Unknown Birth Info.....

AmericanWoman · Post by **AmericanWoman** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:58 pm

hi all,

just recently found this site and finding it so helpful with great info and tips.

I have come to a road block on my family tree and was wondering if anyone could be of assistance.

I have a death certificate of my aunt, who died when she was around a year old in 1928, but I can not find her birthdate information.

Her Death Certificate looks like it states that she was 1 year 1/12?? I've asked family members but they all thought she was older when she passed, so no help there.

Her name is Isabella McGowan Paul, born to Daniel and Annie Paul of Greenock Scotland and died of measles on February 26, 1928.

Is there a place that I can find out when she was born? I can not access birth cert online for this year so all help will be much appreicated. Also, would there had been a burial information anywhere that I can also check on?

thank you all so much.

Nancy

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:14 pm

Hi Nancy
..and warm welcome to Talking Scot

I'd guess the age was 1year and 1 month so looks like she would have been born around January 1927. Births on the Scotlands People site only go up to 1905 currently, as you have found out, so you'd either have to visit New Register House in Edinburgh, contact GROS directly
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/famrec/h ... flet2.html
or pay a researcher to go there for you to look up the birth.

As regards the burial, if it was in the Greeock area, this site might be helpful.
http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/Community/ ... tion=31:25
There are contact details at the bottom of that web page.

Best wishes
Lesley

AmericanWoman · Post by **AmericanWoman** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:56 am

Hi Lesley

thank you for the warm welcome. I am learning so much from this site and there are some wonderful helpful people on this board. Thanks for the links, I have found them very useful and have contacted the Cemetary and hopefully I will find her burial plot.

Also, A very special person has found the birth information for me and I am ever so grateful.

Thank YOU again!!!!

off to do some more searching and reading.

Nancy

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:03 pm

Hi Nancy
Great to hear you have found out little more as a result of your post.

Best wishes
Lesley