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hmmm, seems the Taylor may not be the same if the surname is Memsa. My Auntie said she wasnt sure if it was a Taylor so i may just scrap that bit for now.

Thank you for the divorce information, i was trying to piece together the route in which she married and divorced.

Also searching when Mary Lennon Died as she died whilst living in England. Do i search Scotland records for her death or England?

ArgyllGran, I can't even get the SP website to open today.

Has anyone ever visited the Scotlands Archive rooms?

If Mariposa could get to Edinburgh, would it be possible to search the images in person & take notes?

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/visit-us/scotlandspeople-centre

Could this be May?

Need to wait until SP comes back on to check for a marriage.


First name(s) MARY LENNON
Last name SHELDON
Gender Female
Birth day 27
Birth month 6
Birth year 1936
Age -
Death quarter 4
Death year 2004
District Milton Keynes
District number 326/1
Register number A31B
Entry number 264
Date of registration mm/yy 1104
County Buckinghamshire
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England
(c) brightsolid online publishing ltd

Yes it is possible to view all register entries, including recent ones either at the Scotlandspeople Centre in Edinburgh or The Mitchell Library in Glasgow. You can take notes from those registrations.

May's death : (EDIT: Oops, you beat me to it, RG!)


Mary Lennon Sheldon
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Mary Lennon Sheldon
Death Age: 68
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1936
Registration Date: Nov 2004
Registration district: Milton Keynes
Inferred County: Buckinghamshire
Register Number: A31B
District and Subdistrict: 326/1A
Entry Number: 264


She married a Pollock in Blythswood, Glasgow in 1953, then a Sheldon in 1979 in Buckinghamshire.

If she died in England, her death would be registered there. Records online go up to 2006 on this and other subscription sites.
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl goes up to about 1970.
(edit - Rootgather has found it)

If her estate went to probate, you can look for Calendar entries on
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
But entries don't give a date of birth. So far no one is sure what surname she'd have been registered under.

Well done ArgyllGran. I still can't get onto SP :-)

WOW you found her - i had no idea she remarried, thats where i was going wrong. Sheldon!! Wow even her own daughter could tell me that! this tree is doomed! i dont understand how family dont know eachother in this sense!

I am so happy i found you guys HEHE and very appreciative xx

I checked FreeBMD.org it has nothing on it for me that i could see but thank you, im adding new info now :)

The death was found on FindMyPast.

so his name was Alan K Sheldon :)

someone mentioned possible Twins born before my nana, that died. How would i find out please?

also if i was to search a death, do i search with their maiden name or their married name please?

In Scotland, all deaths are indexed under both married and maiden surnames provided the information is given by the informant.

For example, one of my aunts married four times (she liked wedding cake). If I search for her death using only her first name and middle name, I get 5 results. 1 for each of her married surnames and 1 for her maiden surname.

Looking for birth of twins -

for Scottish births after 1854, unfortunately it's not possible to use mother's maiden surname as a search term, and there are so many Diamond births that it's virtually impossible to know if any would be relevant to your family or not.

These two might be twins:

DIAMOND
JAMES
M
1924
644/14 596
Maryhill

DIAMOND
JOHN
M
1924
644/14 597
Maryhill

You'd have to buy their birth certs to see if they belonged to the correct family.

And their deaths;

DIAMOND
JAMES
0
1924
644/14 231
Maryhill


DIAMOND
JOHN
0
1924
644/14 221
Maryhill


Each of their death certs can be viewed on SP at a cost of 6 credits (£1.50) - to check parents' names.

Cheaper than buying the birth certs, if that's the only reason you want to see them!

i bought credits, can i use those?

If you have bought credits for Scotlandspeople, you can use 6 of those to view one of the deaths. As the reference numbers aren't consecutive, there may have been a few days between the deaths.