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Hi Mo

Just to say thanks again you have been a great help to me and thanks for the info.

Dorie

I have a William Pinkerton on Scottish census records after 1871 and he has his birthplace down on most as Lancashire and on one he has birthplace down as Warrington, is their anyone who would kindly do a look up for me to find if there is a birth recorded for him. He was born around 1844 and his parents were James Pinkerton and Margaret Pinkerton m.s. Rigby. He was married in 1866 in Scotland so I don't know when he came to live here. I tried looking on the 1837 site at the 1861 census returns but couldn't find an entry for him.  I would also like to find out when his parents married or if there was any brothers or sisters of William. Any help would be most appreciated.

I always thought my family had always come from Scotland until I started my family history research and then found that my ancestors on my dads side came over from Ireland. When researching my great-grandfather Thomas Wilson I couldn't find a birth for him anywhere in Scotland, I managed to get some details from his Merchant Navy records and he had Glasgow 1864 down as his birthplace and birthdate but still nothing although I found that his parents came from Ireland. Once I managed to get the 1871 all became clear the whole family had birthplace down as Sligo Ireland so I twice paid for searches to be done by the Sligo records office and they could find nothing regarding the family so does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do next. These are the details of the family on the 1871 census for Glasgow (all have birthplace Sligo) Edward Wilson age 54 occupation Mason, Ellen Wilson (m.s. McIlroy) age 46, Edward Wilson son age 25 occupation Mason, James Wilson son age 17,Joseph Wilson son age 12, Thomas Wilson son age 7, Margaret Wilson daughter age 19, Sarah Wilson daughter age 15, Ellen Wilson daughter age 10, and Catherine Wilson daughter age 8. When looking something up once for Edward Snr. I saw mention of County Mayo so maybe he came from there but they all definitely have Sligo down as birthplace, can anyone help as I can get no further.

I wonder if anyone can help me, I have  found that my great-grandfather Thomas Wilson was born in Sligo (1864) his parents were Edward Wilson and Ellen Wilson m.s. McIllroy but I can find no trace of any of the family in Sligo. I paid to have two searches done by the records office in Sligo and they couldn't find any record of them. They moved to Glasgow between 1864 and 1871, the reason I know this is I have them on the 1871 census living in Glasgow but they are not on the 1861 census and my great-grandfather Thomas is down on the 1871 census aged 7 and his birthplace is down as Sligo, he has 3 brothers and four sisters and they all have birthplace down as Sligo. Can anyone help me find out if there is any record of them in Sligo it would be much appreciated. Also is there any way of finding what year they moved to Scotland from Ireland.