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Uh ... did someone suggest s/he was related to the Rowan family??
You probably need to read your way around these boards a little.
If you see, at the top of your Trying to Find board screen,
"Welcome to the Rowan trying to find board!
To list the entire trying to find board again click here"
do click it.
You'll see the big wide world of Trying to Find, where your post (and dozens of others a day) appear to the general readership of GR members.
Dozens of people a day come and request help finding info about their ancestors.
A couple of dozen or more regulars, other paying GR members, spend time putting our skills and resources to work to try to find that info.
If you don't want that kind of help, all you hafta do is say!
If you do read some of the many, many posts on the TTF board, and decide you'd like help offered out of the kindness of strangers, you can often pick up tips that will help. One is that it's wise to proofread one's posts:
"My great grandfather was Patrick Rowan snr. b.1821 in Ireland,d.1892 in Troqueer"
-- your earlier post said *1872*.
Another is that it's reallly a very good idea to offer all the info one has, identify the sources it came from, and answer questions that people willing to help ask that they think could help them find info for you.
Of course, in some cases, the ultimate fact is that there isn't such information. Happens to all of us at some point.
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"Patrick snr's father was a John Rowan married to Catherine both born in Ireland, this information came from Patrick snr's death certificate, obtained from scotlands people."
So ... unfortunately, whoever registered his death didn't know his mother's birth surname. That was what I'd been asking about. You knew the answer, we didn't.
I don't have any active credits at SP or I'd look.
A search for Rowan marriages in Troqueer turned up one before 1855, which by process of elimination I narrowed down to 1785. I'd be curious who that was.
... And again, by process of guesswork, I get: it was a John Rowan.
There are two matches for Roan marriages 1780-1854. I'd be curious about them too.
I'm still wondering whether it's possible that people in Troqueer with the same/similar surname might be related, and investigating them could lead to finding a record of someone else with parents John and Catherine ...
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No I'm done for! Am I right in thinking Rosemary that you think or thought that we were related to the Rowan family you are searching for info?
The nearest I can get to being a relative is that my dads side were all Irish but I dont think that will lead to much as they were all Flanagans.
Rosmary did you write that you are Patrick Fred Rowan?
Is is it me, have I gone nuts or got the wrong end of the stick? Please put me out of my misery!
ginny x
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I think this has got a bit 'bent out of shape'
Patrick/Fred/Rosemary, if you are new to this dont worry we all make mistakes and please dont take offence to our comments..they are not sent with venom or malice
None of us are related to your family, but we are offering you help in trying to find the info you want.
I searched for 2 hours yesterday for another poster in order to help her find a relative and after all that time I finally got a lead when she told me all the birth dates of ancesters...which she had not told me before. Guess what...ta daaaaaa when she gave me these I found her people for her!
So please keep asking for help, but any info you already have 'post it' no matter how small you think it might be because we dont have anything at all
good luck Patrick
Ginny x
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