Cooper/Cowan

[BizzyMom]

This is all new to me, and I'm already stuck.  My Grandmother's (Margaret Shaw) parents are Andrew Cooper (born around 1877/8), he died 10th Aug. 1947 and Lillias Cowan (born around 1888/9), she died 3rd May 1948 (both from Glasgow).  Andrew Cooper's first wife was Elizabeth S Lang.  My problem is that I don't know how to get back further.  I have very little information as I left Scotland in 1981 and now living in South Africa, and my grandmother and grandfather have since passed away.  Is there somewhere in Scotland that I could write to and request birth/marriage/death certificates?  Or is there anyone out there that could help me?
Thanks

[bryso]

try the BDM exchange link on the home page on rootschat.
good luck

[Clare Fowler]

Hi there,

Can I suggest reading the topic  http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,24468.0.html - "Where to start with Scottish research.  It should give you all the basics that you will need to start tracking things down.

Cheers,
Clare

[Clare Fowler]

Hi there,

I have just done a quick search on scotlandspeople - you can run the search but not view the results of it with no credits!

There is 1 Andrew Cooper born in Glasgow City between 1880 and 1887.  I couldn't find a Lilias Cowan for that time frame in Glasgow though.  There were 4 in the whole of Scotland for that year range though, so maybe she was born elsewhere.

I didn't find anything relevant on familysearch.org.

I wasn't able to look at the results on scotlandspeople for you though as I don't have any credits at the moment but hopefully that will help you a little.

Cheers,
Clare