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Argyllshire / Re: Catholic school or college, Dunstaffnage, near Oban?
« on: Tuesday 06 May 25 00:19 BST (UK)  »
Like everyone else I can't find a reference to a catholic boarding school/ college near Dunstaffnage. I did wonder if the school concerned was St Augustus Abbey which was run by the Benedictine's and did exist at the time in question. It was in the general area of Dunstaffnage (~74 miles according to google). That does leave the problem of where the Dunstaffnage name comes from though.

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Inverness / Re: Queensgate Inverness
« on: Tuesday 03 December 24 22:43 GMT (UK)  »
The Highland Archive Centre might have more documents that could help. They have always been very friendly when I visited so might be worth an email?

https://www.highlifehighland.com/highland-archive-centre/

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Date for this wedding please
« on: Monday 01 January 24 23:22 GMT (UK)  »
I have a photo of my aunt in June 1938, at age 8, wearing a remarkably similar bridesmaid dress to the young girl on the left hand side.

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Scotland / Re: Adopted Children's Names Disclosed on Scotland's People
« on: Thursday 10 August 23 15:11 BST (UK)  »
Chris Paton has updated his Blog and explains the situation in a bit more detail. See the link below.

https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2023/08/scotlandspeople-provided-access-to.html?fbclid=IwAR0K1ntcaGY7WCdMeDH1g9uAv2lG8FBl8KD-JigYvg59Dg0vo7HxTmbI4Qw

sorry about the long link!

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Lanarkshire / Re: McIvor/Mooney - Riordan marriage record
« on: Friday 06 January 23 21:54 GMT (UK)  »
There is actually only one death entry (reference 607/ 429   Glasgow, Martha St) and it has both her married names on it so it will show up whichever names you use to search  :)

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Scotland / Re: Scotlands People Essential Maintenance on 23 Nov 2022
« on: Monday 28 November 22 23:07 GMT (UK)  »
I have a Scotlands People Newsletter from August 2022. There could have been a more recent one but I can't be sure (the next most recent in my email is June 2021 and I do know there were some in between those dates which I obviously haven't kept).

It is so long ago I haven't a clue how or when I registered for the newsletter. I have two accounts and at one point I remember getting two copies of the newsletter every time it came out. I don't recollect that happening recently ???

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The Common Room / Re: anyone know of another email address to contact hmcts re double charging?
« on: Thursday 31 March 22 21:15 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Marmalady on Thursday 31 March 22 17:32 BST (UK)
It might be quicker to dispute the charge via your credit card

It might also have a better long term effect. If a lot of people have to claim back for double charges and so on the credit card companies will get unhappy. They are likely to have more clout than us mere users if they complain to iron mountain. Definitely woth a try anyway.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Jamaica Bridge, fact or fiction?
« on: Wednesday 07 April 21 20:50 BST (UK)  »
I would guess your Mum is merging stories about two different bridges which are relatively close together without realising it. The "highland" bridge is likely to be what is known locally as the Hielanman's Umbrella on Argyle Street which intersects with Jamaica Street which is then the Jamaica bridge when it crosses the Clyde. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hielanman%27s_Umbrella - This Wikipedia article mentions Gaelic speakers meeting as your Mum suggests.

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Scotland / Re: Question about Scotland's People Registers
« on: Monday 08 February 21 17:17 GMT (UK)  »
My Dad died mid December and was searchable in the index by I think mid January the following year! I didn't think that they updated that quickly but it was definitely him  :)

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