Deaths in Scotland

[DoreenH]

Dear everyone
I have tried scotlands people. no luck. this website is very expensive. you cannot look at the record before buying it.

I am trying to find the date and place of death of:

John Wilson born 1802 St. Cuthberts, died bet 1857-1861.
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Barbara Wilson nee Drysdale. born 1814 St. Cuthberts, died 1872-1890

John last listed on 1851 census. occupation: cabinet maker
Barbara last listed on 1871 census.

thankyou in advance.
Doreenh

[Lesley Robertson]

There is a death registered for Barbara Drysdale/Wilson on SP aged 62, 1877, St George (Edinburgh).

There are 9 possible hits for your dates for John, none in Edinburgh. Do you know his mother's maiden name?
There is one d. 1855 in Heriot & Wariston (Eboro) and another in 1865 in St Giles (Eboro)

PS The (low compared to other sites) supports the databases and pays for more data to be added.

[grisel]

Hello
There is also a death of a John Wilson age 57 in 1859 in Canongate Edinburgh.
Ref 685/3 785

[DoreenH]

Dear Lesley
thankyou. Yes I use SCotlands people a lot, but it is expensive at £10 for 40 credts, at 6 credits per view, it does mount up.
however, John Wilson's parents are William Wilson an Jean Jack.
I think that grisel's answer for death in 1859 is a strong possibility, as John is not listed in the 1861 census. regards Doreenh

[Pam Downes]

Dear Lesley
thankyou. Yes I use SCotlands people a lot, but it is expensive at £10 for 40 credts, at 6 credits per view, it does mount up.
however, John Wilson's parents are William Wilson an Jean Jack.
I think that grisel's answer for death in 1859 is a strong possibility, as John is not listed in the 1861 census. regards Doreenh

When you get the correct record, at just over £1.50 it is tremendous value for money compared to the cost of BMD certificates in England and Wales. Eleven pounds each though church records are cheaper if they're on FMP, Ancestry, and The Genealogist and you have a subscription. Scottish records usually have more information than the ones for England and Wales.
In your case, it's just unfortunate that Wilson is one of the ten most common surnames in Scotland - I think it's actually in the top five.

And ScotlandsPeople is probably much cheaper than the cost of a flight to the UK and then accommodation, which was the only way you could have found any of the details prior to the internet. Even though I live in England, I still find my subs to the three sites mentioned very cost-effective.

Pam

[Lesley Robertson]

Thanks Pam. Before SP started, I used to have to pay (and wait) for hard copies at similar prices to those of the other UK nations.