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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Marriage Cert Residence
« on: Friday 09 February 24 19:11 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I'm looking at a Scottish marriage certificate from 1895 and can't work out this person's residence...

Anybody able to help?

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Scotland Resources / Clarification on medical records
« on: Wednesday 13 September 23 16:05 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,

I'm researching a man who was a patient in Perth District Asylum, Murthly c1921 until his death in 1959. The University of Dundee holds patient records for this hospital but have told me that, because he died in the asylum, none of his records are available for 100 years i.e. until 2060.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows if this 100 year rule is open to academic/freedom of information requests or anything like that?
As I'm researching for a book, and the person I want to look into has been dead for 64 years, and has no immediate descendants as far as I'm aware - would I have a case for accessing at least some of his records?

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World War Two / War Contracts Fife
« on: Thursday 20 July 23 16:22 BST (UK)  »
I am interested in the building of coastal defenses in Fife during the Second World War.

Does anyone know is it possible at all to find out which local businesses/people were involved in the planning and construction of such defenses?

I doubt such things would have been mentioned in newspapers?

Thanks for your help.

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Louth / Struggling to find a birth
« on: Monday 21 November 22 17:28 GMT (UK)  »
Thomas Healy, age 27, married Sarah Lilly in Drogheda, Louth on October 3rd 1901. They had seven children - William (b1902) Mary (b1903) Jane (b1905 d1906) Thomas (b1906) George (b1909) Patrick (b1912) and John (b1915).
On the 1911 census they are at 9 Beymore Road, Drogheda - Thomas Senior is 37, and it states he was born in County Louth.
Sarah died on November 19th 1918 of pneumonia. Thomas Sr died on March 10th 1951 (confirmed by newspaper obituary).

I am really struggling to figure out his birth date and his mother's name. I have looked at the 1901 census and searched for Thomas Healys born c1874 but I'm not finding anything that jumps out as obvious.
Appreciate any help.

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World War One / James Henry March, 3rd Grenadier Guards
« on: Tuesday 20 September 22 16:47 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I'm just putting this out there in case the right person finds it.

I am a descendent of James Henry March, born in Wareham, Dorset in 1898. During the First World War he fought with the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards in France (service number 22728). He died of wounds on September 16th 1916, and is buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension.

If anyone else is related to this man, I would like to hear from you, to compare our knowledge of his service. Additionally, it's a long shot, but I would love to know who has his medals.

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Louth / Help with death record
« on: Monday 19 September 22 21:32 BST (UK)  »
I am researching on behalf of someone else and I don't have much experience with Irish records, so wondering if someone can solve this issue for me.
I've seen a photo of a grave which gives the date of death for Margaret Mary Healy (nee Carter) as June 22nd 1941. She and her husband Thomas (d1975) lived in Drogheda, Co. Louth.
I have searched the civil records using various name combinations and CANNOT find the death certificate for her.
Any help appreciated. 

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Louth / Calvary Cemetery, Drogheda inscriptions - Thomas Healy
« on: Saturday 30 July 22 13:06 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I'm researching some Healys from Drogheda. I know from a newspaper article that a Thomas Healy was buried in April 1975 in the Calvary Cemetery - does anyone have access to this cemetery to check for his headstone? Or does someone have a copy of the book of inscriptions by James Garry?
Thank you very much.

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United States of America / Donald Whyte Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to USA Look-up
« on: Thursday 21 July 22 15:06 BST (UK)  »
If anyone has a copy of Donald Whyte's Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA would they be able to help me figure out what the reference abbreviation 'SCM xx/2' means?
I'm looking at a partial entry on page 421 on Google books.

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Armed Forces / Searching for navy service evidence
« on: Monday 30 May 22 18:04 BST (UK)  »
I've been researching the life of David George Smart, born in Tayport in 1891. I found him on the 1901 census at Cleghorn Street, Dundee. I know that he then travelled to Canada sometime in the following 10 years. In November 1912, Edith Crerar (a worker at a hospital in Dundee on the 1911 census) went out to Quebec to become his wife; their son was born the following year.
In November 1914, David enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Libraries and Archives Canada holds a very extensive record for his WW1 service.
Upon being invalided out in 1917, he returned to Edith's hometown of Crieff, where he succumbed to his chronic tuberculosis in March 1919.
It's a long introduction, sorry, but what I'm primarily interested in is a claim he makes on his CEF enlistment form - he says he was in the 'British Navy' for 3 years. I have done some searching on Ancestry and FindMyPast and cannot find evidence to back this up.
Would anyone be able to help my search?

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