Searching for Cousins.

[Souter]

I live in Los Angeles, California, USA and am planning a trip to Scotland in September of 2007. I would love to visit any relatives still living in Scotland. If any of the following sounds familar or anyone knows how I might locate living relatives prior to my arrival in Scotland I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

My Paternal Great Great Great Grand parents were:

WILLIAM SOUTER
Born around 1790 or 1791 Kildrummy Scotland
Married RACHEL THOM
Born 1800 or 1801 Kildrummy Scotland

5 Children from this union all born in Kildrummy Scotland
John, Born 12/20/1822
Mary Elizabeth, Born 02/10/1824
Robert, Born 10/04/1826
William, Born 05/12/1834
James, Born 06/01/1837


My Paternal Great Great Grand parents were:

JOHN SOUTER
Born 20/12/1822 Kildrummy Scotland
Married JESSIE CRAIGEN 21/07/1849 Clatt Scotland
Born Scotland

4 Children from this union:
William John born 14/06/1851 Clatt, Scotland
Jean born 29/07/1849 Clatt, Scotland
Twin Sons born 05/09/1853 and 06/09/1853 Clatt
both died day of birth


My Paternal Great Grand parents were:

WILLAIM JOHN SOUTER
Born 14/06/1851 Clatt Scotland
Immigrated to U.S. from Scotland circa 1853
Married HELEN MITCHELL
Born 14/04/1856 Portage, Wisconsin, USA
Her parents were William and Mary both born in Scotland

Thank you!
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[paddyscar]

Hi Souter and welcome to TalkingScot!

Unfortunately, we are unable to help you tracing living people. We have compiled some links to sites that will help you with that. See:
http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5576

Wishing you the best in your search,

Frances

[marilyn morning]

Hi Souter,

Welcome to TalkingScot!

If any of the following sounds familar or anyone knows how I might locate living relatives prior to my arrival in Scotland I would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

Paddyscar is correct, we can't help our members locate living relatives. But in your case, I think you're asking, that if anyone on this board is related to the family that you've listed to get in contact with you? Which is slightly different, because you're not posting living family members information here.

Now to get back to your original question. Based on my own personal experience, it is in fact possible to get in touch with living relatives from Scotland, but it may take some time and given your time frame, you might not have enough of it to establish a connection. But, never give up hope.
It took me two years, before I was able to make contact with my Morning family from Scotland. But all the hard work paid off, because I now have a relationship with 5 distant Morning cousins and 3 of us met in Scotland last year.

Here's a few of my suggestions

1. Post your request on as many genealogy boards as possible. Ancestry, Rootsweb and Worldconnect, worked for me.

2. You may also consider, local news boards too. Relatives read these too. ( I know because a relative contacted me, after reading my post)

3. Pick up the internet phone book and make contact with folk with the same last name in the area your family had lived in Scotland. Again this worked for me, because many of the Morning family remain in the Renfrewshire area of Scotland.

Good Luck
Marilyn