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Rachael

Rachael Report 26 Feb 2010 13:07

Excellent thanks

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 25 Feb 2010 21:14

Hi

Scotlandspeople is a great site. As others have said its pay per view but you can then print out your info. Works out £1 per cert once you have found the right one. 30 credits for £6, 1 credit per search and 5 per image.
You also get 3mth?/ to use them up.

Henrietta death cert will give you parents names.Or if you have them you can search for a marriage. I think they marriages go up to 1933 now on SP. you will get their parents names from that and so on.


Have a look at the site and register. You dont have to pay to register and you can do a certain amount of searching for free.

Rachael

Rachael Report 25 Feb 2010 21:03

Hi Birdi

Thanks for the tips, Oh yes, very much looking forward to seeing what I can un ravel, if anything !! I dont think is going to be easy at all....Speak soon Thanks

Rachael

Rachael Report 25 Feb 2010 21:00

Hi , thanks for getting back to me, I am just getting used to the way this work on this site ! I have a few names as follows:
My gran,Henrietta Rodgers year of birth 1919. Her mother was called Charlotte Rodgers? and her father William. Possibly Glasgow area. Henriettas date of death 21.dec 2008

Thanks Rachael

Wildgoose

Wildgoose Report 25 Feb 2010 15:17

Welcome to world of family trees, Rachael!

You need Scotlandspeople for Scottish records. Pay per view but very good value for money.

If you are stuck just give us a shout. Loads of people willing to point you in the right direction. I do appreciate that you only need a helping hand and want to have the fun of doing your own research, though.

Birdi

Researching:
Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 25 Feb 2010 14:31

Hi Rachael, there are some good tips on these boards from Heather Posi. Keep looking for them and I will nudge them up as and when I can.

There are a couple of good sites for you to search for free:

freebmd.org.uk

familysearch.org

they are both easy to use and I am sure you will get the hang of them.

As Marion says above, why not give us some names and someone will surely help you out by looking at various census etc.

Regards. Cx.

Researching:
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MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 24 Feb 2010 17:50

What names dates and places do you have?

Rachael

Rachael Report 24 Feb 2010 16:19

I just want tips on how to search and narrow it down. I am only up to grand parents and already struggling. Also I need to access Scottish info, do I need a seperate site. Thanks all