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Sorry, I thought I posted in the right place. I'm fairly new to the site so still learning how things work.
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There is a John Knockton b1861 in Warrington but his wife is Alice

I can see the 1891 Census says Warrington but in 1901 it's listed as Oldham. Would they have dropped the Warrington in later census info and just put the registration district?

In 1891 it shows his father in law, Christopher Stanley, living with him (tick) and in 1901 it has all the right children which is corroborated on the Lancashire OPC site for their baptisms (another tick)

You can see why I have so much trouble tracking him down 

Good morning and thank you for offering to carry out record research. It's much appreciated   

For several years (on and off) I have been tracing my partners family tree. For the most part this has been fairly straight forward but I have hit a brick wall when it comes to John NOCKTON and his parents.

According to census details he was born in Oldham in 1861 but I cannot find a record of his birth of details of his Mother.

I have a copy of his marriage certificate which shows he married Margaret STANLEY in 1884 in the Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Patrick, Oldham. Their ages are a little difficult to read but I think he is 23 and it looks like she is 18.

I know this is the correct union as I can follow the line forward from John and Margaret.

On the marriage certificate John's father is listed as James NOCKTON (Boot and Shoemaker). The only other detail I have been told is that James may have been born in Ireland but I don't have further details as I cannot positively go back further than John and Margaret's marriage.

I have tried variations of the name (Naughton, Knockton, Nocton and changing the o in ton to an e and i and a) but I can't seem to pin anything down.

If you are able to shed even a little light on this big black hole that has been sitting in my partners family tree for a long time I would be very grateful.

Many thanks
Leanne

I seriously under-estimated how difficult tracing my Scottish ancestors would be and I am hoping someone can help point me in the right direction to find the correct set of parents.

My 4x Great Grandmother was Margaret Clark. She was born between 1814 and 1816 in Grahamston, Stirling. She married John Johnston in 1836 and he was born around the same time in the same area. According to the 1841 census he was aged 25 and a Smith in Grahamston which changed to an iron grinder in the 1851 census.

I am trying to find their parents so I can go back further with my research, but their marriage only lists Margaret and John, no parents (clip attached), and to date, I haven't been able to find a birth record for John.

Using the little I know and cross referencing various websites (findmypast, familysearch and ScotlandsPeople to name but a few), I think I have found Margaret's parents - Robert Clark and Janet Dun - (clip attached). It shows Margaret was born in Sept 1814 but baptised in Oct 1815. I think it also says illegit by the side of her name but I'm not sure if I am reading that correctly or what consequence that may have in terms of further research, if any.

I have pencilled in their details for now but it's a huge leap of faith and a very big rabbit hole to go down if it's not right, so I was wondering if anyone knows of other sources I can turn to to find/confirm the names of Margaret and John's parents?

Any advice or pointers will be very gratefully received.
Thank you.

Good morning,
I have been dipping in and out of researching both my and my partners family tree for several years and have a reasonable number of ancestors.
While it is okay to add names, dates and places etc, I am now looking to "flesh-out" some of the characters I have found with more information about their general lives, professions, social environment etc.
My question is has anyone found an easy to use program(s) to do this?
I would like it to be shared with family members and ideally add photos.
Thank you for your time.