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Hello Sarah, Alan and Anne I think this post should be in a different heading now since Sarah sorted out the My Heritage request for me. If a moderator wants to change it that is fine. Sadly I have not had any contacts so far. I know that I am now searching for someone who does not come within the a...

Hello Thank you very much Sarah for the email address. I have sent off an email to Colin and hope that I will get a reply. Thanks to Alan and Anne. I shall beaver away at thweekend on those suggestions. The Motherwell obituary looks "hopeful" in that it is in a good area for the family- hope it was ...

Thanks so much for picking this up Sarah. I haven't found the tree I found on My Heritage yesterday :oops: but this is a link to the same one I think. https://www.myheritage.com/search-records?action=person&siteId=247018151&indId=1000052&origin=profile I should have explained that Easton and Girdwoo...

Hello I lost my sister in December and while clearing her house found some lovely photos many named and some bits of memorabilia regarding her husband's family. Unfortunately I can find no addresses for his family but I know that a relative attended his funeral 7 years ago. A search on Google using ...

Hello Kirsty Glad to catch up with you. This is the content of Maria Crossgoves's (Aitken's) death cert GROS Ref: 605/00 0025 Maria Crossgrove, widow of David Crossgrove, Cotton Weaver died 26 Feb 1899 at 0h 30m am at 2 Abbot St., Maybole aged 87 years. Parents: James Broadley, Clothier (deceased) a...

Hello Wilma and Annette Thanks so much for looking around for me. I did take up the suggestion of widening the wild card search and looked up Grindley and Pring with no joy. I had already been into all the likely Pringle deaths with nearish ages. No luck - not even the George Brown which I was sure ...

Hello Folks A Good New Year to you all and success stories galore! I'm trying to fill out my knowledge on the family of John Pringle (the stalwart lad who survived Denny Poorhouse after his father was transported to Australia ). He went from farm servant to coal miner to Inspector of Cleansing in th...

Hi Anne

Thank you very much for that. It puts my mind at rest - although I feel a wee bit sorry for wee Angus' original identity just floating away and I have no doubt there were a few pretty miffed rellies!

Thanks again.

Lorna

Hello Folks I have started on my daughter in law's tree and am a bit nonplussed by a birth record: James Black CUSHNIE; b. 1894 in Dundee died 1897 Dundee His brother Angus Wilson Riddell CUSHNIE b. 20th (?) April 1898 had his name changed to James Black CUSHNIE as per RCE on 19 Aug 1899. However al...

Hello Thank you Alan and Andrew for your help re Scotlandspeople. First time I have ever been identified as an "Advanced Searcher". :D John I shall get on to this topic once Christmas Day is over. That's a promise. I have new printer installed, had a wee go at Scotlandspeople, but need to concentrat...