Genealogy Chat

Oooh, we love strange backgrounds on here! Post it up, please! As for Scotland's People, you're right, you can use all your credits up very quickly without getting much in return, as I have found when trying to trace my great-grandfather's first 'wife' (I don't think they were married). Like you, my grandfather came from his father's second relationship which was an official marriage, and he was born in London, so my searching on Scotland's People for her is only nosiness really! My tip would be to try to narrow each search down enough that you get 1 page full of results, and then look at them. And only look at the actual image if you really need to. And keep track of what searches you have done (luckily, Scotland's People does this for you anyway.) Kate.

So Henry (Peter) Young as born in 1862 possibly with a Perthshire connection. From his marriage certificate do you hvae his father's name and occupation and we might be able to find a birth certificate. Margaret

Wow, talk about quick replies. Ok my g grandfather was called Henry Young, he possibly had the middle name of Peter. That's if the details I've found so far are correct. He married Ellen Allbrook in london in 1903 (Last quarter of) and they had a son, my grandfather, Early 1904. (Shotgun wedding it seems) The only details I have of where my grandfather was from are on the 1901 census and state 'Scotland' as his birthplace. My grandfather has a really strange history that is very secretive and just odd. He said his family were from Perth. But he also said he was from Scotland despite me finding his birth record in Holborn/Islington in 1904. He had older sisters but if he was part of a shotgun wedding then I can only imagine he has half sisters from his dads previous marriege. In 1901 he was 39 and Helen/Ellen/Eliza Allbrook/Young was only 22. I can email anyone interested a copy of the information I have. And if anyone is interested in the strange background of my grandfather I can post it here too as I could do with help finding information out on him. :D

Although I love the scottish site for the details you get When you strick it lucky, I fully understand what you mean, have you tried www.familysearch(.)org a lot of the records are on there. Carrie

It can be difficult especially if it is a common name you are looking for. What info do you have and maybe we can point you in the right direction. Margaret

Does anyone have any good tips for searching on scotlandspeople site as it appears to be a waste of time or very costly unless you have the exact details. Unlike the 1901 census and the ancestry site where you can search and it returns enough details for you to pinpoint to a select few people that could be your family scotlandspeople seem to charge you for just about everything and give very little making it exremely expensive if like me you have very few details.