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Title: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Tuesday 17 April 07 23:20 BST (UK)
I am Going too Register House on Thursday 19th April. I will be spending the wole day there from 9am- 4.30pm.

If anyone would like a look up done i would be more than happy too try and help.

Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: marhat on Tuesday 17 April 07 23:50 BST (UK)

hi .
   i am in a bit of a quandery i have a George Swift Married to a Mary Ann Hathaway in 1880 sept. i got that on the IGI list but in in 1884 a george swift is married to a Fanny Ward again in 1885 George marries a Mary Ann Hathaway. we also have Mary Anns Death in 1890 and to top it all George Swift gets married again in 1893 to a Fannie Bonner. Could you Check if there are 2 George Swifts the George i am talking about was in Dalziel Motherwell Lanarkshire. His Parents names were Joseph Swift and Elizabeth Hailes, George was born on 29/3/1859 and died 1929
        hope you can help me
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: trellisick on Tuesday 17 April 07 23:59 BST (UK)
hi maddy,
      i am looking for joseph hill born dunbar abt 1812 would love to find his parents, so if you have a few spare minutes, i would appreciate a quick look, thank you, kali.
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: gazania on Wednesday 18 April 07 01:04 BST (UK)
Dear Maddy,

I do not want to put you to any trouble but if there is a will index that covers 1941-42+, could you please let me know.  I am looking for a will for:

Edward Carling WAREHAM who died 30 Dec 1941 at 27 Mayfield Terr., Edinburgh

I know he left his house to his housekeeper/2nd wife, but there are unconfirmed stories of the existence of a son and a grandson, which I am hoping to prove.

Should his name appear in the Will Index, I know I wont do $40 cold paying a researcher to obtain the full copy.  Thank you, Gazania
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: eilidh on Wednesday 18 April 07 02:19 BST (UK)
Dear Maddy, if you get the chance I would really appreciate if you could look up,

DONALDSON George, born October 1847, Edinburgh.

On 1851 census he was living in Barony Glasgow and his pob was listed as Midlothian Edinburgh. 

I realise there are a lot of parishes in Edinburgh, so please only do, if you have the time.

One thing I noticed that one of the OPR is Penicuik, just a thought, his granny was Mary Pennicuik, maybe a co-incidence  ???

Bye for now
Helen
Australia
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: gazania on Wednesday 18 April 07 02:39 BST (UK)
Oops sorry.  Please disregard my request for the will index for Wareham which I have just realised is held at the National Archives of Scotland not at Register House.  Thank you though for your very kind offer.  Gazania. (a dim aussie)
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Wednesday 18 April 07 07:13 BST (UK)
I will try my hardest and c what i can come up with for you all .

If anyone else wants anything looked up please post it here before 7am thursday morning
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: loo on Wednesday 18 April 07 07:56 BST (UK)
Unfortunately I know nothing at all about Scottish records, or what is held where.

I have a new family that I have recently identified and need to track down, however.

Thomas ARMSTRONG, born about 1794
 and his wife Agnes (maiden name unknown) born somewhere around 1797-1800.
They were Presbyterians.

I don't know if they married in Scotland or after they emigrated.  I don't know where they came from in Scotland - no idea at all.  They first show up in Canada in 1828, married.

I would fully understand if this is not something you are able to help with, but, as I said, I do not yet know anything about Scottish records, and did not want to miss out on your kind offer, if applicable.

Thanks for offering.
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: mariac on Wednesday 18 April 07 13:23 BST (UK)
Hi Maddy,
   Thank you for you kind offer. Iam a bit like loo and don't know a great deal on what records are held at Register House but would appreciate it if you would be able to look up a marriage of Angus McIver to Mary Mackay probably about 1790-1796 in Uig. I have very little on them other than they had a son Donald in 1797.
 Thanks a lot
 Kind regards
Mariac
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: stephen7 on Wednesday 18 April 07 18:08 BST (UK)
hi maddy,
thanks for your kind offer, if you have time could you sqeeze in a look for archibald sommerville and his wife agnes hendry/henry. both were born abt 1798 and married abt 1821. old/new monkland.
i know the general info is quite vague and don't know if registry house will even have these records, but if you could find out anything..................
regards
stephen7
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: Stevie b on Wednesday 18 April 07 19:14 BST (UK)
Hi Maddy

I hope I'm not too late to take you up on your very kind offer.

