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My GGG grandfather was a Senior Magistrate of Hamilton. Would the records of his service and cases he heard in the early 19th century have been retained? If so, where would these be held -- the local burgh archives, the NAS court records or the Mitchell Library?

Any help would be most appreciated.

Cheers,

Rodeo

I think I've located on the IFHF site the death certificate of a missing relative Mary Dodds (nee Paterson) who emigrated from Scotland to Ireland. Unfortunately, her maiden surname (Paterson) is not not recorded, nor is any informant cited. The only way I can establish if this is indeed my relative is through her last known address.

The last recorded address of Mary Dodds (nee Paterson) before her death in 1942 was noted in her twin sister's diary as Highbury, Cadogan Park, Belfast. The address cited on the death certificate of Mary Dodds is 13 Summerhill Street, Belfast.

The fact that no informant is cited, and that the cause of death was Senile Dementia with Complications, would suggest that she died in a nursing home under a doctor's care.

Was there a nursing home at 13 Summerhill Street, Belfast in 1942?

Does anyone have access to a Belfast telephone directory circa 1940-1942 to verify the address of Mary Dodds at Highbury, Cadogan Park, Belfast? Alternatively, is there one online?

Any assistance would be most appreciated.

Cheers,

Rodeo

Would a 1798 birth in Chryston, Lanarkshire, be registered on SP in Cadder, Coatbridge or Glasgow? Chryston seems to be in some sort of limbo in central Scotland.

Many thanks for your help.

Cheers,

Rodeo

John Paterson was born in 1879 and died in 1959, his death certificate citing him as widower of Jessie Cunningham or Cleland, whom he married in 1946. They were both aged 66 at the time of their marriage in Tradeston, Jessie Cunningham having been previously married to a Samuel Cleland.

I have just received their 1946 marriage extract, which doesn't give any details of Jessie Cunningham's previous marriage , although her marital status is shown as 'widow' and her signature appears as Jessie Cleland. John's marital status is 'bachelor'. It was a civil ceremony in the Office of the Registrar for the District of Tradeston.

It seems rather odd that John Paterson would have married for the first time at such an advanced age. Is that marriage extract conclusive or is it at all possible that he was married before? Was it mandatory to disclose a previous spouse on a marriage certificate of that era?

Cheers,

Rodeo

An ancestor lived at 19 Westland Drive, Glasgow, which (if you Google it) now appears to be a sheltered housing facility called Westland Court.

Is anyone familiar with this building? Was it always sheltered housing? What was it circa 1958?

Many thanks.

Cheers,

Rodeo