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Lanarkshire / Glasgow searching - c. 1950s
« on: Tuesday 09 January 18 10:31 GMT (UK) »
Hello!
I'm attempting to trace the ancestors of my estranged paternal family - I know there are rules about posting information about living people so won't. I'm not willing to contact them due to a history of abuse, but have a pull to find out where I come from.
I have very basic information to go on, but know that since at least the 1940s the family was based in Glasgow, and for at least 3 generations before that within Scotland. Though I was told as a child our ancestors were Scottish as far back as the 1500s.
I have names for 2 generations but no specific birth/death/marriage dates.
What I'm most struggling is to find access to any Scottish Records post 1910. I've tried Ancestry, NRS, Archives.com. I've even searched historic newspapers, recent death announcements and various online forums with no luck.
I'm not particularly new at this - I've traced the other side of the family back to the early 1700s.
Is this a lost cause? Any help would be fantastic! TIA
I'm attempting to trace the ancestors of my estranged paternal family - I know there are rules about posting information about living people so won't. I'm not willing to contact them due to a history of abuse, but have a pull to find out where I come from.
I have very basic information to go on, but know that since at least the 1940s the family was based in Glasgow, and for at least 3 generations before that within Scotland. Though I was told as a child our ancestors were Scottish as far back as the 1500s.
I have names for 2 generations but no specific birth/death/marriage dates.
What I'm most struggling is to find access to any Scottish Records post 1910. I've tried Ancestry, NRS, Archives.com. I've even searched historic newspapers, recent death announcements and various online forums with no luck.
I'm not particularly new at this - I've traced the other side of the family back to the early 1700s.
Is this a lost cause? Any help would be fantastic! TIA