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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: Libszk on Sunday 03 January 16 11:30 GMT (UK)
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Could some kind person please help me decipher the maiden name. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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Margaret Dunbar?
:)
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The maiden name looks like Mc something Mclnan, but that doesn't make sense.
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It does look like Mc something but I can't make the rest out.
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Just looking on sites and McInan is a name, so the third letter could be a capital i rather than an l?
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Possibly McAnan ? SP gives 6 examples of this name in the 1861 census - all in Edinburgh.
Margow
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McArran?
Why not tll us a little more on the couple?
Even the dates of birth/death of James Dunbar?
Ray
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Could be McEwan.
It might help if you posted the whole thing. We need to see more of the person's handwriting in order to compare how they form their letters.
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The death certificate is for James Dunbar, my 2nd great grandfather. Certificate number 565/00 0036. Full certificate was too large to send. Not sure how else I can post. James was married to Mary Jane McCambridge and died aged 56 at Crosslee in the Parish of Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire. It is the names of Jame's parents I am really looking for. If someone can tell me how to send the full certificate I would appreciate your help.
Thank you again.
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Could be McEwan.
I lean towards McEwan.
sami
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If someone can tell me how to send the full certificate I would appreciate your help.
I don't think Rootchat allow that because of copyright, you are only allowed to post a part for identification.
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I tried to post and what it said was it was too big. Maybe I can try and post half of the certificate just so people can see some more of the hand writing.
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Hi,
So James was b c 1830
Have you found on any census where he was born as I'm sure with knowing his father's name & mother's forename you will be able to find a birth to match what looks like her surname?
Knowing where he was born is the key to your answer as the writing is not legible really.......it could say so many names which are all a guess.
Annie
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Personally.......
It looks to me like M.S. Unknown?
Annie
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Can you tell us who registered the death please?
Annie
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James was married to Mary Jane McCambridge.
It is the names of Jame's parents I am really looking for.
Who were the witnesses to the marriage of James & Mary Jane?
Were they on a scottish census 1851 which should give a location of birth?
Have you found James on 1841 in Scotland?
Was he with his parents in 1841 & were they around in 1851 after James married?
Annie
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James Dunbar death was registered by his wife Mary and the other witness I can't make out. It is on the attachment I posted though. James was born in Ireland according to the 1851 and 1861 census. The marriage record I have was a parish record of proclamation of marriage so I have no witnesses. The marriage record number is 565/00 0020 0274. I have not yet found 1841 census in Scotland or Ireland.
Thanks again
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If someone can tell me how to send the full certificate I would appreciate your help.
I don't think Rootchat allow that because of copyright, you are only allowed to post a part for identification.
There's no copyright issue in posting certificates, and as long as they are not of living people it's legally allowed to post them on the internet.
They do take up too much room if posted in their entirety, so cropping them and posting them half at a time is the solution to that problem.
I think it is McEwan, comparing it with the capital E in Exhaustion.
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Please crop certificates, it makes the writing larger and easier to read.
Sarah
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Please crop certificates, it makes the writing larger and easier to read.
Sarah
Yes, that's another advantage.
For England & Wales certificates, there's a lot of empty space that can be cropped off, leaving just the writing. And for deciphering, the more of the writing we can see the better. I find posting the written part in two halves is usually about right.
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There's no copyright issue in posting certificates, and as long as they are not of living people it's legally allowed to post them on the internet.
Actually, according to Scotland's People "Images are Crown copyright"
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&628
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There's no copyright issue in posting certificates, and as long as they are not of living people it's legally allowed to post them on the internet.
Actually, according to Scotland's People "Images are Crown copyright"
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&628
Is that where this one came from? I know that we are free to reproduce actual certificates subject to certain conditions.
I wouldn't have thought we need worry about posting extracts for the purpose of getting help in deciphering.
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Rootschat's guidance was always that small portions of a certificate could be posted for deciphering purposes and that still seems to be the case.
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I have cropped the certificate so I will attach first half now then I will post 2nd half.
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Second half of certificate. Thank you all. Much appreciated.