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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Renfrewshire => Topic started by: Barry Emmott on Tuesday 05 May 20 13:30 BST (UK)
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Can anybody please see if you can find a marriage between a man called Hudson and lady surnamed McBeth or MacBeth in the Leith area between 1915 and 1930 and a daughter named Mavis born during that period ? My Ancestry doesan't want to cover Scotland !!
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Hi
I think your best bet is to go to the Scotland's People. You will need to register and buy some credits. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
See
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=714261.msg5578815#msg5578815
and further posts on that thread.
In the meantime, I'll have a quick look but I don't have any credits at the moment so I will be limited.
Gadget
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Nothing is coming up 1915-1930 for a marriage or a birth for Mavis Hudson or M*cbeth in Scotland on a broad search.
Do you have any other information that might help.
Gadget
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As gadget says you will need to use scotlandspeople to verify your search.
A quick look at their site gives only 1 marriage under the name of Hudson for the years 1916/1930 -
Arthur William Hudson to Annie Law Lindsay or Orr 1916 - Leith 1916 - Ref No 692/2 260.
Only 1 birth showing for a Mavis in Leith during this period. This is for a Mavis Rowetta Miller in 1924. This is not available to view online because of the 100 year rule.
Dorrie
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Many thanks. The enquiry is not so urgent/vital that I want to venture into Scotlandspeple again just yet. Thanks, too, for the link which tends to prove that Scotland's genealogical fervour doesn't match that of England. Barry
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Thanks, too, for the link which tends to prove that Scotland's genealogical fervour doesn't match that of England. Barry
I've always thought that it was greater :-\
The information from 1855 onwards is far more detailed and the certs are less costly.
Gadget
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In what way would you say that Scotland's Genealogical fervour doesn't match that of England's ???
Curious to have your take on that statement.
Dorrie
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If I use Free BMD Searches I can find lots of info on births, deaths and marriages in England up to 1963 but I don't know of anything like that in Scotland or I wouldn't putting my request on here.
Last time I used ScotlandsPeople (my wife and I both had a Scottish grandmother) I got the info quickly but was left with credit I couldn't use. Keep safe, Barry
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Free BMD is fine up to a point but you are not seeing the original certificates which can give lots of extra information.
You can search the Index on Scotlandspeople for free. All you have to do is register. It only costs when you purchase credits if you wish to see the original. Even at that each certificate only costs £1.25 to view and you can download it. Credits last for 1 year (if memory serves me correct) A small cost for the knowledge gained. This is not a cheap hobby and sometimes you have to pay to get what you want.
Keep safe
Dorrie
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Hi Dorrie, thanks for a very helpful and informative contribution. I'll give it a try !! Keep safe, Barry
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If I use Free BMD Searches I can find lots of info on births, deaths and marriages in England up to 1963 but I don't know of anything like that in Scotland or I wouldn't putting my request on here.
As already stated, there is a corresponding index at Scotland's People which is free to use once you have registered.
However the SP index does not show mothers' maiden surnames for most years.
Downloading a certificate costs 6 credits (£1.50), and you get it on the spot, whereas for an English certificate you have to wait for it to arrive and it will cost either £6 or £11, and contain less information.
Last time I used ScotlandsPeople (my wife and I both had a Scottish grandmother) I got the info quickly but was left with credit I couldn't use.
When you buy more credits, any inactivated ones are reactivated, though I don't know offhand if there is a time limit on reactivation. You can buy enough credits for 5 certificates for far less than the cost of ordering one English marriage certificate.
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Pay per view/Pay as you go Credits
Access to the digital images of certain record sets on this Website is based on a system of credits. Credits are available to purchase, are valid for a period of two years from time of purchase and will expire if you do not use them in that time. However, a purchase of additional credits before the expiry date activates a new session of two years for any unexpired credits held in your account at that time.
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/terms-and-conditions
Monica :)
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Sadly my searches did not discover any of the people whose details I was seeking. Curiously I never could find my own mother's birth record either !! Thanks to everyone who responded.
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Barry, if you could give us some more details of the people you are seeking (ensuring that they are not living), we might be able to help.
Gadget
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That's very kind of you. The people in question would have been late greatuncle, late great aunt and very old living aunt but I don't want to upset anyone by pestering them just to fill some gaps in my FamilyTreeMaker tree which goes right back to 1564. Because I don't want to tread on any toes I don't want to ask a lot of questions and only know surnames and locations. I remember my mother's concern that she could never pin down from her Scottish mother where she (my mother) was born and got all manner of places where the family had been billeted (grandfather was in Gordon Highlanders and had been in Aberdeen, India, Cork, Colchester and Aldershot, all of which, except India, were told to my mother as her unrecorded birthplace !!). So, I'm stuck with McBeth (or Macbeth), Hudson, Leith and Bradford. The first record of my mother that I've been able to find was Colchester Barracks in the 1911 census where she was said to be 7 months, born York. Unnnh !!
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Have you found the details for your g/parents & have you found your g/father's Service Record.
Knowing who your g/parents were with all known details may help to find something?
Annie
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Not Leith & not Hudson but from what you say things weren't straight forward i.e. could this be a possible...
HOUSTON MAVIS ANNIE - 1922 - 496/ 129 Dumbarton
Annie
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Here's a marriage with similar names but they're the opposite way round :-\
HOUSTON AMELIA WATSON / MCBEATH JOHN 1917 - 692/2 291 Leith South
Annie
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hi theres a Hutcheon / Mcbeth marriage 1929 st nicholas
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Hi
I know where Coleridge Place was located as I lived at 13 Coleridge Place from 1952-1958 approximately as a child.
There is now a housing association in Poets corner.
Part of Tennyson Place and Butler Street and Undercliffe and Barkerend school is still there however.
The name Whitley sounds a little familiar. The Cademartry family lived at the bottom of the street.
Thats all I am able to remember.
Kind regards
Helju