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Yvonne

Yvonne Report 23 Aug 2025 21:51

No idea how old the book is. It belongs to my son-in-law's family.
Andrew is part of that family.
What I am trying to do is a 'family tree' for my grandchildren, of which one half is the Dicksons.
You all never fail to amaze me at how you find stuff. I really try to dig but somehow never get to where you do. All I can do is say thank you, it really is appreciated.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Aug 2025 21:59

I've added to my last post, showing Janet/Jessie's death and proving she wasn't born 1833.

Keep at it, Yvonne - practice makes perfect, so they say!

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Aug 2025 22:20

We enjoy the hunt…..and the challenge. Keeps our brains ticking over ;-) ;-)

The book may have been compiled before a lot of the info became available so it might be wise not to rely too much on its ‘info’

Do your own research, or if you’re stuck, get help on here where people have many, many years of experience of researching FH and have no preconceptions about the people being researched

Yvonne

Yvonne Report 23 Aug 2025 23:23

Thanks. It's definitely a challenge. I do like to verify info myself, that's why it takes me so long :-)
The red flag went up as soon as I saw that 19 year difference.
I'll keep on plodding. Thank you.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Aug 2025 18:29

You were quite right to query the 19-year gap, as it simply didn’t exist!! It was falsely created by the inaccurate ‘info’ in the book