I have been looking to find some answers can someone point me in the right direction ? My Farther was born 24th April 1921 at 5 Baxters Building Holyrood Road Edinburgh, His Farthers name was Alexander Tait the same as his. His Mothers name was Marion D French and it says they were married on the 27th of July 1908 at Newbattle the birth was registered in Edinburgh on May 11th 1921. This is now where I get confused I have visited S/People but can find no record of them getting married at all thus giving me details to follow through. Am I missing the plot or is it to early in the morning for my brain to be working? . Any advice would be appreciated. Thanking someone in antisipation.
Alan
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AndrewP
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Hi Alan,
Do you have the birth certificates of any brothers or sisters of his that verify the marriage date? I agree with you that there is no obvious sign of the marriage on ScotlandsPeople.
A couple of possibilities to consider (whether or not they are what you want to find) are that they were never married, or that they had an irregular marriage that was never declared and registered.
All the best,
AndrewP
Do you have the birth certificates of any brothers or sisters of his that verify the marriage date? I agree with you that there is no obvious sign of the marriage on ScotlandsPeople.
A couple of possibilities to consider (whether or not they are what you want to find) are that they were never married, or that they had an irregular marriage that was never declared and registered.
All the best,
AndrewP
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Hello Alan,
The marriage record for one of my G G Grandparents was also missing from the scotlandspeople index.
I knew the date of the marriage from the birth record of their son and also from the IGI (it was in 1863), but no sign of it on SP. I sent them a e-mail and they refunded me six credits and promised to look into it. Several months later it finally appeared on their index. However, in the meantime I got fed up waiting and sent off to the Registrar Office for a proper copy of the certificate.
John
The marriage record for one of my G G Grandparents was also missing from the scotlandspeople index.
I knew the date of the marriage from the birth record of their son and also from the IGI (it was in 1863), but no sign of it on SP. I sent them a e-mail and they refunded me six credits and promised to look into it. Several months later it finally appeared on their index. However, in the meantime I got fed up waiting and sent off to the Registrar Office for a proper copy of the certificate.
John
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I know it's puzzling when what should be on SP isn't, but I have to say that, considering the hundreds of thousands of entries that have had to be scanned, I suppose there are bound to be a few that slip past.
I know I used to go cross-eyed scanning piles of business docs, checking the scan was OK then saving them properly.
I know I used to go cross-eyed scanning piles of business docs, checking the scan was OK then saving them properly.
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A cat leaves pawprints on your heart
McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)