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by Currie
Fri Jan 27, 2023 12:55 pm
Forum: Armed Forces
Topic: David Dick, 34th (Fifeshire) Militia/93rd RoF (Sutherland Highlanders)
Replies: 5
Views: 367

Re: David Dick, 34th (Fifeshire) Militia/93rd RoF (Sutherland Highlanders)

Hello Maurie, A couple of years ago I went looking for info on the Fifeshire Militia and this is as far as I got. http://www.talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=18905&hilit=regiments+archive It seems the missing records are those from before they left for England in July 1803. It would have b...
by Currie
Sat Jan 14, 2023 8:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Understanding a "close"
Replies: 6
Views: 430

Re: Understanding a "close"

Hello Bill, This 1857-58 Ordnance Survey map has 56 segments. If you click on segment V1.11.12 and V1.11.17 (towards the bottom right corner of the main map) you’ll see that the area around High Street was riddled with closes. You can see where they connect to the street by a tunnel under a building...
by Currie
Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Understanding a "close"
Replies: 6
Views: 430

Re: Understanding a "close"

There’s an advertisement in the Glasgow Herald, Friday, February 1, 1861, that’s a bit descriptive. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8lZEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6LEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2674%2C1379059 FLAT No. 140 GEORGE STREET, AND TENEMENTS No. 118 HIGH STREET, GLASGOW. FOR SALE, BY PRIVATE BARGAINS, I. THE THI...
by Currie
Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:20 am
Forum: Census
Topic: Looking for Philip Harper in 1911
Replies: 14
Views: 1763

Re: Looking for Philip Harper in 1911

Hello Meg, I had a look at this last week but didn’t get anywhere. If it is only the wife and young children who are missing maybe she was a suffragette, or a sympathiser, and boycotted the census. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/features/malicious-mischief-womens-suffrage-in-scotlan...
by Currie
Fri Nov 11, 2022 8:39 am
Forum: Census
Topic: 1921 Census
Replies: 38
Views: 2905

Re: 1921 Census

Look on the bright side. By the time this one turns up you’ll only have eight years to wait for the next one. Pity the poor English, for a proper census, they’ll have to wait until ………………….2051!

Alan.
by Currie
Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:06 am
Forum: Australia and New Zealand
Topic: Ancestor death Queensland
Replies: 2
Views: 291

Re: Ancestor death Queensland

BDM Queensland has the death. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Thomas Russell Event date: 25/01/1936 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1936/C/139 Mother: Annie Tyrell Father/parent: James Russell The cost of a death certificate is A$23.90 (online PDF). The C in the regist...
by Currie
Tue Oct 11, 2022 8:11 am
Forum: Australia and New Zealand
Topic: Kirk Family in Victoria Australia
Replies: 2
Views: 259

Re: Kirk Family in Victoria Australia

If this is him NSW BMD has a 1926 death at Grenfell, parents John and Agnes. https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3 And if this is Susan there’s a 1909 death at Goulburn with parents Frederick and Jessie https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory...
by Currie
Tue Oct 11, 2022 7:28 am
Forum: Australia and New Zealand
Topic: Kirk Family in Victoria Australia
Replies: 2
Views: 259

Re: Kirk Family in Victoria Australia

Hello Isk, Victoria used the same registration system as Scotland, so the parents of the bride and groom should normally appear on the marriage certificate. The parent’s names aren’t shown in the marriage index. http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html The certificate can be downloaded for a fee of AUD$20.00 ...
by Currie
Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:05 am
Forum: Scottish People
Topic: Thomas Grieve and His Parents (Missing Records)
Replies: 9
Views: 550

Re: Thomas Grieve and His Parents (Missing Records)

A search here will find a John White Grieve admitted to Roxburgh District Asylum 13 October, 1873, and also an admission to Royal Edinburgh Asylum 24 February, 1875, with an additional name, James Murdoch. Admission forms are available for a fee. https://www.scottishindexes.com/institutions/70.aspx ...