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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Plummiegirl on Monday 20 January 14 20:45 GMT (UK)
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I have discovered this woman living with some ancestors of mine. The Morton family of 39 Boscombe Road, Shepherds Bush. On virtually every ER up from 1943 with this family.
And she is even listed as the exector of the will of Algernon Morton (of same address) and she is listed as a widow.
This family had 3 sons: Frederick Charles George William Morton 1888-1916
Clifford Lawrence Morton 1894 (think he may have died in 1917)
and Algernon Morton 1896 - 1955
Now I have searched for a marriage for all 3 sons, from age 16, and even going past the supposed death dates found.
For the life of me I cannot find any record of any of these 3 sons marrying (please do not confuse Algernon R. Morton with this one).
HELP...... Can anyone out there spot something that I have missed for looking too hard.
;)
Going night nights now, so will be back tomorrow.
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Algernon Morton married Agnes Gould Baxter in Scotland. Her marriage and birth in 1899 is on http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk which is a pay-per-view site. I hope this helps you.
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edit: Acinonyx beat me to it :)
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Thank you very much.
Now I have to consider whether I am desperate for the certificate!!!!
;D
Well I have looked at the Scotlandspeople website - how the hell doe it work????
Cannot even access a search function, let alone work out how to buy 1 certificate. Am I missing something or am I dim?
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you need to click on statutory marriages & then enter the name.
You first need to log in or register & buy credits to go any further.
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Hi
Thanks for all your help.
On Tues, I registered, bought 30 credits (!!!) used up twice the amount needed as I went to the record twice!!! And am now left with I think around 19 credits.
But have ordered the marriage certificate (£12.00!!!).
It was a very confusing site once in and I did not realise that even though you viewed a record, you still had to pay to go back to that record again, what a con.
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It was a very confusing site once in and I did not realise that even though you viewed a record, you still had to pay to go back to that record again, what a con.
Surely this isn't correct?
I have no credits at all at the moment with Scotland's People.
However, I have just successfully viewed a record which I paid for in 2009. All the records I have previously viewed are marked 'paid' and I can view them as many times as I wish.
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But have ordered the marriage certificate (£12.00!!!).
That doesn't seem right. £12 is for a certified copy. If the marriage is before 1937 (which IIRC it was when I looked) then you can just use credits to view the register entry.
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But have ordered the marriage certificate (£12.00!!!).
That doesn't seem right. £12 is for a certified copy. If the marriage is before 1937 (which IIRC it was when I looked) then you can just use credits to view the register entry.
I don't understand either.
I've just looked and could get it online/download for 5 credits if I wished. Not sure why you're paying £12.
Plummiegirl - you should have clicked on View (5 credits) not 'Order' -see attached
After viewing, you can then download to your computer.
Gadget
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It was a very confusing site once in and I did not realise that even though you viewed a record, you still had to pay to go back to that record again, what a con.
Surely this isn't correct?
I have no credits at all at the moment with Scotland's People.
However, I have just successfully viewed a record which I paid for in 2009. All the records I have previously viewed are marked 'paid' and I can view them as many times as I wish.
Please see FAQ's I want to look at an image again. Do I have to pay again?
The answer is NO.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/FAQs/Questions/index.aspx?210
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Do not know what I did
But I lost credits for viewing same record twice
And I ordered a copy of the certificate and it cost 12.00
Now I am sure I read somewhere that I could order an uncertified (or even view online) copy of this marriage. Well I found this site so confusing and frustrating.
Just glad that this is the only Scottish record I have ever and hopefully will never have to get hold of again.
Thanks for all your comments and assistance. Now just a wait for the cert to arrive! And Yes, I have had an email from Scotlands People acknowledgeing my order.
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Hope you're not put off Scottish research forever! SP's facility to look at records at the click of a button for just a few credits is a wonderful resource for us family historians.
Next time you'll know to select "View" rather than "Order" :)
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Now I am sure I read somewhere that I could order an uncertified (or even view online) copy of this marriage.
As Gadget said in reply #8 all you need to do is click on 'view' and you can see the original image online for only 5 credits.
But I lost credits for viewing same record twice
Once you have viewed something it is stored in your 'viewed images' folder (which you can see at the top of the page when you are logged in) and you can see it again for nothing.