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dawnyb
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lost birth
« on: Friday 26 June 09 23:07 UTC (UK) »
hi all
i have a friend who was born in stirling in 1951 she now lives in england and has been trying for some years to obtain a copy of her birth certificate without any luck.
i've tried searching on the scotlands people site but i couldn't find anything and found the site a bit difficult to use.
also is it allowed to ask for help on the search for living people? i wont put her info on untill i know im not breaking any rules.
i have some credits left on s.p site if there is anyone willing to give me a hand,or point me in the right direction.
we did fill a form in online for a birth cert using the info we had but that was about a month ago and still not heard anything.  Undecided
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brumwell-weardale,newcastle upon tyne
siddall-manchester
armstrong-durham
scott-newcastle upon tyne,whitehaven
molloy,newcastle upon tyne
macsherry-not sure where from
skillicorn newcastle upon tyne,isle of man
gillespie newcastle upon tyne
CaroleW
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Barney 1993-2005
Re: lost birth
« Reply #1 on: Friday 26 June 09 23:29 UTC (UK) »
Hi

Rootschat do not allow the names of living people to be disclosed on their website
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Gadget
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Holy Island - Pilgrims' Path
Re: lost birth
« Reply #2 on: Friday 26 June 09 23:40 UTC (UK) »
Hi  Smiley

A month isn't very long for Scottish certificates. I've known them take 7-8 weeks. I'm not sure what the timescales are at the moment but with the 20th century indexes being put on SP there's bound to be a delay.

As Carole said, we're not allowed to discuss living people but as far as searching SP is concerned, it's often best to give as little information as possible and go from there, adding extra uintil you've whittled it down. Also, use wildcards or soundex and only the first few letters of the first name.

Take a look at these two threads:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,24468.0.html

and

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,43916.0.html


Gadget
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dawnyb
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Re: lost birth
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 27 June 09 00:28 UTC (UK) »
hi
thanks for the replys,those links were a great help gadget cheers
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brumwell-weardale,newcastle upon tyne
siddall-manchester
armstrong-durham
scott-newcastle upon tyne,whitehaven
molloy,newcastle upon tyne
macsherry-not sure where from
skillicorn newcastle upon tyne,isle of man
gillespie newcastle upon tyne
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