert, Peter, Jane, Ann, Alexander, Janet, David, Gilbert and&lt;BR>James2 ). Most coming to NZ in about 1870.&lt;BR>Alexander (Snr) had:   a sister JANET who married Gilbert ROBERTSON and&lt;BR>lived at 131 King Street, Crieff ; and possibly a brother chr. in Crieff&lt;BR>, 27 Jun 1806.&lt;BR>Some graves are in the Monzie churchyard.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:creator>"RPOOLE" &lt;rjpoole@ihug.co.nz></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-04-15T20:38:57-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>Scottish Information Society request and information</title>
<link>http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CLAN-CUMMING/2006-03/1143044686</link>
<description>Dear Clan Representatives:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>The Scottish Information Society (SIS), formed 1987, is comprised of and exists &lt;BR>in support of those who volunteer their time at the clan tents, working events at&lt;BR>various venues.  One member delegate from each Clan, House or Scottish Society is&lt;BR>invited to join to represent their officially recognized clan/society organization.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>We are in the process of revamping our web site http://www.scottishinfo.org  It &lt;BR>is currently off line, however, it is our hope to have it back up and functional&lt;BR>before the end of April.  We hope to include many helpful elements for the public&lt;BR>to view.  Currently one of the major projects in process is a comprehensive games&lt;BR>listing for all 50 US states.  In future, we hope to be able to add an International&lt;BR>games listing.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>I would appreciate it if you would email me directly at confido@ix.netcom.com with:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the most current contact information for your Clan, especially:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the name of your Chief &lt;BR>&lt;BR>the names and contact information for those that convene your tents or are area &lt;BR>commissioners&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the name and contact information for your genealogist(s)&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the name and contact information for your clan historian(s)&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the name and contact information for your editor(s)&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the name of your clan newsletter and frequency of publication&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the URL/information re your clan's official discussion group... is it this list &lt;BR>at Rootsweb? or is it different?&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the name and contact information for whoever may be in charge of your DNA project&lt;BR>&lt;BR>the URL for your clan's OFFICIALLY sanctioned website -- sorry no personal or non-sanctioned&lt;BR>sites can be linked &lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Additonally, SIS, will have a tent at the upcoming Sacramento Valley (California)&lt;BR>Caledonia Club Games, in Woodland, California, at the end of April.  If you will&lt;BR>send some information regarding your clan, we will be pleased to have it on hand,&lt;BR>whether or not your representative is able to attend and host a tent at the event.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>We would also appreciate your mailing a copy or copies of your newsletter, in order&lt;BR>that we may share with the public part of what your clan has to offer to its members.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>If you manage, sponsor or sanction DNA projects for your clan, please mail information&lt;BR>regarding the project(s) and we will make it available at the tent for those interested.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Also, for those of you interested, there is a Scot DNA project that all Scots and&lt;BR>Scot Clans are welcome to join or share DNA results with, no matter which service&lt;BR>you used.  John Hansen is the Project Manager.  You will find more information about&lt;BR>this project at http://www.scottishdna.net and also in the Scot-DNA@rootsweb.com&lt;BR>list archives.  Details re that list will be found here: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/SCOT-DNA.html&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Write me off list and I will provide the postal mailing addresss for receipt of &lt;BR>your printed materials.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Thank you.  And thanks to all of your volunteers which give so generously and unselfishly&lt;BR>of their time to share with and educate the public about your Clan's history and&lt;BR>that of Scotland.  It is they who keep the tradtions alive.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Suas Alba!&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Yours Aye,&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Lauren M. Boyd, FSA Scot&lt;BR>President&lt;BR>Scottish Information Society&lt;BR>http://www.scottishinfo.org&lt;BR>&lt;BR>delegate representative:  House of Boyd Society, Inc. [commonly called "Clan&lt;BR>Boyd"]&lt;BR>title:  International President&lt;BR>web site:  http://www.clanboyd.ORG&lt;BR>clan email address:  president@clanboyd.ORG&lt;BR>.........................................................&lt;BR>&lt;BR>NB.  