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Clackmannanshire / Re: Rev Hugh Carmichael minister at the Erskine United Free Church in Clackmannan
« on: Sunday 09 September 18 14:37 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for that, I had got the Wormit link, are these resources available online?
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Clackmannanshire / Rev Hugh Carmichael minister at the Erskine United Free Church in Clackmannan
« on: Sunday 09 September 18 00:53 BST (UK) »
Hi , found a relative born in Bearsden in 1870, he died in Glasgow in 1956. He married in 1912 to Annie Margaret Wallace 1881-1959. I’d like to know how long he was based at this church and any further churches.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Is this name STRANGE????
« on: Tuesday 08 May 18 15:48 BST (UK) »
I've been researching this branch for a while now and thought the Maiden Surname was STRANGE, however I have my doubts it even begins with S.......any ideas?
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Renfrewshire / Re: Paisley Poor Law Records
« on: Sunday 21 January 18 20:48 GMT (UK) »Thanks for posting this Keckers. Very interesting.
A few comments.
1. As this index is made up from 4 different Parochial Boards in Paisley, the information given in THIS index against each person’s name varies.
Sometimes you get the date of application and place of residence; sometimes not that information at all, but you do get the names of other people mentioned in the application, (husbands, wives, children etc); sometimes you get all that information, and sometimes nothing at all!
That doesn’t mean to say the rest of the information doesn’t appear on the actual application.
I have one that in this index only gives the date, residence, and place of birth (actually mis-transcribed), but on the actual application it gives a absolute treasure trove of information about the family - I was lucky enough to go to the actual Paisley Heritage Centre a few years ago and found this application, which broke down a brick wall of some 30 years! to say I was very excited was putting it mildly!
So don’t be put off if the information you’re looking for is not indexed - it may well be on the original application.
2. The names of married women can be under married name or maiden name. (I know I’m preaching to the converted here if you’re used to searching Scottish records).
3. Married women can also be down under their husband’s first name - eg, I know that ‘Paton, James, widow’ is actually an application by Elizabeth Paton as the widow of James - this was quite a tricky one to find.
Good hunting!
Yes indeed all valid points, the staff at the Heritage Centre indicated as such to me. I had about three or four entries and the religion changed on each one as did the record of whether they could read, nevertheless the information was better than what I had.
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Renfrewshire / Re: Paisley Poor Law Records
« on: Friday 19 January 18 21:59 GMT (UK) »I've been sitting here wondering why my great granddad was in the Poor Law records? OK he'd just got out of the army but they weren't destitute by any means? Intrigued, have ordered :-)
Thanks Keckers what a great resource, might even get me back into FH again, it's been a few years :-)
The Abbey Poor House provided parochial support and also had a hospital wing to it, there could be various reasons. The lady at the resource centre was excellent. Happy searching.
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Renfrewshire / Re: Paisley Poor Law Records
« on: Friday 19 January 18 00:22 GMT (UK) »Thanks Keckers, I didn't phone (I'm in Australia!) but emailed and they were super helpful. The one entry I needed broke down two brick walls :-)
Jan
Yes they really were, they also traced a newspaper article I was searching for from 1934, nothing was a bother to them, they said the digital copies would take a few days but I got a quick turnaround...happy searching
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Renfrewshire / Re: Paisley Poor Law Records
« on: Thursday 18 January 18 22:56 GMT (UK) »
Keckers,
Many Many Thanks. I have found so many of my relatives that I started taking photos of the pages. There were too many to take notes. This is probably going to cost me a small fortune, but It'll be worth every penny.
Again, Thank You.
Christine.
It really is a fantastic resource, the staff are so helpful too, £2.90 for each digital copy of the entry, mine were super high quality. Good luck!
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Renfrewshire / Re: Paisley Poor Law Records
« on: Thursday 18 January 18 22:55 GMT (UK) »Keckers, many thanks for posting this link - I found the reference for one of my Cooks. :-)
Do you have any idea of how much they charge for a copy of an entry?
Jan
Phone them up, very helpful, each digital copy costs £2.90, the ones I got were all high quality.
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Renfrewshire / Re: Alexander McKechnie b1860 and Bernard Gillan McKechnie or Stewart b1863
« on: Tuesday 09 January 18 23:32 GMT (UK) »
Wooow...thanks...hours of fun!