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Thank you so much, they're all great ideas and I'll definitely do that.

At this point I'm still only assuming it's my Mordecai as I didn't think Mordecai Skelton would have been a common name but I could obviously be very wrong about that!

Thank you again for the help, it really is appreciated.

Thank you so much for checking for me. it looks like he'll have to remain a mystery.

Thank you so much!! They are William Skelton and Martha Bramall (although I have seen this spelled in a few different ways). William was baptised on 30.09.1798 and Martha was born around 1803 in Bradfield, Yorkshire. Married on 16.01.1822 in St Peter Cathedral, Sheffield. I think they had about 9 ch...

Thank you for replying. I do, I have both his Mother and Father's names and where they were married. By the looks of it his Father was baptised in Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield, York and then married in the parish of Sheffield in the County of York but there's no note on it of which Church. My qu...

I am trying to find out where to get a birth certificate for my 2 x Great Grandpa, Mordecai Skelton. He was seemingly born in Yorkshire but his birth year ranges from 1826 -1833 depending on what document I'm looking at. I can't find anything concrete (I have his marriage and death cert and census r...

I am so confused. My GG Grandmother is Mary Wood, father's name is William. However I can't confirm who her mother was or what Mary's actual birthdate is. She also has her birthplace as Liberton, Old Monkland and Lanarkshire on various different things She was married twice, first husband surname wa...

I'm trying to find out about my 3 x great grandmother Jane. She married William Skinner in Aberdeen on 16.02.1855 and is noted as being a Widow, aged 30 her name being Jane Thom. Her parents are noted as being Peter and Margaret (with no Maiden name). I can't make out Peter's surname on the certific...

I have more info, I just wasn't sure whether to put it all on straight away He was born on 07.12.1903 in Aitkenhead Cottage, Aitkenhead in the District of Bothwell to Robert Gray (b. 28.11.1871 and d. 21.05.1950) and Margaret Anderson (b. 15.05.1882 and d. 09.01.1952). He was illigitimate, his paren...

I'm looking for a record of Death for my Great Uncle, James Gray b 1903 and I am hitting a brick wall. I can't find anything on Scotlands People or Ancestry and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to progress?

Any help would be appreciated.