Normans in Scotland

[lgourlay36]

Hi again Paul

ive found out that a couple of my relations were either in the police or in 3/6 Battalion of the Black Watch....any idea if its possible to access records in the military (both of these relations are dead)?


Lynne

[CRIPES]

Hi Lynne,

Sorry didn't back sooner...have been rebuilding my pc & building a new one for my partner Linda.

Well..military records.
Best place would be the National Archives.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/m....ac=MHhomepage

Though it can be a little tricky searching the site.....a little over complex.
But it does have milliary records for all the services 1st & second world war.

Ancestry also has a military section.

You might want to try making requests for help on genealogy forums.
Some folks are kind enough to look up documents from sites where they have accounts if you do not have one. But remember to say please & thank you...as some can get very miffed if they help and get no thanks.

The thing is some of these site can be expensive to get access. And if you try out "credits" for some of these sites....you need to make sure of which records you want to see..otherwise you can waste alot of money and get
nowhere.

I have an account at Genes Reunited. You can build a basic tree and contact possible relations. And ask for help on the forums..but it can get a little bitchy there. But getting in touch with possbile relations is the best bet for info. As those who you contact may already have alot of the info you seek.

Regards
Paul ( Koczar)

[CRIPES]

Ohh....!!..They do have a military section here...

Worth taking alook & posting any questions..never know.

[lgourlay36]

Good thinking Paul, being 3rd Battalion Black Watch im sure someone will be able to help.....will dig out the info tomorrow (just in from a wedding reception and really need to get my head down now)

[r gourlay]

the army records office in York or the regimental museum in Perth would be the best places to start. failing that they have a regimental association.
most of the Gourlays that i am related to were fishermen although two uncles, George and Alex went off to the Navy during ww2.
i really should introduce myself as roy gourlay, born St Andrews brought up in St Monans and Glenrothes not far from Ceres, now living just outside London.

[John Gourlay]

Paul and now Lynne and Roy. I haven't been reading this site for a while and now I see we have new Gourlay contributers, Lynne and Roy. I've met Roy elsewhere, so a specific hello to Lynne. I'm the silly one who started this topic and like us all, have learnt a lot, partcularly from Cripes Paul. I'm still no closer to joining the dots between my 7th great grandfather, John Gourlay b c1655 and Ingleramus, but have acquired enough information from here and elsewhere to believe I'm related.
John Gourlay