Annual Calender of Confirmations.

I have received a reply from HMCS York stating that the Will I am researching was a Scottish Confirmation sealed London 13 Feb 1932 and that sealed confirmations are no longer stored in England & Wales.

They sugested that The General Register House, Edinburgh should hold the information I am looking for, but coming from down south distance is a problem.

My ancestors name was a Major Harry Moore he died 16 Nov 1931 @ Thomas Street, Carnoustie. Executor of his estate was a D.S.Nicoll, 2 India Buildings, Dundee.

Any help or information would be great.

Steve 
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Wednesday 18 April 07 20:42 BST (UK)
Hi
I will post any imformation i get , on here 2 moro nite . If anyone still wanting a look up please post it here before 7.30 tomorrow morning
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Thursday 19 April 07 19:36 BST (UK)
Hi
Firstly only got half the day at register house as my wee boy took ill at school and i had too come home . But hopefully i got everyone something.
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Thursday 19 April 07 19:48 BST (UK)
Marhat

1880 Marraige Parish of Dalzeil county Lanark

George Swift age 21
Mary Ann Hathaway age 19

George did marry again after Mary Ann's death . He remarried in 1893 too Fanny Bonner.

Couldn't find any other marraiges for George Swift
I have copy of both marraiges here if u would like me too post them on too you or any other information from them
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Thursday 19 April 07 19:51 BST (UK)
Kali
Couldn't find any Joseph Hill's born Dunbar sorry
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Thursday 19 April 07 19:57 BST (UK)
Gazania

Didn't get a chance too look at the wills but did find 2 children for him and Jane Ferguson his 1st wife
Edward Alport Wareham born 1897 died 1915
Margaret Pike McCall Wareham born 1895 married Colin Wood. Colin signed Edward Carling's death cert. Didn't have time too search for children of Margaret & Colin sorry
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Thursday 19 April 07 19:58 BST (UK)
Eilidh sorry couldn't find George Donaldson
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Thursday 19 April 07 20:01 BST (UK)
Stephen 7
Archibald & Agnes married in August 1821 i Airdrie i found the following children for them:

William born 23/01/1825 Coatbridge
John     born 20/04/1828 Coatbridge
Jane Walker born 10/10/1830 she must have died because found another Jne Walker born 12/01/1834
Margaret born 30/10/1836
hope this is of some help too you
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Thursday 19 April 07 20:04 BST (UK)
Loo

Found Thomas Armstrong married Agnes Hgg 30/11/1838
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: loo on Thursday 19 April 07 20:12 BST (UK)
Loo

Found Thomas Armstrong married Agnes Hgg 30/11/1838

Thanks so much for the time and effort on our behalf, especially with a sick child!

This wouldn't be my Thomas and Agnes, as they had already had 3 babies in Canada by then.
But they may be related somehow.  Can you tell me what Hgg stands for?  (Pardon my ignorance!)  If I get a clue as to what part of the country they may have been in, that might help.
Thanks again.
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: maddy706 on Thursday 19 April 07 21:32 BST (UK)
Oops soryy my mistake it's Hogg Agnes Hogg
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: loo on Thursday 19 April 07 21:40 BST (UK)
thanks!  So, do I take it, then, that there is no info on where the marriage took place?
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: eilidh on Thursday 19 April 07 22:11 BST (UK)
thank you maddy for trying to find George Donaldson, think this one has to go into the too hard basket  :)   He just does not want to be found.

cheerio Helen
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: gazania on Friday 20 April 07 00:03 BST (UK)
Thank you for looking up the Warehams.  Margaret & Reginald Collinswood had no kids but supposed to have reared Margaret's nephew - the mystery child.

I hope your little one is feeling better.  Thank you Gazania
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: trellisick on Friday 20 April 07 01:36 BST (UK)
maddy,
    thank you very much  for the effort you have put into this search, you will probably have made a lot of people happy, ( not me ) but it was very kind of you to make the offer and the effort you put into it, thanks, kali.
Title: Re: Look ups offered at register house
Post by: stephen7 on Friday 20 April 07 03:57 BST (UK)
Stephen 7
hope this is of some help too you
maddy,
 it is a great help. thank you so much for taking the time, especially with a sick child.
hope the wee one gets better soon.
thanks again
steve