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Welcome to Taking Scot Hazel. [TS_welcome] Putting "John Storie Rhind" into the basic search box on Scotlands people gives: 2 births - 1899 Hamilton and 1930's Bothwell 1 death - 1967 in Dalziel aged 67 [born ~1899] 1 marriage - to Marion McKinnon NOTMAN in Holytown 1930 using that information Mario...

Welcome back :) You don't mention the date of the Poor Relief report? I did find a death for a Frederick Steele in 1924 in Denniston - aged 53 so born ~1871 I can't find an obvious match for him ^ in either the 1901 or 1911 census so wonder if he's your man? Have you tracked down the rest of the fam...

Stick with us chip chip and you'll find 'dog & bone' applies to the regulars here!
We strongly dislike unsolved mysteries!

It is strange that we can't find much evidence for it's existence. Perhaps you could contact Tayside NHS and see what records they may hold on it. https://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/thecollections/ unfortunately the search function - doesn't! and I'd be surprised if you'd get any sort of reply until ...

Who was the informant on the deaths? Relatio or member of staff? And what was the cause of death? These might give a clue. I did a quick street view round the old Liff hospital ( looks lovely now converted to housing) at least one of the doors had writing carved above it. Could be worth a close tour...

I wonder what she'd make of the rubbish folks fill their head with now!

Francis,
You should be able to access Ancestry through the Library just now, if you have a full library membership, it's free on your home computer during the pandemic - we can in Falkirk.

Glad Sarah found what you need, but worth a try yourself too.

If you search on here for Gartloch you'll get a few threads on the topic. This one may be of more use: http://www.talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1876&highlight=gartloch However all the research etc facilities are closed at the moment, so you may be waiting a while for any reply. A simple answ...

CANMORE - National Record of the Historical Environment, are currently trying to put their vast collection of photographs on-line, some have lost any identifying details so are appealing for the public to help. The Scottish Development Department collection consists of approximately 70,000 plastic p...

Alan,
Good to have you with us.

The genealogy world is an ever evolving one, the information at our fingertips now was undreamed of 20 years ago, and we are ever hopeful of more coming on-line!