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Re: please help to identify Scottish town
« Reply #9 on: Friday 25 February 11 17:30 GMT (UK) »
There's no death entry showing on SP though (searching with wildcards for a K*n*  K*r*s*)....

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Re: please help to identify Scottish town
« Reply #10 on: Friday 25 February 11 17:34 GMT (UK) »
The first name may appear as the 'English' version- Xenia.
I can move this thread to Ireland-General board but unfortunately, as has already been mentioned, the online civil registration index stops at 1958.
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Re: please help to identify Scottish town
« Reply #11 on: Friday 25 February 11 17:42 GMT (UK) »
I've tried searching a *n*a for the first name...and still nothing (with a wider year range as well for the death). If she (?) did die in Scotland, can't figure out how the first (and second) name has been indexed!

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Re: please help to identify Scottish town
« Reply #12 on: Friday 25 February 11 17:49 GMT (UK) »
The place is 'Collon, Eire, Ireland' as it is in the Russian book "Nezabytye mogily" ('The graves not to forget').
Besides, she, Ksenia (or Xenia) had other relatives buried in Ireland.

When Julia is back, hope she will confirm that the place is in Ireland.

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Re: please help to identify Scottish town
« Reply #13 on: Friday 25 February 11 18:26 GMT (UK) »
Death notice from Irish Independent Saturday, July 30, 1966

Couriss (Collon, Co. Louth) - July 28, 1966. Ksana, beloved wife
 of N.J. Couriss. Funeral from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda
 today (Saturday) to Collon Church arriving at 2 o'c.



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Re: please help to identify town
« Reply #14 on: Friday 25 February 11 18:29 GMT (UK) »
Now that the exact place has been confirmed I've moved this thread to Louth board and changed the title slightly so no one wonders why a post looking for a Scottish place is on an Irish board.
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Re: please help to identify town
« Reply #15 on: Friday 25 February 11 19:33 GMT (UK) »
That's great Shane - all confirmed  :)

Mike, I've had a look at this book you mentioned "Nezabytye mogily" - looks a goldmine of info, if I could only understand it given it looks to be in Russian!

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Re: please help to identify town
« Reply #16 on: Friday 25 February 11 19:39 GMT (UK) »
yes Monica, it is in Russian and about Russians (also with UK, French, German roots) who died and were buried outside of Russia. 6 volumes of priceless information.

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Re: please help to identify town
« Reply #17 on: Friday 25 February 11 19:42 GMT (UK) »
Possible a death of a child of this couple :

 Name: Ilya Couriss
 Registration district:   Drogheda
 Event type: Death
 Quarter and year: Oct-Dec 1934
 Age:   8  (est. year of birth 1926)
 Volume :2 / Page : 185

The death is also indexed under the surname 'Conriss'. Drogheda is the registration district just east of the one that covers Collon.

I cant see a corresponding birth in the area... maybe Ilya was born outside Ireland ?


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