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Title: Agnes Douglas Tait - Doesn't Exist
Post by: Neilr65 on Monday 07 March 11 19:05 GMT (UK)
Wonder if anyone can help me.  I've been trying to trace my wife's family tree and we appear to have failed at the first hurdle.  We are trying to find details of her mother, Agnes Burns ms Tait.  We have two documents, her marriage certificate and her death certificate.  From her marriage certificate we have her parents names as George Tait and Robina Tait ms Robertson and her age as 25.   She has told the family that her birthday was 15th Sept 1915 and that she was born in Berwick Upon Tweed but moved to Oxton in Scottish Borders to live with her granny as both her parents had died.

I registered the death and the information would be from her marriage certificate and the dob from my mother in law herself.   This would seem straight forward, but when I tried to order a copy of the birth certificate from the GRO, I received an email back telling me they could not locate any birth with the details I have supplied.  I have also tried the General Registrar for Scotland just in case it was Berwickshire she was born, but still can find no trace.
Couple of questions:
1.   Is it possible that her birth was never registered ? 
2.   It is normal for a birth certificate to be produced before a marriage, but during wartime would they relax the rules ?
Any answers or ideas would be appreciated.
Neil
Title: Re: Agnes Douglas Tait - Doesn't Exist
Post by: softly softly on Monday 07 March 11 20:44 GMT (UK)
Neil,
Interesting post!! Maybe an idea to get this posted on Scottish board as well. See if we can work backwards to go forward. Need to find a marriage of George Tait and Robina Robertson, where and when. From that may be able to trace any possible siblings if any of Agnes. With second christian name of Douglas strongly suspect a definate Scottish influence.

John
Title: Re: Agnes Douglas Tait - Doesn't Exist
Post by: danuslave on Monday 07 March 11 21:54 GMT (UK)
Hi Neil

Probably a complete red herring but the name caught my eye.  Birth registration

1915 TAIT ROBINA AGNES  F  ST MACHAR  ABERDEEN CITY/ABERDEEN   
GROS Ref 168/02 0651

No more details without paying £10 to get the extract   :-\

Linda
Title: Re: Agnes Douglas Tait - Doesn't Exist
Post by: JenB on Monday 07 March 11 22:04 GMT (UK)
Just to let you know.....there is another thread on the same topic here http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,513253.msg3692546.html#msg3692546
Title: Re: Agnes Douglas Tait - Doesn't Exist
Post by: sillgen on Tuesday 08 March 11 07:49 GMT (UK)
Post locked to avoid further duplication.  Please reply on the link JenB has given if you can help Neil with this.
Regards
Andrea