Researching my grandmother's siblings, born in Glasgow Scotland. Have birth and marriage entries in Glasgow, but having no success with death entries, thought of shipping records. Shocked and amazed - it would appear two sisters, Bridget Mc Donald (d.o.b. 9 Sept. 1872 ) and her sister Julia Michael (dob 30 July 1870 - married to John Michael) migrated to Manchester New Hampshire (via port of Boston), Julia, definitely in August 1900, and Bridget had gone earlier (?1890 or 1893/5? - according to info on US later census).
So, I have found the US census for family - 1910,1920,1930 - still in Manchester. Only problem is I am failing to find any of their death entries in US records. Maybe because i am expecting to find central records like Scotlandspeople - online? Have found website http://death-records.net/newhampshire/death-records.htm - but doesn't seem to go anywhere???
Help please - total "newbie" to the US records. Need help!
Cheers
Maggie
?Help re death records ? New Hampshire
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Hi Maggie
Don't despair...where there's a will there's a way!
It looks to me like your family likely expired in that no mans land time period of later than the last open census and prior to the helpful indexes of SSDI so between 1930 and about 1960ish. What that means is it's far less likely to find some well organized, indexed, digitized, centralized and expedient online way to find the information yourself. So this is what you might consider trying....
First off it appears you don't know exactly when they died or precisely where they died but the latter is likely to be within Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. That means they're probably also buried there somewhere. Someone from that area and familiar with the local records of Manchester town clerk, Manchester newspaper archives, Manchester library etc will know how to narrow up to a death date by the simplest means. Sometimes a local historical society or some such as published a fully indexed cemetery burial listing for example and if you found that info you'd find the year of death and then you could search for an obituary or even the death record itself. It all depends on how the local records are maintained....and believe me every state and every county and every city and town has their own ideas about things over this way
So here's my suggestion....go for the RAOGK volunteer to be your guide. A quick look on the website and there is a gentleman named Jack Stanton who states he'll research in Hillsborough County the following: Public records lookup in all NH counties (births prior to 1901; marriages, divorces, and deaths prior to 1948). Obituaries. Tombstones in Manchester (and St Joseph cemetery in Bedford). Burial records for St Joseph cemeteries in Manchester and Bedford. Here's a link to the page where you complete your request to him: http://www.raogk.org/dbmailvol.php?vol=105&db=raogk6
Please let us know how you get on. If I were a little closer to Manchester I'd go there myself for you!
Best wishes
Jean
Don't despair...where there's a will there's a way!
It looks to me like your family likely expired in that no mans land time period of later than the last open census and prior to the helpful indexes of SSDI so between 1930 and about 1960ish. What that means is it's far less likely to find some well organized, indexed, digitized, centralized and expedient online way to find the information yourself. So this is what you might consider trying....
First off it appears you don't know exactly when they died or precisely where they died but the latter is likely to be within Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. That means they're probably also buried there somewhere. Someone from that area and familiar with the local records of Manchester town clerk, Manchester newspaper archives, Manchester library etc will know how to narrow up to a death date by the simplest means. Sometimes a local historical society or some such as published a fully indexed cemetery burial listing for example and if you found that info you'd find the year of death and then you could search for an obituary or even the death record itself. It all depends on how the local records are maintained....and believe me every state and every county and every city and town has their own ideas about things over this way
So here's my suggestion....go for the RAOGK volunteer to be your guide. A quick look on the website and there is a gentleman named Jack Stanton who states he'll research in Hillsborough County the following: Public records lookup in all NH counties (births prior to 1901; marriages, divorces, and deaths prior to 1948). Obituaries. Tombstones in Manchester (and St Joseph cemetery in Bedford). Burial records for St Joseph cemeteries in Manchester and Bedford. Here's a link to the page where you complete your request to him: http://www.raogk.org/dbmailvol.php?vol=105&db=raogk6
Please let us know how you get on. If I were a little closer to Manchester I'd go there myself for you!
Best wishes
Jean
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maggbill
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Hi Jean,
thank you very much for this advice - sounds like a good avenue to follow - My experiences with the US records is nil, - so here's hoping that I can find my way through the maze.
I have always been impressed by the advice and helpful support of people like yourselves, on this website.
Cheers
Maggie
thank you very much for this advice - sounds like a good avenue to follow - My experiences with the US records is nil, - so here's hoping that I can find my way through the maze.
I have always been impressed by the advice and helpful support of people like yourselves, on this website.
Cheers
Maggie
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Hi again Jean,
Well, I am delighted that I followed up your suggestion to contact Jack re help with the New Hampshire records. Within less than a week, he has found the exact details we needed to make everything "click into place" regarding my two great aunts migration to the US.
Jack is in fact still finding out more info for me, and I have to thank him and of course thank you very much for your suggestiong re the RAOGK website... To be recommended !
Cheers
Maggie
Well, I am delighted that I followed up your suggestion to contact Jack re help with the New Hampshire records. Within less than a week, he has found the exact details we needed to make everything "click into place" regarding my two great aunts migration to the US.
Jack is in fact still finding out more info for me, and I have to thank him and of course thank you very much for your suggestiong re the RAOGK website... To be recommended !
Cheers
Maggie
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Hooray Maggie! =D> Hat's off to New Hampshire Jack and RAOGK in general. I've always found them to be cheerfully helpful volunteers and incredibly knowledable at the local level. Your results prove it again!-
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I had posted a follow up to this query, but it seems that it has got lost in the system.
Can I just comment that the help received via "Jack" of the RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) website, was absolutely spectacular!
Within a week, Jack had found so much information, I was absolutely amazed. Found death records, obituaries, even photos of graves. My thanks to Jean for giving me the link, my sincere thanks to Jack for all his efforts, and my recommendations to others to have a look at the RAOGK website. Great Stuff.
Maggie
Can I just comment that the help received via "Jack" of the RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) website, was absolutely spectacular!
Within a week, Jack had found so much information, I was absolutely amazed. Found death records, obituaries, even photos of graves. My thanks to Jean for giving me the link, my sincere thanks to Jack for all his efforts, and my recommendations to others to have a look at the RAOGK website. Great Stuff.
Maggie