Genealogy Chat

should I order it Mhairi, I just think it's a real stab in the dark - what connects it?

IGI - International Genealogical Index (i think) is Scottish Old Parish registers transcribed by the mormons and put on to familysearch.org - its free and a great help but wont tell you the fathers occupation so you wont be able to confirm. It also only has info up to 1875 for Scotland so if they had any more children then they wont be there so the brother with the name beginning W might have been born after 1875. Mhairi

Mhaira, Whats the IGI is that another site? is it better? and what is that info from? can you tell me the web address please? I've just thought - on the death certificate for James clark's daughter (1901 cenus with Annie Alice Clark in Northumberland) the signature of the death certificate was W.A. Clark (Uncle)...so whoever his parents are they should have a son called W? Annie

there should be a bit that says 'view image' , over to the right, click on that

Its no problem According to IGI Thomas Clark and Isabella Stewart had the following kids 1. BERNARD CLARK - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 26 DEC 1870 Dundee, Angus, Scotland 2. PETER CLARKE - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 01 SEP 1864 Dundee, Angus, Scotland 3. JAMES CLARK - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 08 SEP 1868 Dundee, Angus, Scotland 4. THOMAS CLARK - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 15 MAR 1862 Dundee, Angus, Scotland 5. RICHARD BLAKE CLARK - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 08 MAR 1867 Dundee, Angus, Scotland Try searching for Bernards birth (which seems to appear in 1871, not 1870 as shown above) or the 1871 census for Bernard. He's the one with the usual name which may help Mhairi

FOUND IT Mhairi, Now to purchase it! is that right? Otherwise how on earth will I know? Annie

Ok thank you here I go... you don't have to wait up Mhairi I will leave you my results on here... (if any!) thank you annie.. ps... lucozade wearing off....

Ahh i see, theres not one for Dundee...we could have a small problem Mhairi

Did you find the birth? If not, you need to click on the births bit in the pinkish coloured box. Put in the surname, forename, male. For the year range place 1868 to 1868 and place Angus as the county. Then search It should show you how many it found. If all on one page click View. Your looking for the one for Dundee. If there is more than one your just going to take a guess (view image should be at the right hand side of the info) Let me know if you get it Mhairi

I;ve got 29 credits

I'm here I'm here Mhairi x

Ok dont know if you've gone to bed or worked it out or...gone of in search of more lukazade :) message me if your still having some problems and i'll talk you through the different scottish sites and how to get the best out of them. I'll be on for another ten minutes or so. Mhairi p.s Scottish registration didnt start till 1855, before that its parish registers we have to work with and they dont contain nearly as much useful information.

Ok lets first get the birth cert Have you bought credits for scotlandspeople yet? I have some spare and could look for the birth for you if you havent already Mhairi

Mhairi, Why can I get a certificate if they were married after 1855? does something happen then? And how would I then look for siblings? - oh the penny's just dropped on that one.... doh! not clear on the first one tho? Anniex

thank you everyone, I've just to take it all in... I went to the scottish site and I put in everything that I have that Georgina found for me and it doesn't come up? I wanted to see the birth certificate to see if it is the right person, I just don't know at all. Janice, you said you found a couple of my lot in the ww1 records I was reading through that new research document and I got the address - is it just me - or is it just very hit and miss - you can just put in an initial? Annie.... thank you all sooooomuch

Oh and Georgina got that info at familysearch.org which is very helpful. If you do find out that those are James's parents then you could look for other brothers and sisters and his parents marriage in the above site. Then if they married after 1855 you could get that marriage cert which will give you both sets of parents. Mhairi

Hi Annie I think the record Georgina found was from the IGI. If you haven't found it already, go to www.familysearch.org Heather

If you want James's birth cert (Are we sure its that one now? Just for my own records if you still want me to look up stuff for you in Edinburgh) then go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk It'll cost you £6 for 30 credits. 1 credit to do a search and 5 to view the certificate. It also has the scottish census on it as well so you may be able to track the family though with the name of Clark it may be difficult. Good Luck Mhairi

Thanks everyone, I've found the new research now... it's much easier reading than the great big volumes I have just purchased! I'd just like to achieve something tonight, but if I don't tomorrow's another day.... Anniex

ok before you all go to bed... can you please just help me do this? A lady called Georgina was brilliant and found my gdad's father's birth date and she emailed it to me, I think she may have gone to beddie bies now.. but I just wanted to know where she got the info from so I can order a birth certificate to get me started on him. His details are:- (the only ones I have) He was married to Annie Alice Clark on 3rd June 1895 at St. Mathews, Southampton. On the certificate it says he was 27 (so maybe born 1868) he is a Professor of Music (I think he was just trying to impress Annie!) and his fathers name is Thomas Clark and he is a French Polisher. (my table needs doing!) 1901 he is found in Northumberland with a little girl called Isabella (or Isabele I think it says) and his wife Annie and his birth place is said to be Scotland. Now Georgina found the following info:- James Clark Birth : 8th Sept 1868 Dundee, Angus, Scotland Father THOMAS CLARK Mother ISABELLA STEWART And, I really would like to know where to find the info so I can get the birth cert. Anniex thanks in advance