James Alexander REID

ashwheeler1 · Post by **ashwheeler1** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:13 pm

Hello im looking for any information on my family James A REID who was born in Buckie Banffshire 1911 and married a Marjorie Duncan in 1935 in Buckie she was born Banffshire Scot they moved to Aberlour had a few children <edited to remove details of potentially living people> they all left Scotland around 1945 any help would be great many thanks.
Ashley Wheeler.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:22 pm

Hi Ashley
Wecome to Talking Scot

I've had to edit your post a little as we do not tend to name people on TS who may still potentially be alive. We do have a section where these guidelines are stated, but unfortunately, due to a recent disaster the forum has had to be built back up from scratch using backups and I don't think the "rules" are back in place yet, so I wouldn't expect you to know!

We can help you trace backwards, but we cannot help you find living people. Do you have any birth documents for James and Marjorie? Unfortunately they too are a little recent to find records online for - a search on Scotlands People should establish if there are any possible matches, and that would be a good starting point. Better still if you can visit the Scotlands People centre in Edinburgh as you would be able to find out more in a session there. However, once you have paret names for James and Marjorie we should be able to point you in the right direction fo find out more.

Best wishes
Lesley

ashwheeler1 · Post by **ashwheeler1** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:15 am

Hello thanks for the reply and letting me no but most of the children have passed except one who was born in Oxford which i havent named my grandfather James died when he was 52 and my nan his dau also died age 52.
I do have a few certificates James Death cert, Marjorie Death cert my nans birth cert and her oldist brother Birth cert.
I found two James Reid on Scotlands people born 1911 in the same area but which ones my James Reid.
Thanks for the welcome
Ashley Wheeler

Moray_Lass · Post by **Moray_Lass** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:35 am

Hi Ashley and welcome

There are allot of Reid's around Buckie

My first port of call for anything Moray related is the wonderful Moray Libindx

http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp

Ref no NM162563 is the only James Reid born 1911 listed, this might not be your James, but it might help to rule out the other. A trick with Libindx is less is more, some of the info they get might be wrong so I usually only go by the names and work through the list - you can accidently trip over gems.

ashwheeler1 · Post by **ashwheeler1** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:30 am

Hi Maggie

Thanks for the link

yeah not my James thou my james died 30th aug 1963 where i live Swindon wiltshire but like my family died in his early 50s maybe related not known yet.
many thanks
Ashley