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Scotland / Viewing images in ScotlandsPeople
« on: Saturday 09 March 19 22:33 GMT (UK)  »
From memory, you used to be able to choose the image type you wished to view on ScotlandsPeople, e.g. you could choose jpg, tiff etc based on your preferences and you could choose whether you wanted a header on the image.

Are these options still available? If they are how do you setup your preferences?

Cheers

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Peeblesshire / Janet Donaldson & Alexander Donaldson (Brodie) c 1811 Peebles, Peeblesshire
« on: Sunday 03 February 19 20:23 GMT (UK)  »
A couple of christenings of interest to me:

Janet Donaldson, natural daughter of Janet Donaldson was born on the 24th July 1802 and baptized on the 24th March 1811 by the Revd Dr John Lee.

Alexander Donaldson, natural son of the said Janet Donaldson was born on the 25th March 1805 and baptized on the 24th March 1811 by the Revd Dr John Lee, Minr Peebles.

If anyone happens to have access to the Kirk Session Records for Peebles Parish, I'd appreciate if they could have a look for any references to these two births.

I suspect that Alexander is the son of John Brodie & Alison Logan (John christened 9 Jan 1785, son of John Brodie, smith in Shortlandend near Temple Bar. John Brodie married Margaret Thorburn and died 1860 in Rutherford Villa, Linton).

Alexander Brodie of Linton Parish and Martha Hastings (Hastie) marry in Westruther on 12 Apr 1835. In each of the 1851, 1861 and 1871 census, Alexander's birthplace is given as Peebeles, Peeblesshire.

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Surrey / Applying for birth record with no GRO reference
« on: Monday 09 January 12 07:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Do people think it's worth applying to GRO even if there isn't an entry in the GRO index for a birth?

I have a George Henry TOMKINS (son of George TOMKINS and Sophia BEANEY) who I can't find in the GRO index.

Information from each released census gives he was:
1881: 4 year old male, born Camberwell, Surrey
1891: 14 year old male, born Camberwell
1901: 25 year old male, born Peckham, Kent
1911: 33 year old male born Kent

From his Merchant Navy identity certificate, his date and place of birth are 22 Aug 1876 L'don, England.

Is it possible he's been missed in the GRO index?

Cheers

Alastair

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Surrey Lookup Requests / Transcription of the surname HAWTIN 1871 census
« on: Thursday 08 December 11 07:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I can find the following HAWTIN family in the 1861 and 1881 census, but I'm lost trying to locate them in 1871.

1861 Newington
Joseph HAWTIN Head Married 38 Male General dealer Newington, Surrey
Charlotte HAWTIN Wife Married 34 Female Newington, Surrey
Charlotte HAWTIN Daughter  15 Female Newington, Surrey
William HAWTIN Son 13 Male Newington, Surrey
Emma HAWTIN Daughter  5 Female Newington, Surrey
Joseph HAWTIN Son 2 Male Newington, Surrey


1881 Newington, St Saviour Southwark
Joseph HAWLIN (sic) Head Married 57 Male Dealer (Gen)
Charlott HAWLIN (sic) Wife Married 57 Female Dealer (Gen) Newington, Kent
William HAWLIN (sic) Son Single 33 Male Dealer (Gen) Newington, Kent
Benjamin HAWLIN (sic) Son Single 20 Male No occ

Any ideas on what HAWTIN may have been transcribed as?

Cheers

Alastair

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / St Josephs Orphanage for Boys
« on: Saturday 15 October 11 00:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Would anyone know if there would be any records for admission to St Josephs Orphanage for Boys, Abbey House, Romsey?

In the 1901 census there were:

James Wilding, Boarder, S, M, 7, Pupil Orphan, Hampshire Aldershot
Henry Wilding, Boarder, S, M, 5, Pupil Orphan, Hampshire Aldershot

I can't find a birth for them in FreeBMD.

Cheers

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Native place
« on: Sunday 07 August 11 06:31 BST (UK)  »
Struggling to decipher this place name.

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Library and FHS Lookups / The National Archives, Kew Lookup Request
« on: Monday 25 July 11 19:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi

If anyone would be willing to look at the following, it would be very much appreciated.

Item reference WO 121/157/251
PETER BAIN Born [Not Known] Served in Fencibles; Hull Invalids Discharged aged [Not Known] Residence or place where pension paid stated in document.

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Census Lookup and Resource Requests / MI West Linton, Peebles-shire - BRODIE
« on: Tuesday 05 August 08 21:14 BST (UK)  »
Wondering if there are any BRODIE family members in monumental inscriptions for West Linton in Peebles-shire.

Thanks

Alastair

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / West Lothian MIs pre 1855 - MOCHRIE
« on: Monday 02 April 07 19:04 BST (UK)  »
Would anyone be able to let me know if there are any MOCHRIE entries in the West Lothian monumental inscriptions?

Thanks

Alastair

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