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Birth Certificate or not??!!

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Keely

Keely Report 23 Sep 2003 15:23

I'm a bit stuck at where to go next. My GGgrandad was born in Scotland, and that is all I know! So, if I get the birth certificate of his son, my Ggrandad, will this give me anymore clues. But, my Ggrandad was born in England, so will it have that information? The only thing that I can think of, is when I get the birth cert of my Ggrandad it will give me his mothers maiden name, so then I can look for the marriage cert of my GGgrandads.

Unknown

Unknown Report 23 Sep 2003 15:57

Hi Keely, What's you GGrandfathers name and any idea of how old he would have been? Regards Margaret

Keely

Keely Report 23 Sep 2003 16:07

Hi Margaret, You have helped me before finding this person! You kindly looked him up on the 1881 Scottish census! I still have the print out of names you found for me. It was about 60 in total. But now im going to buy the birth certificate of his son, so then I can get more info about him and maybe narrow him down about! It was James Scott, do you remember?!

Unknown

Unknown Report 23 Sep 2003 16:12

Hi Keely, I remember him well!!!! It's really difficult with such a common name. Let me know when you find a bit more detail and I will be happy to TRY and help you. Regards Margaret

Jennifer

Jennifer Report 23 Sep 2003 16:36

Keely, The birth certificate of the child will give you the mother's maiden name .... you can look for it on 1837online(.)co(.)uk. And here there will a column that you look on that states the mother's maiden name. Jeni

Keely

Keely Report 23 Sep 2003 16:49

Thanks Jennifer and Margaret! Ive got the reference etc of the b.c so just got to purchase it! Thats the one Margaret, common James Scott!! ha ha. Thanks for the offer, I might have to take you up on that when I find out about him a bit more!

Unknown

Unknown Report 23 Sep 2003 17:21

Don't worry Keely, you're not alone. Plenty common people in my tree!!! Regards Margaret