Smith and Brown

[rocala]

Hi, I am trying to help a friend with this 'brick wall'. Her grandmother was:

Dorothy Jessie Helen Smith b. 14 Oct 1906 at Edrom, Berwickshire
The father was James Smith a Farm Manager
The mother was Margaret nee Duncan.

Dorothy later married Alexander Brown

Cannot find anything else. I am new to Scottish genealogy so any help would be great.

[rosie99]

I believe the 1911 census for Scotland is only available on Scotlands people.

Marriage
SMITH - DOROTHY JESSIE
BROWN - ALEXANDER B
Year 1936
743/ 2
Greenlaw

[Forfarian]

You need to go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, invest in a few credits and use six of them to view that 1936 marriage certificate. The 'brick wall' will disappear like snow off a dyke. It should tell you the full names of the parents of both Alexander and Jessie, including their mothers' maiden surnames.

Dorothy Jessie Smith, other surname Brown, mother maiden surname Duncan, died in Dalkeith in 1984, aged 77. You can't view that death online as it's less than 50 years ago.

The index to the 1911 census of Edrom lists among others James Smith, 41 and Margaret Smith, 37, plus Dorothy J H, 4 and Alexandra L, 1.

Where and when does Dorothy's birth certificate say that her parents were married?

[rocala]

Many thanks to you both - family tree is now on track.