« Reply #32 on: Wednesday 14 August 19 21:32 BST (UK) »
It's worth expanding on YoB as often the age of the deceased is a guess by the informant as I've found often.
I have a chap just now, vanished & have almost exhausted every death in Scotland +/- 5 yrs out of frustration but the surname has a variants too not helping but buying credits every few months & using a few specifically for him, living with hope & determination.
I'm also wondering if his age has been indexed wrong as I've had a few of those?
My g/mother in 1901 was indexed on anc* aged 73 (b c1828)...
She was aged 18 (b c1883) on SP but...
I have had others indexed on SP with wrong ages & now take all into account when scraping the bottom of the barrel (a costly affair)
Annie
I think part of the problem is simply her name. Isabella Anderson. Very common in that time period, and that's not including Isobel, Isabel, Belle, Elizabeth and even Annabella as she was named on the 1881 census. I think this will be a slow process and take some time to go through the records. I've already spent a hefty amount in the past few days. Will have to come back to it.
I hope you find your chap eventually!
mtDNA subclade K1b2b. Father's Y-DNA I-S25383
GEDmatch kit; CF7867455
Father's kit; RY1336515
Mother's kit; AF2312865
Kincardineshire
Sheret, Hosie, Valentine, Crow, Beattie, McArthur, Wyllie.
Angus (Forfarshire)
Adam, Valentine, Ewan, Elder, Guild, Kydd, Bradford, Stronner, Gibson, Cloudsley, Evans, Stewart, Stott.
Perthshire
Small, Robertson, Murray, Kennedy, McGregor
Ross & Cromarty
Cameron, Stewart, Grant
Banffshire - Gamrie
Anderson, Massie