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I require some assistance and advice in finding Jame Nicol's parents, distant ancestors of mine.

Based on age records from the marriage registers in the OPRs, I know that James Nicol was born in approximately 1820. Upon doing a familysearch.org search in Fife, there is more than 1 James Nicol coming up in the results born around 1820.

He married Jane Ormrod in 1842 and had two children, Janet and William. Sometime between 1845 and 1851 Jane either died (cannot find death record) or they were divorced (can they do that back in the mid-1800's?). He remarried in 1851 (I believe) to Christian (Christina) Fraser and had more children.

Based on this information, I considered that I could locate his statutory death register and confirm the identity with the name of his spouse. Using that record, I could then find his parents' names. I had success, and located the death record with the spouse Christina Fraser and witness by his son W. Nicol. However, upon looking at the parent name section - it is blank.

I am at a loss of how to move forward on this part of the tree and need advice. Should I hire someone in Scotland? I am not sure what other resources are available to me from Canada.

I would appreciate any and all advice. Thank you in advance!

Hello,

I am trying to find more information about the birth father of Williamina McKay.

I have a stat registered birth record for Williamina McKay born on December 31st, 1872 in Kirkton Farr. Her mother was Caroline McKay but there's no father named on this record.

However, on her marriage record it states that her reputed father was John Falconer, a general labourer. Unfortunately that is all the information I have.

If any has any information about the Falconer family in Sutherland that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance!