ANCESTRY
tracing relatives in Scotland -
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Tere is a wealth of information on this site. Scotland started keeping statutory records of births, marriages and deaths from 1855. Copies of all these records are available on the site to download – not only the index to the record, but a download of an image of the actual record itself. Note, however, that images of more recent events cannot be downloaded due to privacy issues – births are currently available to 1911, deaths to 1961 and
T
here is an excellent online source of family history resources for those
marriages to 1936. It is amazing to see the birth record of your great great grandparent appear on your screen and then on your printer! Scottish birth, marriage and
death records contain a lot of information. For example, a death record of a married woman will include her maiden surname, age, location where she died, her husband(s) name(s) and parents’ names (if known) – and their occupations. Te name of the informant will also be recorded – and this can often be a son or daughter – so it is possible to have records of three generations of the family in one record!
CASE STUDY Te example below is the death record of Mary Ann McGovern, who was married to John Duffy.
From this single document we can already find out the following: • Mary Ann McGovern was born about 1851. Her parents were William McGovern - a labourer and Alice Berry. Tey are both deceased. • Mary Ann married John Duffy – he had died before 1933. • Mary Ann lived in Hamilton Street, Shotts, Lanarkshire. Te people mentioned here – Mary Ann, husband John and son William (who was the informant) – are all in the below
photograph, dating from around 1893. Mary Ann and John are surrounded by their 12 children – son William is in the middle of the back row. Mary Ann and John are
ancestors of mine – and this photograph was one of the triggers that got me started in seriously researching my own family history. One day, in my email, I received a copy of this photograph from someone in the USA who was researching the same family as me. It was a really
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