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MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 23 Feb 2010 19:04

Dumbarton's not far from Glasgow.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 23 Feb 2010 18:55

i searched for 10 years for my butlers
Glaswegian great grand parents

only to find them in Dumbarton

oh his family scoffed
but there they are
eight siblings and parents
all ages match and names

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 23 Feb 2010 18:52

Oop's sorry Jan lol

TeresaW

TeresaW Report 23 Feb 2010 17:32

When my Gt Grandmother first went into her nursing home, way back in the 1960snobody could find her birth cert for pension purposes. Her maiden name was Duval. It was as though she didn't exist.

I searched a couple of years ago and found it under DOVAL. Not the transcriber's fault, that is what was written on the cert. No wonder nobody could find it. I wonder if she ever got her proper pension entitlement.

Researching:
Lovell, Morse, Baker, Duval, Mortlock, Gibbs and Bristow.

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget

TessAkaBridgetTheFidget Report 23 Feb 2010 17:28


Thanks marion. lol. Will tell Jan!

Researching:
Woodhouse and Trilloe from Herefordshire; Lockyear and Date from Somerset, Thomas and Edwards from Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, also Argyll, Tipperary, Limerick, Cork

Ladylol Pusser Cat

Ladylol Pusser Cat Report 23 Feb 2010 13:38

ive done something simerlar would have saved me a lot of time and money xx

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 23 Feb 2010 13:30

Maybe their specs were needing a clean or they didnt wear them lol

wisechild

wisechild Report 23 Feb 2010 13:28

have searched for 10 years or so to find my gran´s youngest brother & his wife on the 1881 census.
Wanted Alfred Crowder, born 1855 Birmingham.
Found him yesterday
Albert Crowler.
If I´d known that I could have saved myself hours.
Marion
PS image is clear.