Forum: General Scottish Family History

I have written evidence of all DOB`s from a letter to my Grandfather outlining his Grandfathers family married in 1840. They had 7 children but I have been unable to loacate them either in FamilySearch and Scotlands People. Can anyone point me in the right direction

I have the marriage certificate of James Graham and Eugenie Etienne 13 May 1919. James Graham was a 'Railway Engine Driver' residing at 4 Meadowbank Terrace, Edinburgh but I can't make out his age on the document - therefore cannot work out his dob - I have followed so many James Grahams!! I am...

Hi, I am trying to find information about my gg grandfather who came to New Zealand on board the 'Strathallan' in 1858 along with his wife Catherine (nee McLeod) and four children. Death certificate for John says that he was born on the Isle of Skye and Catherine's says she was born Braham,...

Hello Helping a chap who came to my family history help desk in Southport Library; his grandfather William Spelder (b.1899/1900, Liverpool) had a sister, Louisa Spelder born 1903. William was sent to an Industrial School in Cockermouth, Cumbria, and Louisa was sent to Scotland. That's where...

I have traced my ancestors-Ponton- back to 1600 in Warminster,Wiltshire. There are however many of this name resident in Scotland but I have not been able to tie the two stes together Is anyone researching Ponton in Scotland who has found a connection?

Lyall was born in the Dunn area in Scotland. His mother agnes worked in the kitchens at Glams Castle. He was addopted by the Howie family on his fathers death. As he died young my wife knows little about his family and life except he was in The Duke of Cornwall light infantry and was severly...

I have a copy of the obit from the British Medical Journal 10 July 1976, for John Adams MacDougall, Scottish surgeon, who died 24 May 1976 in Edinburgh, but would like to find a copy of the obituary published in the news media at the time of his death that would name his wife and children. John...

I am looking for the details of a marriage between William Keogh and Ann White. The marriage took place on or around 31st Dec 1872. High Church, Glasgow, Lanark. William was Irish and Ann was from Scotland. Ann may have been born around 1854 according to the last given age on the 1911 Irish...

I'm looking for information on someone called Joseph Cornelius Carmichael (b. 1702 d. 1782) He married Isabella in 1727 and they came to America at some point. It is said they were from Appin. I cannot find any information before he came to America. I'm trying to find his parents and pedigree. ...

Once more with feeling! After several years of searching I’m still looking for what became of Edward Todd’s first family after his wife Sarah Morrow died in 1903 in Whitehaven. Family details appear below. My interest has been renewed by the recent discovery of a photo of Lucy Ann and Lizzie...

Looking for Isabella or Isobel Duhige daughter of Phillip Duhige Esq married Lieutenant William Henry Woodham 29 Sept 1818 in Banff Scotland maybe. Died between 20 October 1837 Queenborough Kent and October 1839 Banff. She registered the deaths of two of her children on October 20 1837 in...

This is just a heads up that images of the 1911 census for Scotland will be available from the pay per view site Scotlandspeople from Tuesday 5 April. The price of 30 credits will rise from £6 to £7 on 1st April, but these credits will be valid for a year instead of 90 days as at present.

The National Library of Scotland now has many post office directories available in PDF format on its website. www. nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Renfrewshire are particularly well represented. Other Scottish Directories are available here.

On the 1881 census of Fife there is an Alice Crawford born 1855 Isle of Wight. On the 1891 census on the isle of Wight there is an Alice Crauford born 1855 Isle of Wight. Would anyone be able to post the details of the household where Alice is living please, I am curious as to whether they...

Hi. Can anyone please help. I am looking for any information on James McNally, born April 1914, Wodrow Street, Glasgow. Father - James, Mother Mary Conlogue. As far as i am aware James went to work in England in 1930s. We think he was working in bricklaying or plastering. None of my family know...

I'm wondering if someone with access to Scottish records might be able to help me. I have a marriage of Leonard Adolphus Peskett to Mary ? in 1893 somewhere in Scotland. I'm wondering if someone might be able to fill in the blanks of Mary's surname, the date of marriage and location. I believe...

Agnes was my Gt Grandmother, she married Harry Miller who was from Malton in Yorkshire and I know of two offspring, James Cyril Miller b1894 and Walter Miller b1899, both born in Headingley Leeds. The family are on the 1901 English census but I cannot trace them on the 1891 Census nor can I find a...