I found my Mums birth cert on scotlandspeople
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johnhills
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I found my Mums birth cert on scotlandspeople
After lots of hair pulling(going bald now) trying to find my Mums side of the family I traced most of my mums rellies and a few of Dads too on Scotlands people.Tried most of the others,but it seems the best bet for tracing Scottish Relatives and of course you too
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Russell
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Re: I found my Mums birth cert on scotlandspeople
Hi John
I would agree with you that scotlandspeople gives you more for your buck than many other sites with additional information which may, or may not lead you on to the next generation (this applies particularly to death records since the informant may have been e.g. a son-in-law who only new his m-in-law as MRS ...) Sometimes the registrar was given information which was not strictly correct ( thinking here of marriage certificates where the new husband massaged his age down to appear more compatible with his new wife's age or she may have made herself slightly more mature.)
If you could give us more info like dates, places and names so we can start looking for individuals it would help. Some members use ancestry.com and have posted quite hilarious transcription errors so the warning is "place not your faith in the accuracy of entries" Even scotlandspeople is not wholly immune despite being an official site.
Russell
I would agree with you that scotlandspeople gives you more for your buck than many other sites with additional information which may, or may not lead you on to the next generation (this applies particularly to death records since the informant may have been e.g. a son-in-law who only new his m-in-law as MRS ...) Sometimes the registrar was given information which was not strictly correct ( thinking here of marriage certificates where the new husband massaged his age down to appear more compatible with his new wife's age or she may have made herself slightly more mature.)
If you could give us more info like dates, places and names so we can start looking for individuals it would help. Some members use ancestry.com and have posted quite hilarious transcription errors so the warning is "place not your faith in the accuracy of entries" Even scotlandspeople is not wholly immune despite being an official site.
Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
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johnhills
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Re: I found my Mums birth cert on scotlandspeople
True but I was ](./images/smilies/brick-wall.gif "Brick wall")
before getting nowhere and with what information i gather I always try to cross reference it.The age bit still goes on I,m a young sixties myself(all-right middle) .
John
before getting nowhere and with what information i gather I always try to cross reference it.The age bit still goes on I,m a young sixties myself(all-right middle) .John
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Russell
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Re: I found my Mums birth cert on scotlandspeople
You young fellows are always to0 impatient
The second time I retired I decided to go much more slowly
Russell
The second time I retired I decided to go much more slowly
Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
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johnhills
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Re: I found my Mums birth cert on scotlandspeople
My trouble is I'm working harder now I have retired 
John
John
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Russell
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Re: I found my Mums birth cert on scotlandspeople
That's what the pre-retirement programme is supposed to warn you about. Everybody thinks that you are available all day now for all these tasks they don't have time for because they're working
I warn you though that five years or so down the line it doesn't get any easier.
Russell
I warn you though that five years or so down the line it doesn't get any easier.
Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
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johnhills
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Re: I found my Mums birth cert on scotlandspeople
think I'll unretire.john