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A nice unusual name to search for - though beware of mis-spellings and mis-transcriptions. I popped Togneri in the front page search of Scotland's People, and came up with a couple of hundred Births and Marriages a clutch of deaths and lots of hits on the valuation rolls and census returns. Looking ...

There is only one Hislop mentioned for the Southern Necropolis on http://www.memento-mori.co.uk/ An Elizabeth, buried 1910 possible married name of York? These are only as mentioned above of legible stones when whoever survyed the place, not an indication that they aren't buried there, or that the e...

Good, I knew there just HAD to be some connection.
They are such unusual names!

Pity we aren't any nearer a birth cert. though.

Ah, the family mentioned in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18720

It sometimes helps to keep things in the one place.

Hi DC i think you may need to give us a little more information. where did you find the details of the children and their year/place of birth? Were they born in Lanark town or Lanarkshire? [vast difference as the shire takes in Glasgow too] I'm not seeing any matching births anywhere, and it's too e...

Oh that's good, for those 'on the ground' so to speak.

Don't think I've anyone from there mind you.

So, if Ancestry have these digital records hidden away, for those and such as those, where are the actual records?

Would North Lanarkshire council have access to them in their libraries or archives somehow, could be worth finding out.

I wonder if George was in the Forces in 1939/40 time frame.
Looking at WW11 casualties could help?
What regiment did his Father serve in? The son may well have enlisted there too.

Really curious are the marriages of
Unknown Unknown to Unknown Unknown .... in the 1990's

I imagine that's the result of wonderful technology when a couple aren't aware of a parent's name - but nothing should surprise us in the world of genealogy.

I've just stumbled upon a birth where the surname is ANONYMOUS I wondered how common this was, and what would be the circumstances surrounding the entry. There seems to be over 1000 cases since 1855. Are they all cases where a newborn has been found dead, or would they also be of children who have s...