I spent a day at the Scottish Records Office last week and at long last found the death cert for my great grandfather. Why he was in hospital in Edinburgh instead of Dundee I will probably never know, none of his immediate family were living there so far as I know.
However, as I was recording the information the surname of his mother rang a bell. Back home I checked my tree without success, but the name still niggled.
Now, I keep a folder of information on people for whom I have found birth/marriage/death/census info of the same surname (Kidney), and I have been looking through it, and there she was, Bridget McQuade wife of James Kidney and 4 offspring(now its 5).
Lots to explore now and a contact to find from GR days whose hubby's family descends from one of those offspring. I should have her details somewhere and it means I have a link to more relatives, albeit distant!
Oh I love this hobby when things fall into place!!
However, as I was recording the information the surname of his mother rang a bell. Back home I checked my tree without success, but the name still niggled.
Now, I keep a folder of information on people for whom I have found birth/marriage/death/census info of the same surname (Kidney), and I have been looking through it, and there she was, Bridget McQuade wife of James Kidney and 4 offspring(now its 5).
Lots to explore now and a contact to find from GR days whose hubby's family descends from one of those offspring. I should have her details somewhere and it means I have a link to more relatives, albeit distant!
Oh I love this hobby when things fall into place!!
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