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Searching my grandads ancestors
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James | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:18 |
Robert Mcaulay Harper. Born 1883 died 1966 in Aberdeen |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:25 |
Welcome to the boards, James. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:26 |
Do you have his death certificate? That would give you parents' names. |
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Potty | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:26 |
His death cert, which you can order from scotlandspeople, should have his parents' names on it. |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:28 |
Order his birth cert, to find parents' names: |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:29 |
Is this him? |
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Potty | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:31 |
If you are researching Scottish ancestry, you will need to use this site: |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:32 |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:34 |
Father's birth: |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:37 |
Robert's parents' marriage: |
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ArgyllGran | Report | 15 Aug 2013 13:49 |
This is the only feasible birth for Isabella: |
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James | Report | 16 Aug 2013 09:13 |
Thanks Edith,seams that my grandads had a large family which my mother did not know off she has only ever heard of a aunt Lucy whom she had never met :-) |
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James | Report | 22 Aug 2013 14:02 |
Hi Edith,I now have wedding certificate for John Harper and isabella Mcaulay my grandads parents their age are both 22, John's parents were James Harper and Jane (ms williams ) isabella parents Robert Mcaulay deceased and Margaret (ms Dunn ) how can I find there dob and date of deaths I have tried to find electrol roll with no success. |
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ErikaH | Report | 22 Aug 2013 14:08 |
Electoral Rolls will not help you. |
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ErikaH | Report | 22 Aug 2013 14:13 |
1861 census |
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ErikaH | Report | 22 Aug 2013 14:14 |
You could try looking for the parents on the free familysearch site |
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ErikaH | Report | 22 Aug 2013 14:16 |
1851 census |
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ErikaH | Report | 22 Aug 2013 14:20 |
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ErikaH | Report | 22 Aug 2013 14:24 |
Name: James Harper |
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ErikaH | Report | 22 Aug 2013 14:33 |
Isabel's brother |