Livingston(e) information from ScotlandsPeople

[Kyle2 MacLea]

Very interesting, actually.

[D.W.Livingston]

So did mine but can't show a graph in Text form Two highest points in history was 11 Jul 1809 - 31 Jan 1833 AND 16 Jan 1831 - 31 Jan 1833 with the average being 6.25 After 31 Jan 1833 it starts to dip and ends with the end of Parish records on 31 Dec 1854 with 3.58. Out of the ordinary spike happened 01 April 1749 - 15 Dec 1755 where it went from 1.55 up to 2.59 and then back down to 1.72 Out of the ordinary dip happened 16 April 1823 - 8 Feb 1826 where it went from 5.14 down to 4.41 and then back up to 5. I can see adjusting to yearly or decade births with whole numbers when we have them all listed. I can also see, when we get all the information having a double line graph depicting Mclea/MacLea births and compare to Livingston(e) births to see where they intersect or major spikes of one and dips of others. David

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi DAvid, This is all interesting and exciting news. As i was at the library part of day and doing my excercise to get my heart back on track I am bit behind the latest news. However I am going to check out this Scotspeople and appreciate your advice on that. As mentioned to Kiall and Niall I dont know if I or we can jump to conclusion on the Inverary Parish information you provided us, but if we have a bit more information and some more details regarding the parish records,I think we may be in stronger position to test some of ideas that Kyle suggested and that I am thinking. I am prepared to go parish by parish in records to try and find what I am looking for. I might not find it as some of these parishes are far from my Western Argyll neighbour. However there is more than one thing i am looking for and those parishes that are adjacent to Bute may also tell me something if my hunch is correct. regards Donald

[Kyle2 MacLea]

According to ScotlandsPeople, these are the records they hold, and their time-table for availability: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/conte ... ?r=554&413 As you can see, some "Minor" birth records from the OPR era and beyond, and "Minor" marriage and death records from the Statuatory era as well, are not yet imaged, but they are indexed.

[Keith Livingstone Australia]

Done like a true Scotsman, and with the brains of a Livingstone!

[D.W.Livingston]

Working on it now.

[Kyle2 MacLea]

I'll take 01 June 1725 - 15 May 1733 16 May 1733 - 31 January 1741 01 February 1741 - 31 March 1749 01 April 1749 - 15 December 1755 16 December 1755 - 15 April 1763 16 April 1763 - 31 May 1769 01 June 1769 - 31 August 1774 01 September 1774 - 31 March 1780 01 April 1780 - 20 August 1785 21 August 1785 - 05 October 1789

[Kyle2 MacLea]

1500 Livingston/es by Counties: (Approximate count) 36 from Aberdeen +11 from Aberdeen City 8 from Angus + 15 from Dundee City 180 from Argyll 18 from Ayr 3 from Banff 10 from berwick 1 from Bute 14 from Dumfries 2 from Dunbarton 80 from East Lothian 180 from Fife 30 from Inverness 20 from Kincardine 70 from Kinross 25 from Kirkcudbright 36 from Lanark +75 from Glasgow City 25 from Midlothian +150 from Edinburgh City 1 from Moray 115 from Perth 60 from Renfrew 2 from Roxburgh 255 from Stirling 70 from West Lothian 2 from Wigtown Clearly in this time period, Stirling is the high point for Livingston/es, with many in Edinburgh/etc, Argyll, Fife, and Glasgow. Note that for Argyll, I have ~4 births in the late 1720s/early 30s, all in Kildalton.

[Canadian Livingstone]

Stirlingshire Parish is where Falkirk, Linlithgo and Callendar House are located isnt it? Lots of Livingstons there for centuries I would imagine. Great stuff!!! Donald

[Kyle2 MacLea]

Didn't take me that long, probably an hour total, but did get the repetitive stress on the old mouse-hand going something fierce! I wish SP would give you an option to display larger screens of data for the equivalent number of credits.