Children of William Reynolds and Jessie Miller [1917-1920]

veesixteen · Post by **veesixteen** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:44 am

On June 15, 1917, my Grandmother, Jessie Miller, born in Thurso on Sept. 13, 1887 [Reg. ref.: 96/1887], was married at "The Manse", in Muirkirk, Glasgow, to a ship stoker by the name of William Reynolds [Reg. ref.: 11/1917]. So far as I have been able to establish, the couple had two children: one born in 1917 and one born in 1920. Can anyone tell me if those relatives of mine are still alive, or if they might have had offspring of their own? I'd also like to get the GROS refs., to be able to consult and download a copy of the respective birth certificates or, alternately, get the address where I might purchase hard copies of these two documents [as a careful Scot, I'd like to avoid the more expensive of these 2 solutions!]. Many thanks.

<edited to removed names, dates of birth and ref. numbers for potentially living persons. LesleyB>

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:03 am

Hi Gita
...and welcome to Talking Scot.
We can help with any problems you may have going back in time in your tree, but I'm afriad we cannot help you trace possibly living relatives here on Talking Scot. See http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6601 in Essential Reading for more details.

We also have some links for tracing missing people which may of of help:
http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5576

You can search the index at Scotland People for the births and send for copies of the certificates - they cannot be downloaded as they are past the cut-off dates. The other option is to visit New Register House in Edinburgh or Park Circus in Glasgow where, for a daily search fee, you can view the documents, but from where you are based, either ordering through Scotlands People online or contacting GROS ( www.gro-scotland.gov.uk ) would probably be the cheaper option.

Best wishes
Lesley

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:09 pm

Hi Gita

You probably have this already but the marriage register actually has Jessie marrying a James and not a William...and Muirkirk is in Ayrshire and not Glasgow. The record is indexed as follows:

1917 REYNOLDS JAMES MILLER JESSIE MUIRKIRK /AYR 607/00 0011

You can quite affordably purchase credits on the www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk website and expend them to download a copy of the marriage. The births of children however will have to be purhcased via extract since they fall into the modern index category (anything newer than 100 years for births). Since you're situated in the US you might find it less expensive to hire a researcher to obtain transcripts for you. I've resorted to this method in the past with satisfactory results.

Best wishes
Jean

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:59 pm

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Please use this topic only for replies to the initial question.

Best wishes
Jean