Genealogy Chat

i very kind woman called georgina helped me out with information i would love to be able to do some myself but the only site i have been on that shows detailed family is the scottish gov regst. and that costs plently and if you have the wrong birth date its a pain itried ansestry web site and couldn't get anywhere please help cause im tearing my hair out and i don't want to keep bothering people

It depends what info you want. Also which country you are looking at...........if it's Scotland, the only census on Ancestry is 1841. Do you have a subscription to Ancestry? If not, the GR members who have are usually only too pleased to do lookups...........so don't be afraid to ask. If I remember rightly, you were stuck with reading a name on a Scottish birth record..........well, that sort of info is not avaialble online for England and Wales...........you cna only see the index. If you wish to see the cert for any given event, you have to purchase it, at a cost of £7.00 Reg

If you are researching Scottish records, Scotlands People is very good. You have to register and it also costs to view images. It is a lot cheaper than registry offices. If you need any information on this let me know and I wil get back to you Julie

thank you Julie and Reggie i have an account on the scottish people site but i seem to go through credits like water running through my hand.this site has been a great help as both my parents are dead and all grandparents are dead.i din't know my father too well as he died when i was 2 and i guess i am trying to find out who i am and what made me the person i am because i have no info on my dad other than the date and place he married my mother.i don't even know when he died or where he rests sorry for getting all soppy

Sharon not quite sure exactly what you are looking for. Maybe if you could let us know we might be able to help, or at least tell you your only option is registry offices. Julie

Hi Sharon, Gail here.Like yourself I have also visited scotlandspeople, and agree that unless you have exact details it is costly.Have you tried contacting 'gwsfhs'?They are a free site, and can direct you where to find information at a minimum cost .Gail

idealy i would like to find my mothers and fathers marraige lines and my fathers death cert.but they both happen in the 1960s so i guess i will have to go and collect them my self but i am stuck on Lockhart Urquart born 7/51829 and married to Euphemia wilson 12/2 1846 atCannon gate Edinburgh his parents names and grandparents name i know thats alot to ask for but i just don't know where to start i have used all my credits on scottish people

Hi Sharon Could you please tell me how you found out Lockhart Urquarts birth date as I have looked on Scot people and n could not find it. His birth must have parents name? Julie

sorry julie i found he was baptised on that date on Family search.org well i think it is him but i have nothing to cross reference with as i cannot view his marrage so cannot find out if his mother is Isabell Frazer father Lockhart Urquhart

Hi Sharon Nearest I can find on scot people is 1835. Dalkeith. Just checked the igi and cant find the lockhart you found. I know that the records appear and disapper on there. The trouble is the further back you go he less info there is. If I can be of any more help let me know. Julie

Can I just point out that http://www.freecen.org.uk/ has most of 1841 for Scotland - but only indexs - not actual images