Help with Birth look ups

[Claravale]

I’ve hit a brick wall and hope someone out there can help me. I can only find one birth between a William Henry Hermitage and a Margaret Wendy Bennetto but I’m told they had several children. Anyone any ideas?

[PaulineJ]

when and where was the birth that you did find?

Different eras & geographical areas will have different resources

[Claravale]

1945 in Newton Abbott but the family settled in Rosskeen Scotland by the looks of things

[PaulineJ]

Did you use scotland's people to search for births?

[Claravale]

No only because I’ve no idea if they were born in Scotland. I’ve received a photo today of them with 5 young children in the photo. No idea what year it was taken though.

[PaulineJ]

well, if you've eliminated England and wales, and you think they may have gone to Scotland, it would seem obvious to look there next.

Godo luck with your search

[Claravale]

The problem is though I can’t find them anywhere I’ve been doing a general search covering all areas and nothing is coming up.

[PaulineJ]

Check the coverage offered.

It looks like births in the last 100 years cannot be accessed via the internet.

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/guides/statutory-registers

But If I searched for Hermitage, 1945 to 1960, I got
Statutory registers

BirthsLogin to view 8 records
DeathsLogin to view 1 record
MarriagesLogin to view 2 records

[Wjh1969]

Hi Clara,

Margaret Benetto was my grandmother, my maiden name is Hermitage now (Middleton).