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Scotland / Re: John Gardner Disappears 1915?
« on: Tuesday 13 November 18 23:34 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much Forfarian, you've been extremely helpful.
Do you have any advice for what I could do to find him if he did indeed emigrate or change his name?
It's not a change as such, just a variant spelling. Spelling was a very inexact science until into the 20th century. If you are searching on Scotland's People use the wildcard facility - g*dr*n*r should find all variants in one search.Thanks for this, I'll make sure to use the wildcard facility as much as I can. I was using fuzzy matching as it seemed to pick up Gardner and Gardiner but there could be other variants.
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https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=714261.0The only reason why I was using findmypast and ancestry was for the military records and in case someone had him in their public tree. That did bear fruit as I was able to get the record for his discharge, including physical info (he was just 5 ft 4 and 9 and a half stone!) and the fact he was Protestant, even though my family is Catholic. I wouldn't spend money on them for my Scots family though; I managed to get the information from my local library's free service. I'll remember to concentrate on scotlandspeople for the essentials - birth, death, marriage etc.
If you can't find it on Scotland's People you are wasting your time looking on any other web site for a death in Scotland.
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If he stayed in England/Wales you could look for his death at https://www.freebmd.org.uk/search - same information as Anc*y and FindMyPast etc because they just mirror it, but I think it's easier to search.This is really handy, many thanks.
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Second, if a court of law orders an entry in the Register of Corrected Entries. This is usually following an action for paternity in the sheriff court, but there could be other reasons. You might be able to find the court records - the RCE should tell you which court and when, and the case might be indexed at https://www.scottishindexes.com/contact.aspxThank you so much for this. I've just ordered/bought a copy of the sheriff court record for the paternity action instigated by my great grandmother against John, c.1913. That should hopefully come within a few weeks, according to the site.
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It does look to me as if he must have emigrated and/or changed his name.
Do you have any advice for what I could do to find him if he did indeed emigrate or change his name?