Hi
New here but have been researching the family tree for nearly two years. Although I’ve got back to 1600 in some lines I am really stuck with what should be a simple search for a great-grandfather. This has become a ‘search for Scott’ and is going to be the subject of a book I am writing.
Scott has become something of a mystery and I have set up a few pages on a website where all the information so far found has been gathered. I’ve had help from many people but so far there is still no definite date of birth or date/place of death for Captain Arthur Henry ‘Boy’ Scott, who said (to his daughter) that he was related to Robert Falcon Scott of the Antarctic. We have two possible dates of birth (1859 from the back of a photo) and 1865/66 (in Croydon, father called Henry) from his marriage cert. and 1911 census. But no births or deaths found online fit the bill.
I’m so caught up on finding him that I am going to Devon to search records etc. (I live in Greece so it’s been all online so far.) If anyone is interested in joining the hunt there are details on Scott (I hope I am allowed to post URLS here!)
And if anyone can think of any more online places I can find out any more information that would be welcome. I've gone through the usual places, the ancestry sites, directories, wills, archives etc. and have bought a local history book (Sandford) which mentions him twice, so I know where he was between 1908 and 1929. The general period is 1859 to around the 1940s, the places are Croydon, Sandford in Devon, Morchard Bishop and Mortehoe; and the Boer Wars – as you will see if you look at the pages mentioned above.
Thanks for reading. Any comments, advice or link-ups with people searching related trees would be welcome. Always happy to swap notes about anyone in my tree.
James
Directly related families: Scott (Croydon), Maxwell (Liverpool), Wood (Cheshire), Seddon (Lancashire), Cozens (Dorset/Somerset), Cave (Herefordshire).
New here but have been researching the family tree for nearly two years. Although I’ve got back to 1600 in some lines I am really stuck with what should be a simple search for a great-grandfather. This has become a ‘search for Scott’ and is going to be the subject of a book I am writing.
Scott has become something of a mystery and I have set up a few pages on a website where all the information so far found has been gathered. I’ve had help from many people but so far there is still no definite date of birth or date/place of death for Captain Arthur Henry ‘Boy’ Scott, who said (to his daughter) that he was related to Robert Falcon Scott of the Antarctic. We have two possible dates of birth (1859 from the back of a photo) and 1865/66 (in Croydon, father called Henry) from his marriage cert. and 1911 census. But no births or deaths found online fit the bill.
I’m so caught up on finding him that I am going to Devon to search records etc. (I live in Greece so it’s been all online so far.) If anyone is interested in joining the hunt there are details on Scott (I hope I am allowed to post URLS here!)
And if anyone can think of any more online places I can find out any more information that would be welcome. I've gone through the usual places, the ancestry sites, directories, wills, archives etc. and have bought a local history book (Sandford) which mentions him twice, so I know where he was between 1908 and 1929. The general period is 1859 to around the 1940s, the places are Croydon, Sandford in Devon, Morchard Bishop and Mortehoe; and the Boer Wars – as you will see if you look at the pages mentioned above.
Thanks for reading. Any comments, advice or link-ups with people searching related trees would be welcome. Always happy to swap notes about anyone in my tree.
James
Directly related families: Scott (Croydon), Maxwell (Liverpool), Wood (Cheshire), Seddon (Lancashire), Cozens (Dorset/Somerset), Cave (Herefordshire).
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