I add this bit of information due to the responses I received&lt;BR>in my first round of posting:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>This message is not misdirected, but rather has been sent to &lt;BR>all the clan lists at Rootsweb in attempt to most expediently&lt;BR>reach those involved with and representing their Scottish clan&lt;BR>in some official capacity. You have received it as you are &lt;BR>subscribed to at least one of them.  &lt;BR>&lt;BR>Please understand that due to the shear magnitude of the number&lt;BR>of recipients, I cannot respond to friendly notes that include&lt;BR>genealogical information and queries that may be triggered by &lt;BR>my post.  Please do post to the list and also consider joining&lt;BR>and becoming active in your Scottish clan's organization.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:creator>confido@ix.netcom.com</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-03-22T09:24:46-06:00</dc:date>
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<title>New to list</title>
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<description>Hi, I am new to the list and researching Cumming in the Hawick area. Below&lt;BR>is my family. If anyone is related to me or knows where I can find Robert's&lt;BR>parents I would appreciate hearing from you.&lt;BR>&lt;BR> A deceased 3rd cousin did a family tree years ago (about 1960) and had my&lt;BR>Walter son of William Cumming who in turn was son of Robert Cumming and&lt;BR>Marion Lillico but I have proof my Walter is Robert Cumming and Isabella&lt;BR>Laing's son. I can't find any record of Robert being born in Hawick or&lt;BR>Askirk but his children where and on the 1851 census it was put he was born&lt;BR>in Askirk. On Robert and Isabella's bans it had Pathhead after Robert's name&lt;BR>and Hawick after Isabella's (I don't know if Pathhead is important).&lt;BR> Another thought is that my first Robert could be a child of Robert Cumming&lt;BR>and Mary/ion Lillico but can only find 7 registered children for them in&lt;BR>Hawick and Robert isn't one (but by the naming pattern there should have&lt;BR>been a child named Robert).  I can't find Robert and Marion's marriage&lt;BR>information to see if they were married before or after my Robert's birth.&lt;BR>Robert and Marion had a daughter Margaret married in July 1838, and my&lt;BR>Robert had a daughter Margaret born Sept 1838 and I wonder if mine is named&lt;BR>after an Aunt that was married. On the Margaret's marriage information it&lt;BR>says her grandfather was from Fogo Neuk near Dunse Berwickshire. Another&lt;BR>peice of information says her grandfather was William Cumming and Margaret&lt;BR>Hoe (but the last two pieces of info came from my deceased relative and I&lt;BR>have no knowledge of where it came from).&lt;BR>I have done searches on Scotspeople's website and can't find anything about&lt;BR>eitehr Robert's parents.  I have searched the freecen site and found most on&lt;BR>censuses. Over the past year I have put inquiries on the Roxburgh list and&lt;BR>recieved some info about spouses and children's families but nothing on the&lt;BR>two Roberts.&lt;BR>Anyways, my long windedness problally has turned a few away, but I am hoping&lt;BR>someone can help, many thanks,&lt;BR>Sandi in Canada&lt;BR>&lt;BR>*Descendants of Robert Cumming*&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>*Generation No. 1*&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>*1.*  ROBERT1 CUMMING was born 1805 in Ashkirk or Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland,&lt;BR>and died July 21, 1867 in Weston Upper Canada.  He married ISABELLA&lt;BR>LAINGNovember 18, 1827 in&lt;BR>Wilton, Roxburgh, Scotland, daughter of WALTER LAING and JANET BROWN.  She&lt;BR>was born Abt. 1806 in Ancrum, Roxburgh,, and died October 1, 1865 in Western&lt;BR>C.W. Canada.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Children of ROBERT CUMMING and ISABELLA LAING are:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>2.                i.    ROBERT2 CUMMING, b. October 10, 1828, Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland; d. December 4, 1885, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>3.               ii.    WALTER CUMMING, b. December 24, 1829, Harwick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland; d. March 22, 1907, Wellington St., Campbellford Ontario.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 iii.    JANET CUMMING, b. November 28, 1831, Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh,Scotland; m. ORMISTON HARDIE, July 2, 1852, Hawick, Roxburgh,&lt;BR>Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 iv.    MARGARET CUMMING, b. September 9, 1838, Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland; m. ALEXANDER GREIG, May 24, 1867, York (Toronto); b.&lt;BR>1828, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                  v.    N. H. CUMMING, b. 1841.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 vi.    MARGARET CUMMING, b. January 28, 1843, Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland; m. ALEXANDER GREIG; b. Bet. 1828 - 1834, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                vii.    ELIZABETH CUMMING, b. October 28, 1845, Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>*Generation No. 2*&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>*2.*  ROBERT2 CUMMING* (R**OBERT*1*)* was born October 10, 1828 in Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland, and died December 4, 1885 in Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland.