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Title: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: kitman64 on Thursday 13 July 17 14:11 BST (UK)
Am looking for a birth c1930's for a Violet Anne Gillyland or Gilliland or variant spelling of surname presumably in Londonderry N Ireland; any help or advice on this would be appreciated.
kitman
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 13 July 17 18:17 BST (UK)
Is this person still alive?  Rootschat has a no living persons policy
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: kitman64 on Thursday 13 July 17 18:58 BST (UK)
not sure person not heard from in over 40 years, it was her maiden name
kitman
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: aghadowey on Thursday 13 July 17 19:14 BST (UK)
The surname is likely to be Gilliland. Privacy restrictions in Northern Ireland (as on Rootschat) will make it difficult to find birth details. Online birth certificates (Irish Genealogy) less than 100 years old are not shown, GRONI's online index only shows births 100+ years and Family Search's online civil registration index only goes up to 1921 for Northern Ireland counties.
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 13 July 17 20:06 BST (UK)
40yrs ago she would have been around 40yrs old.  As she was married you presumably know her married name so need to look for a possible death under that surname.  She could still be alive though
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: Elwyn Soutter on Thursday 13 July 17 23:02 BST (UK)
Quote from: kitman64 on Thursday 13 July 17 14:11 BST (UK)
Am looking for a birth 1930's for a Violet Anne Gillyland or Gilliland or variant spelling of surname presumably in Londonderry N Ireland; any help or advice on this would be appreciated.
kitman

Birth records for someone born in Northern Ireland around 1936 aren’t on-line. But they are still open to the public to search. To search for them you need to either go in person to GRONI or PRONI in Belfast (where you can search the records free), or if you can’t get to Belfast, ring or e-mail GRONI and pay them to search for you.

Don’t post the results here, unless you are certain the lady is dead.
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: kitman64 on Friday 14 July 17 13:34 BST (UK)
Many thanks for all advice, will close post as am not sure weather person is still alive
kitman
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: aghadowey on Friday 14 July 17 14:03 BST (UK)
Does her marriage certificate list details of parents?
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: kitman64 on Friday 14 July 17 14:19 BST (UK)
Do not have a definite surname or DOB as yet to find birth or marraige
KITMAN
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 14 July 17 17:49 BST (UK)
What is the reason you are researching her?
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: kitman64 on Saturday 15 July 17 21:30 BST (UK)
The lady was/is an aunt on my wifes side lost contact with 40 years ago, last known area Kent hoping to find marriage
kitman
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: CaroleW on Saturday 15 July 17 22:11 BST (UK)
Did you check freebmd for a marriage?  Try Kent 1960 as a possibility
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: kitman64 on Sunday 16 July 17 10:46 BST (UK)
many thanks CaroleW found it , will close post in case still alive thanks for advice
kitman
Title: Re: Gillyland or Gilliland?
Post by: Carlily on Wednesday 23 August 17 19:54 BST (UK)
Dear Gilliland searcher, My grandmother was called Annie Gilliland - but born in Donegal. Family then moved to Londonderry.