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Scotland's People and Maiden Name?

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Angela

Angela Report 8 Feb 2011 16:49

Potty & Persie,

Thanks I will try those ideas.

Angi x

Potty

Potty Report 4 Feb 2011 14:14

If the birth is before 1875, try familysearch site which has lots of births from 1855 to 1875 for Scotland.

Try using the Advanced Search on scotlandspeople and put the MMN in as a keyword. I have just tried that with searching for John McDonald b1855-2009 - 14000+ matches, putting in a MMN from one of the results from familysearch, only two results

Persephone

Persephone Report 4 Feb 2011 09:44

Of course you can put in a maiden name, if the mother and father did not marry till after child is born the child is registered with mother's surname. Just don't put in the father's surname and substitute it . My grandmother's sister is registered with her mother's surname.... or else we would never have found her.

Don't know whether that's a help or not?

Persie

Researching:
The latest tree member our Grandson, Stellan born 09/12/14

Angela

Angela Report 3 Feb 2011 17:42

Thank you for your replies.

I did email Scotland's People, and they have replied stating you can't put in mothers maiden name at all :-(

Angi x

Karen

Karen Report 3 Feb 2011 16:31

Hi Angela I have used Scotlands people for years and found it really good but when I started I used to put in info the correct way, sometimes it pays to put in maiden name in surname box of male!. I've found loads that way! Although mine might have been easier as most of them were Italian names!! If you need any help let me know.
Karen x

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 3 Feb 2011 12:33

If you have been searching on Scotlands People you will see theres no provision for putiing the mums maiden name in .

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Angela

Angela Report 3 Feb 2011 11:13

Can someone tell me if you can add a mothers maiden name in the birth search on Scotland's People I am wasting a lot of credits searching for births and not getting any where?

Thank Angi x