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If you go to ancestry they often have records that are free for a limited time,

at the moment they are offering free 1911 census for England and Wales

they offer free transcribed records for the 1881 census

But if you play around on the site you will find other records offered for free

Roy

Top tips Roy, i shall keep looking :)

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Marriages Jun 1874 (>99%)
Duffey Eleanor Sunderland 10a 837 xxxxxxxxx
Harrop James Sunderland 10a 837
Huntley Dorothy Sunderland 10a 837
Thompson Charles Cathcart Sunderland 10a 837 xxxxxxx
Thompson Charles Catheart Sunderland 10a 837


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Marriages for the period 1871-1880: Surname = 'thompson' and Forename/Initial = 'charles'.
Surname Forename(s) Year of Marriage
DUFFEY Eleanor 1874
THOMPSON Charles C 1874


http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1399

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Name: Charles Catheart Thomson
Gender: Unknown
Baptism/Christening Date: 02 Nov 1845
Baptism/Christening Place: LOCHEE ASSOCIATE CONGREGATION, LOCHEE, ANGUS, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1845
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: George Thomson
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Jane Farquharson
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C19048-1
System Origin: Scotland-VR
Source Film Number: 889477
Reference Number: ch3/334/2

Possible marriage of Charles and Eleanor (but would need the birth certificate of Charles William to be certain):-


Name: THOMPSON, Charles Catheart
Registration district: Sunderland
County: Durham
Year of registration: 1874
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
Volume no: 10A
Page no: 837

MarriageFinder: Charles Catheart Thompson married one of the following people:

DUFFEY, Eleanor<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
HUNTLEY, Dorothy
HARROP, James

Bit of a long time before the birth of the first child but the year would be about right going by Eleanor's age on the census.

Kath. x

SNAP - safc.

Kath. x :-)

Don't forget that bmd from 1837 to 1915 are free on ancestry just as they are on the freebmd web site

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Roy

snap kath

but some certs are needed to make sure

safc :-)

OMG, you guys could make me cry. I am so grateful for your help and Safc youve managed to trace me back to Scotland which is exactly what i was hoping for :D

See what i mean about the Thomson/Thompson thing though lol

May i ask, how are you finding the information out for the Scottish records? Im on Ancestry but cannot seem to view anything for free which is strange.

Scrap that, i can now see the free records as per your link but am i right in thinking the Scottish records are not available via here or Ancestry? I just havent a clue how youve all been able to find out so much.

hi sharon

info found here
https://www.familysearch.org/#form=historical_records

but you will need to get marriage and birth certs to make sure you are on the right track

you will also need http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

safc

Thanks :D

Im stuck again trying to find any further information on the parents of Charles Catheart Thomson/Thompson. I have a George Thomson and Jane Farquharson but i cannot find any marriage details for them or even any birth details. How do you find out such specifics to be able to dig deeper? The other sites are quite useful but ive noticed that they often are incomplete. If it helps, im willing to allow access to my tree to anyone willing to help me.

Any assistance/advice you could provide would be most apreciated
Thanks.

on family search i can see 2 marriages,but not for jane,

19th june 1829-george thomson & jean farquharson,
dundee angus scotland.

15 dec 1842-george thomson & helen farquharson.
tarland & migvic,aberdeen ,scotland.

Civil registration in Scotland didn't start until 1855 so I would think the records on Familysearch are your best bet.

Kath. x

Jean and Jane are very similar i suppose and the Angus area would match up with the birth of their possible son in Lochee Angus. Now i just need to find some further details to be able to find George's parentage, this is harder than i thought ;)

Their are also members on GR with names George Thomson, Jean Farquharson, Jane Farquharson and Helen Farquharson in their trees all born Scotland in the early to mid 1800's

Use the search all trees option in the search field at the to of this page, you can then contact them but bear in mind not all members with trees on GR are still active

Roy

Good idea Roy, thanks for that.
Kath - i didnt know that about civil registration, thanks for the heads up

thought i post this ,

farquharson thomson-a son born 20 may 1867,in dundee ,angus.
parent's george thomson & jane newman,

probobly of no use but how strange to name your child farquharson & the mother being called jane & dad george thomson.