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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Getting nowhere - Ellen Henderson
« on: Wednesday 07 September 11 00:16 BST (UK) »
Thank you all so much! I've been going cross eyed and tearing my hair out looking for this information. And I've just discovered Lanarkshire Henderson's on the other side of the family!
I think between Scotland's People and ancestry.com I'm searching all the searches and coming up with nothing and forgetting which searches I've done and starting to lose track. I think a spreadsheet might be in order. Still, I'm not coming up with anything on the parish registers on SP, I don't know where I'm going wrong.
You've now given me further information to base my searches on, and some clues on what to look at, so thank you. Yes, NEllie and Lizzie came out on the Paparoa, a ship bringing domestic servants to Australia.
Something about Nellie's Uncle Robert (listed as her father on the 1901 census) is bugging me. He was absent from the 1891 census, and I found him in Newcastle, NSW marrying Alice A L Smith in 1890. But then in 1901 he and 2 sons (both Aus born) were back in Scotland and no sign of Alice. I haven't found a death certificate for Alice in NSW or Scotland but being a Smith makes her difficult to trace. She's not a direct relative but my curiosity is piqued. I haven't found either of them in the passenger lists either incoming or outgoing.
Anyway I really appreciate everyone's input, thanks again.
I think between Scotland's People and ancestry.com I'm searching all the searches and coming up with nothing and forgetting which searches I've done and starting to lose track. I think a spreadsheet might be in order. Still, I'm not coming up with anything on the parish registers on SP, I don't know where I'm going wrong.
You've now given me further information to base my searches on, and some clues on what to look at, so thank you. Yes, NEllie and Lizzie came out on the Paparoa, a ship bringing domestic servants to Australia.
Something about Nellie's Uncle Robert (listed as her father on the 1901 census) is bugging me. He was absent from the 1891 census, and I found him in Newcastle, NSW marrying Alice A L Smith in 1890. But then in 1901 he and 2 sons (both Aus born) were back in Scotland and no sign of Alice. I haven't found a death certificate for Alice in NSW or Scotland but being a Smith makes her difficult to trace. She's not a direct relative but my curiosity is piqued. I haven't found either of them in the passenger lists either incoming or outgoing.
Anyway I really appreciate everyone's input, thanks again.