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I was going through this thread.
Can I ask how come he was 28 both times he got married.

If you have Ancestry then you can use it to view transcriptions of Scottish census records (up to 1901) which may give you a better idea of names and dates to search on SP. FamilySearch has some extracted births, etc. which can also help. Also try using a search engine like Google to find online information.
Meanwhile, have a look through this topic-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=562668.0

Thank you, a lot of information there. I don't quite understand it all. I'll have to go over it a few times.

Perhaps you haven't done much overseas research...

Not all information will be online and free. Scotland's People certificates are excellent value and contain a huge amount of information which you don't see for many other countries.

No not really. My mums side is from England, came to Australia in the 1800's.
My dad was born in Scotland and moved to Australia in 1960.

In NSW we have the BDM index online and you can search someone's name and on the preview it lets  you see year of registration and parent's names.
I find it hard on the SP website because you can't see parent's names before you pay to view the record.

I also have ancestry subscription so I can view as many records as I like without having to pay for each one. I get a bit annoyed on SP when I have to pay to view and it's the wrong person.

Maybe I am doing it wrong, but I am working with little information. Only going by marriage records.

On my partners side 2 of his cousins have kids with the same women. So the kids are half sisters but also 2nd cousins. 

She was with cousin1 and had a child they were together for a short time, then about 10 years later she got with cousin2 and had a child to him. Cousin1 and cousin2's dads are brothers.

According to 1861 census in Hamilton they were not married.
 

With no marriage record, is there any other way to keep tracing the family tree back ?