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The Common Room / Re: Tracing my mother's family as xmas pressie - stuck PLEASE PLEASE HELP!
« on: Friday 08 December 17 17:25 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Isobel, that confirms what i've found too which is great! I've managed back to 1800 on Annie's side now too. So chuffed :D

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The Common Room / Re: Tracing my mother's family as xmas pressie - stuck PLEASE PLEASE HELP!
« on: Friday 08 December 17 17:23 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Josephine, I believe the James A Cran born in 1910 may be his father too! I've downloaded the relevant PDFs, thanks again to you both :)

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The Common Room / Re: Tracing my mother's family as xmas pressie - stuck PLEASE PLEASE HELP!
« on: Friday 08 December 17 09:30 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much! That's incredibly helpful :)

I'm thinking James A Cran may be a bit of a dead end sadly, can't remember if i mentioned in my original post but my Aunt believes he was a shepherd, don't know if that will be of any use though.

I'll have a search on the links you've both suggested - thanks again!

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The Common Room / Tracing my mother's family as xmas pressie - stuck PLEASE PLEASE HELP!
« on: Thursday 07 December 17 23:36 GMT (UK)  »
I'm tracing my mother's family as her xmas pressie as she knows nothing past her parents and only knew her father's name!

I've gone as far back as 1800 on her mother's side but cannot get past her grandparents on her father's side!

I obviously need this finished before xmas as I still need to write it all up yet.

I have taken and attached a screen shot of my ancestry.co.uk tree where i'm stuck and would appreciate any help or findings whatsoever.

My mother's parents are Joan May and James Cran-Chalmers. The name Cran-Chalmers consists of his mother and father's names who were never married. I know James was in foster care until he was 5 years old when he moved back in with his mother Annie and her new husband James Smith. They lived in Banffshire in Scotland.

I also know that Annie was a twin and her mother died young. Her father then remarried and had twin boys. This is hearsay info from Jeanette Smith though and I cannot find records for this.

I cannot find anything for either James Cran or Annie Chalmers, or even a marriage cert for Annie and James Smith. Any help would be really appreciated!!!


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