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The Common Room / Re: Burials of suicide victims
« on: Wednesday 25 September 24 17:48 BST (UK)  »
Wonder what the situation was if the person was deemed not to be of sound mind?  Perhaps they were considered ill like a physical illness person and buried in Church ground?

The local priest had considerable sway regarding this and many turned a blind eye and accepted  "accidental death"
After 1823 a person who was not considered of sound mind when they took their life the 1823 Act became applicable and while they could be buried in consecrated ground they were denied a full Christian Burial service (Although there were changes introduced by legislation in the late 1800's when a limited burial service was allowed. In practice many Priests ignored this and provided a service which was little different to the standard service but for years this was the official CofE position until 2017).

Added: In England & Wales Suicide and Attempted Suicide were criminal Acts (This did not apply in Scotland but there survivors found themselves locked up under various pieces of Mental Health legislation)

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The Common Room / Re: Burials of suicide victims
« on: Wednesday 25 September 24 16:44 BST (UK)  »
The situation was a bit more complicated.

Persons who took their own life while deemed to be of sound mind were still excluded from burial in Church ground and this did not change until 1882 with the passing of the Interments (felo de se) Act 1882. This Act also removed the time prescriptions on when burials of Suicide vicitms could be carried out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interments_(felo_de_se)_Act_1882


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The Common Room / Re: Scottish records 1740s for 6th g grandmother
« on: Thursday 19 September 24 15:55 BST (UK)  »
thanks Margot for your support here . The Fathers name is correct but i'm sure i saw a snippet somewhere with Jean with another maiden name not this one . however , the wedding date and location seem plausible . Also , i am sure that the surname is spelt miscally not miskolly . So you see what a problem i have with all this . Anyway many thanks for your valuable info and best wishes.

Don't get too hung up on spelling. Many names were recorded as the writer assumed them to be and sometimes even within the same document the names were recorded differently (my record was 3 spelling variations on a single page). As mentioned by others Family Search has transcribed records from this period and is free to search, although Scotlands People is the only place to see the original documents.

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Technical Help / Re: Mini iPad: accidentally deleted open tabs
« on: Wednesday 11 September 24 09:11 BST (UK)  »
If you try tapping and holding the "+" key it should give you a list of recently closed tabs.

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Scotland / Re: Scotland's People "Refresh"
« on: Saturday 07 September 24 15:32 BST (UK)  »
Checked last night with same result but today the record is available to download. Unfortunately no reply from SP.

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Scotland / Re: Scotland's People "Refresh"
« on: Thursday 05 September 24 09:59 BST (UK)  »

Have you looked again?
The 1907 marriage selection I’ve just checked all have a View for 6 credits option.

Unfortunately this record appears to have slipped the net and is still unavailable - I have found a couple of 1901 births which give the same result. I have emailed SP and await a response.

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Scotland / Re: Scotland's People "Refresh"
« on: Wednesday 04 September 24 17:21 BST (UK)  »
Just tried to view (and download) a marriage record from 1907- the only option being given was to order the full certificate  :-X

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Technical Help / Re: Google and Windows 11
« on: Monday 26 August 24 11:47 BST (UK)  »
Have a read at

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/windows-11-how-to-set-google-as-your-default-search-engine-instead-of-bing/

There are instructions for making the necessary changes within Edge (if you want to keep that browser) and within Firefox.

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I don't know if it is an available option on the upgraded (ie paid for) service but on the free version it appears to be a case of one name at a time or the nuclear option of deleting everything.

You could load the gedcom file into one of the several free genealogy programs available  and edit from there

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