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Scotland / Re: Death at seA
« on: Thursday 21 September 17 08:52 BST (UK)  »

Hello Paul, my mm ancestor died at sea in 1873 and I found him in Find My Past's "Register of the Effects belonging to seamen who died at sea" (or similar wording, Seaweed may know the actual title). My man was on a foreign registered ship, but his wife lived in Plymouth. He is in the probate lists even though he died intestate, and I was able to get a copy of the original probate.

Having said that, I have never again been able to access these records on FindMyPast  - this was about 7 years ago and shortly after that they seemed to have disappeared. Perhaps it might be worth your while contacting them. Hope this helps.
 

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Argyllshire / Re: Tracing Campbell and Livingston family from the Argyllshire area
« on: Saturday 05 August 17 04:14 BST (UK)  »

I know nothing about American records, but at least you know the county they settled in, so that might be a good place to look for traces of other Livingstones. They may have still used the Scottish naming pattern, so you might notice the recurring first names - first son named after grandfather, second son named after the father etc, although this system declined around the 1850's, in my family at least.

The geographical locations in Scotland are handy background too, if you can narrow them down a bit you can find out a lot on the 'net and failing that, a lovely trip to the land of your ancestors!  ;D

My advice is keep at it, you never know what you'll find and one of these lost Livingstones might even read this and contact you.
It happens quite a lot on Rootschat! (Not to me, unfortunately)!

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Argyllshire / Re: Tracing Campbell and Livingston family from the Argyllshire area
« on: Friday 04 August 17 08:14 BST (UK)  »

Another thought - can you trace back through the other Livingstone relatives in America? You may have tried that already.
I think most of us are stumped with Scottish death records, but don't give up!

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Argyllshire / Re: Tracing Campbell and Livingston family from the Argyllshire area
« on: Friday 04 August 17 08:08 BST (UK)  »

Hi Kristen, and welcome. Do you know what Hugh's occupation was? Sometimes it's mentioned on the marriage entry. It may offer a clue which may help you.
Good luck, Billiegirl  :)

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Technical Help / Re: Can't Login to Scotland's Places
« on: Friday 28 July 17 03:11 BST (UK)  »

Thanks Goldie, I haven't tried to get on there for a couple of years. Free - Whoohoo!  ;D

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Who to test with??
« on: Friday 28 July 17 03:05 BST (UK)  »

Thanks Robert, very interesting.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Who to test with??
« on: Wednesday 26 July 17 01:19 BST (UK)  »

Robert, for the uninitiated, are you suggesting that Y37 is a waste of time and everyone should start at Y67?
Could you please explain a bit more because I thought people had pretty good results from Y37, now I'm confused.

Thanks

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Technical Help / Re: Can't Login to Scotland's Places
« on: Wednesday 26 July 17 00:37 BST (UK)  »

Definitely Scotland's Places. I wanted to see the various tax rolls etc which I thought I needed to buy credits for. Sounds like I'll have to re-register, thanks for that.

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Technical Help / Can't Login to Scotland's Places
« on: Tuesday 25 July 17 04:32 BST (UK)  »

Scotland's Places no longer recognizes my email address. Has anyone else had this problem?

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