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[WILLIAM 1]

hi i am not looking for anyone to search for me. i would like to know if anyone could please tell me what is the best way to try and find living relatives when you have never spoken to or seen anyone from that family how would i start and is it possible to do that. I.E so it would be my mothers fathers side of the family so all his brothers and sisters are all dead. the last 2 died 2002. so it would be there kids if they had any. again i never met my mothers parents as both where dead when i was born. and on my mothers side of the family. it is only kids that are left and again they dont know anything about my mothers dad or any of his family at all. i was thinking along the lines of getting the last 2 peoples death certificate and seeing if the address on there and going from there. or if there was another way of doing this.   

[ColC]

Assuming the family remained in Scotland you should look at https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
it is free to search and fees to see original records. Statutory registration began in Scotland in 1855, prior to that you have Church Records. There are also Census records and much more.

Start with the information you know.

Colin

[Forfarian]

i was thinking along the lines of getting the last 2 peoples death certificate and seeing if the address on there and going from there. or if there was another way of doing this.

I think that would be a very good way to tackle this.

The death certificates should also tell you who registered the deaths, and where they lived, and it's always possible that the informants are still living.

Why not book a day in the Scotland's People Centre in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow? You should be able to find lots more than just the last two death certificates in a day, and the staff will be able to help you with how to go about it. It would also be cheaper than ordering two certificates from SP.

[WILLIAM 1]

thank you to everyone. i have scotlandspeople and yes it is to much money lol so again thank you

[ColC]

You could try posting the information you have, on those no longer living, on this site and see where it leads.

Colin