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HeatherH
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Post by HeatherH » Tue Jul 04, 2006 4:40 am

My Grandfathers parents went to Oz for a while and had a child on board sip and another in Oz then returned to Scotland.Question isn't why they went?It was probably for work to make a better life.he real question is why did they come back?Did it not work out or was there something else?
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Post by paddyscar » Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:23 am

Nina:

I clicked on the US flag - offer for Independence Day July 4. Then I registered [which is actually a registration for British Origins], once I entered my info, I was able to search by clicking on the tab Irish Origins across the top.

I had a few hits, but not greatly impressed with what I found (of course, there is a learning curve to these things) One thought I had was, 'If I knew all the information they request for a search, why would I be searching?'

Now I see why ScotlandsPeople gets such raves!

Frances
John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow
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paddyscar
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Post by paddyscar » Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:25 am

Heather - could be economic downturn or just plain homesickness, as was the case with my Aunt.

Frances
John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow
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ninatoo
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Post by ninatoo » Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:37 am

Thanks Frances,

I didn't find anything either, but then I am probably looking in the wrong place as I was searchong for a likely military marriage and birth in Malta.

Nina
Researching: Easton ( Renfrewshire, Dunbarton and Glasgow), Corr (Londonderry and Glasgow), Carson (Co. Down, Irvine, Ayrshire and Glasgow), Logan (Londonderry and Glasgow)
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emanday
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Post by emanday » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:50 am

Ninatoo, try 1837Online for Military Births, Marriages and Deaths.
[b]Mary[/b]
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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)
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ninatoo
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Post by ninatoo » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:53 pm

Thanks emanday,

Well I registered and did a seach and although it gives me a list of registers where my ancestor might be located (such as "army list for years 17something to 19somethingelse") I can get no further without paying it seems, which I think is ridiculous! At least at SP you can search for someone in Glasgow for example of a certain age and it might give you 100 possibilities, but at least you KNOW there is a chance! What if my Mary Morgan, supposedly born 1867 in Malta isn't even there? I have to pay just to see IF she is there...what a rip off! :evil:

Nina
Researching: Easton ( Renfrewshire, Dunbarton and Glasgow), Corr (Londonderry and Glasgow), Carson (Co. Down, Irvine, Ayrshire and Glasgow), Logan (Londonderry and Glasgow)
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