I'm researching my Wilson line in the Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire area and have been very fortunate to have come in possession of 3 letters sent across the ocean. These letters are from Mary Wilson to her brother John in America and reference other family members and I am earnestly trying to connect them into Scotland and perhaps find out more about them and maybe locate their parents:

Mary Wilson b: ?? d: ??

Hamellan Wilson b: ?? d: ??

Jane (Wilson) b. ?? d: ?? (she was
married - living with her daughter Sally - married name ??)

John Wilson b. Ca 1787 Dumfrieshire

d: 1885 Indiana

David C. Wilson b. Cir 1814 Kirkcudbrightshire

d: 1896 Indiana

H.W. Wilson b. ?? d: ?? (he was in the US as this letter was written to his sister Mary while he was serving in the Civil War)

I have recently found a possibility that the parents of these children was John & Catharine Wilson -- but that is currently unconfirmed. I found it on the LDS site.

Also, there should be another sister but so far no name as Mary references in one of her letters how fortunate it is that 4 sisters live so close as to visit often. It may be Sarah as Mary also references in a letter that she doesn't know if Sarah has told John of a death.

Any help or suggestions for research would be greatfully appreciated as I am new to genealogy and even newer to "foreign" research!!

Vivian L. McDonald
v.l.mcdonald@seidata.com
Hanover, Indiana, USA
SURNAMES: McDonald - Wilson - Stein - Hammond - Davis - Sage