help with marriage cert please.....

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ladybird
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help with marriage cert please.....

Post by ladybird » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:50 am

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-185

I need some help with this one please :?:
Sylvia :(


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1st Column undecipherable ????
2nd column: signed Thomas Townsley his X mark ?????? hawker????
signed Elizabeth Docherty hawker spinster
3rd column: In ??? off Park Road Aberdeen
4th column: William Townsley tinsmith jouneyman deceased
Rebecca Fleming previously Townley ms Townsley
James Docherty hawker deceased
Christine (?) Docherty ms ????
5th column signed ??? Ross Priest in charge St Clements (?)
signed Joseph Miller witness
??? Mitchell witness
6th column 1901 July 12th(?) at Aberdeen
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Alcluith
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Image Clarity

Post by Alcluith » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:09 am

Sylvia

It is hard to decipher your posting but have you tried to invert the image with your graphic software i.e. Paint shop to make it a negative this sometimes helps.

I tried it with the image in gallery but it is too small, loss of definition.

If you want you can send me the image by email I will have a go for you
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ladybird
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Re: Image Clarity

Post by ladybird » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:18 am

Alcluith wrote:Sylvia

It is hard to decipher your posting but have you tried to invert the image with your graphic software i.e. Paint shop to make it a negative this sometimes helps.

I tried it with the image in gallery but it is too small, loss of definition.

If you want you can send me the image by email I will have a go for you
Thanks Drew, I'm not sure how to send the image by private mail??
And I don't have Paint shop, or graphic software..I don't think.
:oops: Sylvia
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AndrewP
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Post by AndrewP » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:07 am

Hi Sylvia,

Did you receive this certificate as a download from ScotlandsPeople? If so, then your original will be in TIF format rather than JPG. Can you upload the original TIF image? JPG images lose a lot of quality of the original image and make the deciphering a lot more difficult (probably impossible in this case).

All the best,

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ladybird
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Post by ladybird » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:19 am

OK Andrew
Will do that
Though they both look the same to me...hard to read!

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-187

Sylvia
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AndrewP
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Post by AndrewP » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:34 am

Go back to ScotlandsPeople website and fill in a contact form detailing the names and reference numbers of this certificate, advising them that the online image is illegible. They should send you out a photocopy of the certificate from the original book.

I will have a go at deciphering and will reply again later today.

All the best,

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ladybird
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Post by ladybird » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:56 am

Thanks Andrew
A contact form has been sent.

It's funny the trouble that some people seem to have on the new site, I've found it much more user friendly, although the actual image download is much smaller it's easy enough to get around.
And all my previous seaches and views are intact. Including the double ups back when I didn't know what I was supposed to be doing :-(
Sylvia
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Jack
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Post by Jack » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:00 pm

Hi Sylvia,
Here's my guesses...
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1st column
1901
Eighth
July
St Clements Episcopal
Church, Aberdeen

After Publication
according to the
forms of the
Scottish Episcopal
Church
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2nd column
Thomas Townsley
His + mark
(Signed) Joseph Miller, witness
(Signed Edward Lyle?, witness
Hawker (Bachelor)
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3rd column
In Larrisan? (but maybe someone local will recognise)
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4th column
Christine Docherty, ms Jameson
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5th column
R? S? Ross
Ellen Mitchell, witness
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6th column - 12th July
==
Jack
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ladybird
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Post by ladybird » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:37 pm

Hi Jack
That looks good to me
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Post by AndrewP » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:56 pm

My guess at the address is "In Garrison, off Park Road, Aberdeen".

All the best,

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