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Hi Glenda,

Unless someone is going before then, I might be in the Mitchell one day next week and I'll have a look for you then.

I'll let you know if I find anything.

Best wishes

Brian

I thought the Donald Mcgregor was a possibility. His birth year is slightly out as is the years married (which perhaps was written as years since he married) - but there is no sign of a Donald McGregor born in Wales 1855-1865 on freebdm. In 1901 he said he was born in Scotland - so does his birthpl...

Hi Alan

Thanks for the comments and info, which are very helpful.

Knowing my luck, his page is one of the water damaged ones, as I don't imagine he was a suffragette!

The 'other' Donald Gregory is quite a coincidence, but at the moment that's all it seems to be.
Best wishes

Brian

Hi, Taking advantage of the current free access on Ancestry to the England and Wales census, I've been looking for my 2 x Great Grandfather, Donald Gregory, born 1860 in Middlesex. Born to Scottish parents, I have him in the 1861, 1871, 1881 (possibly?), 1891 (all England) and 1901 (Wales) censuses,...

Hi Mary,

The custom may not have died out completedly, as my wife and I were given a bible by my parents-in-law on our wedding day nine years ago. Unbeknown to us, her mum had arranged for the minister to use it during the service too, before it was given to us.

Thanks

Brian

Hi Daryl, Did he have a 'usual residence' prior to the Poorhouse, or do you know if any of his family were around the local area. I have a relation who died in an asylum, but the family took him home for burial with his wife. One of the sons owned some property nearby, so presumably they could affor...

Could this Tinsmith & Gasfitter trade be a Scottish thing? Hi Alan, My Great-Great Grandfather and his brother were both (Scottish) tinsmiths in 1841, living in Edinburgh's Rose Street, but both moved south to the bright lights of London. By 1861 my GG Grandfather is a Dry Gas Meter Maker. Perhaps ...

Hi Leo, Someone with better knowledge than me will probably be along shortly, but in the meantime..... The original clans did have a historical base in times gone by and some were specific to one or two areas - an example being the Macleods of Skye and Lewis. I've seen 'clan maps' that have others l...

Hi Aileen, The story in the Herald is, unfortunately, all you may be able to find. The other paper to try is the Evening Times. The death happened too early for the Daily Record. There is an outside chance that the Edinburgh based Scotsman may have picked it up depending on the circumstances and wha...

Hi, The location of police buildings in Coatbridge & Whifflet was the subejct of this topic on Rootschat a while ago: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,447186.msg3185500.html#msg3185500 There's a bit of general confusion, but two posters at the bottom of the second page might be useful:...