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  1. sikorae

    Births wrong?

    Thanks for clearing that up for me :)
  2. sikorae

    Births wrong?

    So will it say extracted records somewhere on the file? Is that what I am looking for. Thanks
  3. sikorae

    Births wrong?

    I found some births on LDS, it was going wellbut then I noticed one of the dates was completely wrong. They had the parent being born after the child? I thought I could make a wild guess and say around 20 between them. But as I went futher back it through all the others out. What should I do?
  4. sikorae

    no birth record

    Thanks for trying anyway :) I will keep looking.
  5. sikorae

    no birth record

    Yes Margaret (mother) was called Heugh. I have Janet, Archibald, Margaret births, but not Mary or James. On IGI I cant find any more children belonging to Robert Donaldson and Margaret Heugh ? Its really weird.
  6. sikorae

    no birth record

    Yes its the eldest two, Mary and James that I can't find birth records for, and yet they are on the census. I am confused, why would the siblings births be registered but not those two ?
  7. sikorae

    no birth record

    Hi, I have been on Scotlands People, I don't know whats wrong (maybe its me) but I can't even find the births of the children I already know?
  8. sikorae

    no birth record

    I have found Robert Donaldson and wife Margaret on the 1851 and 1861 census living in Bathgate West Lothian (Robert died 1865). The children are listed as Mary c1836 James c1838, Margaret 1842, Archibald 1845, Jessie/Janet 1851. I have managed to find the births on the IGI for the last 3...
  9. sikorae

    It hasn't helped

    Thanks so much, I definately wouldn't have found them.
  10. sikorae

    It hasn't helped

    sorry been a while (had problems accessing site) Names of witnesses are John Weatherall (father?) and Sarah Weatherall. I now think I have found family on 1881 census , as it says on cert that father was a joiner.Which is what it says on census, I do think that was Ann on the census as a niece...
  11. sikorae

    It hasn't helped

    I recently bought the marriage cert of my g. grandmother in the hope it would help me find the names of her parents. The fathers name is on cert as John Weatherall, Ann (g.grandmother) was born 1867? says on cert she married in 1887 aged 20yrs. I have been trying to find her on 1871 census, but...
  12. sikorae

    Headstone

    Thanks a lot Guy.
  13. sikorae

    Headstone

    Thanks a lot Guy.
  14. sikorae

    Headstone

    Thanks a lot, I thought I was going mad :confused:
  15. sikorae

    Headstone

    I thought maybe the weather had eroded it and then at later date someone had redone it but got the wrong date.
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