JustJean wrote:JustJean wrote:Hello Nica and Welcome!
Gosh I hate to start right off with telling you what you won't find....but it's only fair to warn you.
The online Scotlandspeople birth indexes only go through [up to in UK English !! moderator] 1905. Anything newer than this has to be obtained direct from the good folk in Edinburgh. By this I mean direct order of a certificate from GROS when you have an exact date.....or by visiting New Register House in person or hiring a researcher to go for you. But you say you have already sent for you mum's BC (which you state as 1910)......so that is good
But there will be no other christening record available on Scotlandspeople
She may well have gone by Augustina Veronica....but if the registrar entered it as just Ina....well....I understand that was the legal name. Ina very well being a shortened or pet version of Augustina. (We once had a very long thread on names ending in ina on here....most interesting!!!!)
The next very sad news is
unless the informant for the death of the Annie Reids that you have searched out happens to be Mr. Ferris or his sister....or some other person that would add a plausible link to the Ferris family (lacking a marriage certificate).....there's no way I can see of being certain you have the right Annie
......the address at death might prove lucky if it were the same as you mum's birth record. That's all I can think of at the moment. Good news though is that the deaths are indexed online through 1955. So you'll have no problem hunting down all the Annie Reids and checking them out.
It will also be possible to perhaps prove whether Agnes Strain was indeed a Ferris too.
So some stumbling blocks but still possible to perhaps find a bit more info....but at least you've been warned that this might be an inconclusive one......
Best wishes
Jean
Wow...I just learned something....if I were to say
through in the UK it wouldn't mean inclusive?????...as in all the way to Dec 31 1905???.....I didn't know that....
sorry for any confusion!!!!
Jean
Nae prob!!
Fortunately, I'm bilingual.
Worse than that, "through" in that context could be read by some as meaning "beyond"......
The usage, "#1 thru #10" simply doesn't exist in the UK apart from those who are bilingual, which can be as simple a matter as over exposure to
Dallas and
The West Wing (POTUS just got re-elected this evening at this address, but will Sam win California 47.
)
The idiom over here is "1 to 10", "#" ain't in general use, which can be confusing as it's not always clear if that really means "1 up to and including 10" ...................
I'll be on holiday (vacation) from the 2nd to the 10th could mean either not in the office from 2nd to 10th, last day 1st day back in the office 11th, or away from office 3rd to 9th inclusive.
Next question, ... what does "half past seven" in terms of time mean in Swedish ?
Two countries separated by a common language.... Oscar Wilde
David
