missing parents

thomsos · Post by **thomsos** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:57 pm

I have just uploaded an image of a death cert. for an Alexander Bryce, and I would like some ones opinion , It does not have any parents info on it, but I’m not sure if it looks like it’s just very faint or it is missing all together, and if it is worth contacting SP about it

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-982

Thank you
Sandra

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Post by **Ina** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:46 pm

Sandra

Can you upload your image to our gallery. I'm sure you will get some opinions then.

Regards,

Ina

thomsos · Post by **thomsos** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:50 pm

Ina wrote:Sandra

Can you upload your image to our gallery. I'm sure you will get some opinions then.

Regards,

Ina

I have, just waiting for it to be posted

Sandra

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:32 pm

thomsos wrote:I have just uploaded an image of a death cert. for an Alexander Bryce, and I would like some ones opinion , It does not have any parents info on it, but I’m not sure if it looks like it’s just very faint or it is missing all together, and if it is worth contacting SP about it

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-982

Thank you
Sandra

url added by marilyn

I'm near certain that the section is blank.

What appears to beb faint marks is "bleed through" from the other side of the page.

You may occasionally have seen something similar when making a photocopy of a two sided document when the light from the photocopier and the thickness of the document means that traces of the print on the other side can be seen, - same here from the original microfilming process.

David

thomsos · Post by **thomsos** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:12 pm

Thank you David, can you suggest any other way I can find his parents?

Sandra

Post by **emanday** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:25 pm

Have you found his MC yet? That should have them entered.

thomsos · Post by **thomsos** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:34 pm

I think they were married arround 1818, so will not be able to get an image on SP
Sandra

Post by **emanday** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:47 pm

Even when the OPR images do come online later this month, there is no guarantee that the parents will even be mentioned, but keep your fingers crossed - you might be lucky

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:56 pm

Hello thomsos

Do you know where ALex was born? What is stated as place of birth from the 1851 and 1861 census for him? Do you know where he and his wife married? All info could help narrow up a likely area of birth. Searching the IGI might turn up some likely birth prospects. Also consider naming patterns. Do you know all the offspring of Alex? Sometimes an unusual christian name can point to an earlier generation's mother's maiden name...or follow a predictable pattern which can virtually pinpoint the correct parents. It's truly an inexact science with much relying on survival of OPR records....but still it might be possible to make some progress.

Best wishes
Jean

thomsos · Post by **thomsos** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:57 pm

When the OPR Images do come on SP, will we be able to view the ones that we already have in our previous viewed.

Sandra

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