This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Skaar Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/9929.1 Message Board Post: I suggest that you write to the General Register Office for Scotland in Edinburgh, and order a copy of the birth certificate for the son born in 1945. See http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/