I know that my ancestors were apparntly high up in the clan but due to dispute with the crown and others, the family moved to Ireland, although part of the family stayed in Scotland. Dumfries apparently.

I can loosley go back to James Johnston c1500 who married Mary McLennan also circa that date they maried c1525

James and Mary had two sons

James & Gilbert Johnston.

Our line continued down James Johnston.

I can supply some family records both hand written from long ago as well as official copies of doccuments.I’d be greatfull of any help, exchange etc or just to exchange so you can store these for any other searcher to revew.

yours

Laurie Piper

Brilliant thanks! They’ve even got Applegarth where some of my JARDINEs came from; and Canonbie for my DI[X/CKS]ONs – although I’ve got a horrible feeling they were shady characters. It’s very difficult to get any handle on the DI[X/CKS]ONs before the 1861 census in Edinburgh when he was a “horsekeeper”

Sheena

Dumfriesshire valuation rolls for 1897-98 are also available at http://www.maxwellancestry.co.uk/ancestry/resources/dumfriesshirevaluationroll.htm

Chris