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Try the opposite approach - input the first name(s) and the year only. That may produce hundreds of results. Sort them by surname and see if it comes up (possibly mis-spelled in the index). Failing that if you know where to expect the birth to have been registered, sort them by RD Name and see if th...

So long as there was a 'live' birth, there should be both a birth and a death certificate. In my family tree [my generation], there was a child who survived only 15 hours; born prematurely at home about 2.10am and died at 6pm the same day in the maternity hospital. The birth and death were both regi...

Regarding the address listed above, 62 Colinton Road - that house and its neighbouring petrol station were demolished around 20 years back, and the combined site is now the site of a Tesco Express supermarket and a funeral director's premises. It is about three miles from home for me. 1940s OS map v...

The Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directories of 1921-1922, 1922-1923, 1923-1924 and 1924-1925 all list the occupant of Dinwoodie, 27 Cargil Terrace, Edinburgh as Mrs Goudie. Those no longer qualified as electors at 27 Cargill Terrace are: In 1921 and 1922: Mr Andrew D Goudie In 1923: Rudolph Gaudie...

The online telephone directories on Ancestry didn't show this family either. However, back in those days only a minority of folks would have had a phone.

All the best,

AndrewP

I have looked at quite a few valuation rolls, and there doesn't seem like a consistent method for the order of the properties in a tenement stair. You do well if you find one that tells you which level each flat is on (1F, 2F, etc.). One that I have been looking at for a local history project is a t...

Hi Annette, The following article appeared in The Scotsman of 05 January 1916. At a late hour on Monday night a young woman, Helen Gray (22), who resided at 103 Dale Street, Tradeston, was found dead on the floor of her house. Marks of violence were discovered on the face and back of the head. At th...

Hi Annette, If she died of a heart attack after the assault, would there have been a charge of murder? If the person who made the assault was convicted, there could have been an argument that the victim died of a heart attack, therefore no murder took place. It may be that if there was a conviction ...

Does it resemble any of the pictures seen on this webpage which lists a few interpretations of IHS.

https://cemeterysymbolism.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/ihs/

ALl the best,

AndrewP

Hi Margaret, This looks like a strong possibility in the 1891 census Registration District: Old Monkland Western District, Lanarkshire Address: Muirside . Edward Coogan . . . . 67 . . . . Head . . . . . . coal miner . . . . born Ireland . Mary Coogan . . . . . . 65 . . . . Wife . . . . . . . . . . ....