Ray, Thank you for this. Will check it. Regards Roslyn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Re William GARDEN > 2009/12/4 In reply to Roslyn, Cameron MCBAIN wrote: > > Check ScotsPeople OPRs to see if the man had any kids in Belhelvie, then >> widen the search... you can search via parent. >> > ____________________________________________ > > Hi Roslyn > > As a preliminary search it is always worth looking in the IGI. On the > record for William's birth you will see two film numbers for births in the > OPR. If you click on one of those you get a search screen which will let > you look for anyone with the surname = GARDEN or GAIRDEN, etc and father = > William. > > This will show that William had no children in Belhelvie [it also shows by > putting father=James that William had one sibling for certain, Robert, and > five possible ones where the mother wasn't named]. > > This initial search could save you credits on Scotland's People but it is > always worth thinking about confirming relevant IGI entries on ScP. > Rremember also to exclude LDS submissions on the IGI as the source for > those > isn't revealed. > -- > Best wishes > > Ray > > ********************************************************** >>From Ray Hennessy > Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net > Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP > ********************************************************** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >