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Family History Beginners Board / Re: She fell off a step ladder
« on: Monday 05 February 24 16:30 GMT (UK)  »
The account in the Derbyshire Times is only a paragraph. The account in The Ashbourne News is very long and detailed (the ladder she fell from gave access to her bedroom in her son Arthur's house - she was later moved to the workhouse at the doctor's suggestion and died there).

I have downloaded the page, so if you are unable to find it, send me a personal message with your email address and I'll send it off to you.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: She fell off a step ladder
« on: Monday 05 February 24 16:20 GMT (UK)  »
I can see a detailed account of the inquest into the death of "Zillah" Finch on page 8, column 2, of The Ashbourne News, 5th March 1909.

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Scotland / Re: janet leckie
« on: Monday 05 February 24 13:11 GMT (UK)  »
Here's the guilty party in 1851!

https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5905797de9379091b14c6251/james-dorans-1851-stirlingshire-balfron-1814-?locale=en

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Scotland / Re: janet leckie
« on: Monday 05 February 24 13:00 GMT (UK)  »
        D[o/a]rrans
Mason (Journeyman)
Agnes McEwen
Small Farmer
Deceased

It seems he was illegitimate, so worth checking the minutes of the Kirk Session for the parish he was born. The father's name would be given there in full.

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Technical Help / Re: Where are my posts?
« on: Saturday 03 February 24 21:34 GMT (UK)  »
Click on "Profile" on the brown bar at the top of the page, then click on "Show posts" at the left hand side.

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Berwickshire / Re: Missing will - Berwickshire, 1677
« on: Saturday 03 February 24 18:35 GMT (UK)  »
I have attached a link to the preface of the printed index. In the index itself, the date for Agnes is given as "T. 3 Oct 1677". As you see from the preface, this means her testament is not recorded in the  Register, but is amongst loose items. I assume that ScotlandsPeople digitised the testaments in the ten volumes of the Register, but not the loose documents. Perhaps looking up Commissariot of Lauder in the catalogue of the NRS will indicate where the loose testaments are.

https://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/scottishrecords10scot.pdf

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Margaret Martin Death record: Cause of Death Query?
« on: Friday 02 February 24 23:17 GMT (UK)  »
Chronic [         ]
1 year [           ]

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Moray (Elginshire) / Re: Neil McLeod aged 81 in 1851 Forres census
« on: Friday 02 February 24 23:11 GMT (UK)  »
There might be something here if you do a people search, if his wife lived beyond 1854. There is also the possibility of a gravestone, for which you can also search on the site.

https://libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp

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Moray (Elginshire) / Re: Neil McLeod aged 81 in 1851 Forres census
« on: Friday 02 February 24 23:02 GMT (UK)  »
Have you seen the original of the 1841 census or just a transcription? It is possible that Margaret's name is abbreviated to Margt and has been misread as Mary.

The FreeCEN transcription for 1841 does give her name as Mary, but says both are born in Morayshire.

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