Thanks Karen,
I'd just been wondering if my guess of 1871-1881 in the Cambuslang/Rutherglen area was right....
[
ie - between the birth of Michael 1871 & wife Rose Ann as a widow in 1881]
I wouldn't like to think i'd given you poor info, and that he'd died outwith those years,and/or the area!
Good to see Roseann had signed James' DC - a number of my own were still using their "X" mark around then.
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You mentioned
"...I hadnt found Margaret Mitchell born in 1859..."
The children of a couple can sometimes be found by doing a "Parent Search" in the IGI
These links are from Sources on the TS Home Page.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ ... _form=true
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Leave blank the First Name / Last Name,
In the Father / Last Name box at top right - type in father's forename & surname,
In the Mother / Last Name box - type in at least the mother's forename,
[
but adding a surname too will normally reduce the no of names to look at],
Select Event - Birth/Christening,
Select a Region,
The Year Range, Country, County [
if you know them] can help keep the number of results down.
I sometimes leave the wife's surname blank if there might be a few unusual spellings,
[
but this usually gives very many names to trawl thru]
There's not much can be done though if it's the FATHER's name that could be spelled in a few different ways.
But Hugh Wallis' Batch Numbers may help if you know the possible Town or Parish - similar search procedures to above.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/
Select the Parish No, and enter this in the "Batch Number" box. You can then search in a variety of ways.
Eg. a forename or surname only; or both together; a father's or mother's forename only; and even just on the mother's maiden name.
Like before, the Year Range can also be used if you have a fair idea what years the births took place.
In other words - just play about with it and enter the names you think are most likely to be on the record.
[
and best to always keep a very open mind on how any name is spelled]
Jack
