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Scotland / Re: Issue Charge at Scotlands People
« on: Sunday 12 July 09 07:48 BST (UK)  »
Is that to pay for the Will? You can't pay for it using SP credits, you have to pay for it separately using credit card. No idea why. The same goes for buying hard copies of birth certs that are currently unavaliable. You can buy them through SP (they post docs to you), but they need to be paid by credit card, not using SP credits.

Heather

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Scotland / Re: Issue Charge at Scotlands People
« on: Sunday 12 July 09 07:24 BST (UK)  »
That's funny, I downloaded a will a few weeks back and I didn't get an issue charge... Were you downloading it or are they sending you a hard copy?

If your will is anything like the one that I got, if it does turn out to have anything to do with you it will be well worth the cost. Mine is 9 pages long and contains a HUGE amount of information.

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Stirlingshire / *COMPLETE* Re: DRYSDALE - Alva
« on: Sunday 12 July 09 07:20 BST (UK)  »
Thanks patvp,
   That is a HUGE help, thanks for all the hunting! :)

Anne, that's cool. I'm still pretty new to the FH thing and am unfamiliar with the area. I wasn't aware of the fact that Alva is now in Clackmannan.
Thanks for the advice :)

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Stirlingshire / Re: DRYSDALE - Alva
« on: Friday 10 July 09 08:39 BST (UK)  »
Hey patvp,
   That's the one. Have not yet been able to confirm that the birth recorded in the IGI is the correct one though.

I'm a little confused... does that mean that Alva is in Stirling or in Clackmannan? Or are there 2 different places called Alva?

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Stirlingshire / Re: DRYSDALE - Alva
« on: Friday 10 July 09 05:13 BST (UK)  »
My mistake, was an old post and they were looking into Wilsons...

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Stirlingshire / Re: DRYSDALE - Alva
« on: Friday 10 July 09 05:03 BST (UK)  »
Anne, if it's not in Stirling how come the records that I have list the location as Alva, Stirling? Is Alva really close to the border between the two county's causing some confusion with the records or something?

Thanks Monika :)  That is the birth record that I am currently leaning towards. The other possibility is 19/2/1809 to George DRSYDALE and Janet STOCKS. From traditional naming, I'm leaning towards Robert and Kathrine. But George is a name that has been cropping up a lot so I don't want to competely discount it at this point.
Am currently chasing up the DRYSDALE line, from memory is someone on the name interests board looking into the same line. I might send them a PM and see if they have anything.

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Stirlingshire / *COMPLETE* DRYSDALE - Alva
« on: Thursday 09 July 09 12:05 BST (UK)  »
Hey,
   I'm looking for birth and death records for George DRYSDALE.

I have a Will for him which records his death as been on 8th Dec 1854 in Alva. But it doesn't seem to be recorded in either the statutory registers or old parish registers avaliable on SP (I'm wondering if he fell in the hole between the two...  :))

He was married to Catherine Duncan Davie on 29 Oct 1842. 5 kids (as far as I can tell).

Turns up in the 1851 census and I THINK I've also found him in the 41; both of which put his birth around 1809

Have 2 likely possibilites for birth certs, but am not sure which without more info.

Any help in tracking down the above, or additional information about him would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Heather

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with marriage certs...
« on: Wednesday 10 June 09 08:43 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Isabel and Ian :)
   Really appreciate the help!!!

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with marriage certs...
« on: Saturday 06 June 09 12:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Isabel and thanks Sue :) The two different entries were confusing me a bit.  How on earth did you guys manage to read all of that?! I can usually make out the key words (only because I'm looking for them), but most of the time the rest looks like pretty scribbles. Is there a knack to reading these records? Can you get books or anything...?

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