&lt;BR>He married HELEN LENNOX DODD December 4, 1848 in Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland,&lt;BR>daughter of JOHN DODD and ISABELLA ANDERSON.  She was born 1830 in Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland, and died November 23, 1914 in 14 Earl St., Hawick,&lt;BR>Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Children of ROBERT CUMMING and HELEN DODD are:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                   i.    ISABELLA3 CUMMING, b. February 25, 1849, Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland; d. October 14, 1918.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                  ii.    JANET CUMMING, b. March 2, 1851, Hawick, Roxburgh,&lt;BR>Scotland; d. November 13, 1918.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 iii.    ROBERT CUMMING, b. March 9, 1853, Hawick, Roxburgh,&lt;BR>Scotland; d. September 30, 1929; m. CHRISTINA GOODFELLOW, 1878; b. 1853,&lt;BR>Lillisleaf.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 iv.    JOHN DODD CUMMING, b. June 21, 1855, 5 O'Connell&lt;BR>St., Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland; d. November 14, 1913; m. ELIZABETH ROBER F&lt;BR>YFE, December 31, 1877, Tillicoltry county of Clackmannan.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                  v.    MARGARET CUMMING, b. October 6, 1857, Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 vi.    WALTER CUMMING, b. January 31, 1860, Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland; d. November 30, 1937; m. JANET LITTLE.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                vii.    EDWARD DODD CUMMING, b. June 25, 1862, Duns, Berwick,&lt;BR>Scotland; d. July 1, 1886, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>               viii.    ELIZABETH CUMMING, b. November 18, 1864, Duns,&lt;BR>Berwick, Scotland; d. September 9, 1889.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                  ix.    JAMES LAIDLAW CUMMING, b. April 13, 1867, Duns,&lt;BR>Berwick, Scotland; d. October 18, 1869, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                   x.    FRANCIS BELL CUMMING, b. March 17, 1869, Duns,&lt;BR>Berwick, Scotland; d. May 16, 1940.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                  xi.    ALEXANDER GREIG CUMMING, b. August 31, 1871, Duns,&lt;BR>Berwick, Scotland; d. December 7, 1884, Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 xii.    ELEANOR LENNOX CUMMING, b. September 15, 1873,&lt;BR>Duns, Berwick, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>*3.*  WALTER2 CUMMING* (R**OBERT*1*)* was born December 24, 1829 in Harwick,&lt;BR>Roxburgh, Scotland, and died March 22, 1907 in Wellington St., Campbellford&lt;BR>Ontario.  He married (1) ISABELLA DEANS August 9, 1852 in Wilton or Hawick,&lt;BR>Roxburg, Scotland, daughter of JAMES DEANS and CHRISTIAN LANG.  She was born&lt;BR>June 19, 1830 in Cavers, Roxburgh, Scotland, and died Bef. 1879.  He married&lt;BR>(2) MINA NELSON September 19, 1879 in Cornwall, Ontario,.  She was born&lt;BR>August 12, 1843 in Scotland, and died March 31, 1926 in Campbellford Ontario&lt;BR>.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>&lt;BR>Children of WALTER CUMMING and ISABELLA DEANS are:&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                   i.    CHRISTINE3 CUMMING, b. 1853, Scotland.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                  ii.    ROBERT CUMMING, b. December 25, 1854, Scotland; d.&lt;BR>1920, Toronto, Ontario.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 iii.    JAMES CUMMING, b. October 13, 1857, Galt, Waterloo&lt;BR>Co., Ontario; d. December 30, 1946, St. Joseph's Hospital, Toronto'; m. MARYW&lt;BR>OOD, December 31, 1877, Cornwall; b. October 29, 1855, Cornwall, Ontario; d.&lt;BR>October 18, 1933, Edmonton, Alberta.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 iv.    ISABELLA CUMMING, b. October 10, 1859; m. A. B MCD&lt;BR>ONALD.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                  v.    ELIZABETH CUMMING, b. 1860; m. AINLEY BARNARD, Abt.&lt;BR>1880.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                 vi.    JOHN DEANS CUMMING, b. August 23, 1861, Galt&lt;BR>Ontario; d. March 3, 1933, Cornwall, Ontario; m. (1) ISABELLA MOFFET J&lt;BR>OHNSTON, May 19, 1886, Campbellford, Ontario; b. November 12, 1859, Ontario;&lt;BR>d. January 26, 1907, Grenfell, Assiniboia, Sask. formally NWT; m. (2) MARY C&lt;BR>OCK, 1927; b. August 24, 1879, Ontario; d. May 5, 1935, Campbellford&lt;BR>Ontario.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>                vii.    WALTER WILLIAM CUMMING, b. February 22, 1863,&lt;BR>Preston, Ontario; m. ELIZABETH DINWOODIE, August 17, 1887, Campbellford,&lt;BR>Ontario; b. December 25, 1861; d. 1932.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>               viii.    WILLIAM CUMMING, b. February 22, 1866, Galt.&lt;BR>&lt;BR>--&lt;BR>Researching, Akins, Atherton, Burgener, Cumming, Deans, Johnston, Mathews,&lt;BR>Matthews, McKenzie, Tedd, Taylor,Weston, Zieman, Ziemann&lt;BR>My homepage http://ca.geocities.com/b.akins@rogers.com/&lt;BR>&lt;BR>
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<dc:creator>Sandi Akins &lt;akinsfamily@gmail.com></dc:creator>
<dc:date>2006-02-09T17:51:58-06:00</dc:date>
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