Dear Listers, After many years of searching I discovered that my grandfather had lived for many years in Glasgow. He died there in 1999. I received information from people who knew him by sending a letter to the local newspaper. Some of the received information puzzles me and maybe somebody on the list can enlighten me to the ins and outs of the Scottish legal system. I was told that my grandfather could not have a gravestone because no next of kin could be contacetd or identified. Is this statement correct? The other matter is that a person with the Stenhouse surname claiming to be my grandfather's cousin, claimed the remains of my grandfathers estate. (He did not buy a gravestone). The solicitor who handled my grandfathers estate said that he could not let me have the name of the person who claimed the remains of the estate. It just so happens that I have copies of pages from a family bible. It states there that my grandfathers only uncle died before he got married and therefore could not have had any children of his own. This means that a cousin with the Stenhouse surname could not have existed. Or am I wrong? Could any listers please advise me on the matters above. Thank you, Best Wishes, From, Michael in Norway. ------------------------------------------------- WebMail fra Tele2 http://www.tele2.no -------------------------------------------------
I'm no expert in this field at all Michael. Sounds to me like you need legal counsel. Good Luck, Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <michael.stenhouse@c2i.net> To: <SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:52 AM Subject: [SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN] DO I ACCEPT THIS INFORMATION > Dear Listers, > After many years of searching I discovered that my grandfather had lived for many years in Glasgow. He died there in 1999. > I received information from people who knew him by sending a letter to the local newspaper. > Some of the received information puzzles me and maybe somebody on the list can enlighten me to the ins and outs of the Scottish legal system. > I was told that my grandfather could not have a gravestone because no next of kin could be contacetd or identified. Is this statement correct? > The other matter is that a person with the Stenhouse surname claiming to be my grandfather's cousin, claimed the remains of my grandfathers estate. (He did not buy a gravestone). The solicitor who handled my grandfathers estate said that he could not let me have the name of the person who claimed the remains of the estate. It just so happens that I have copies of pages from a family bible. It states there that my grandfathers only uncle died before he got married and therefore could not have had any children of his own. This means that a cousin with the Stenhouse surname could not have existed. Or am I wrong? > Could any listers please advise me on the matters above. > Thank you, > > Best Wishes, > From, > > Michael > in > Norway. > > ------------------------------------------------- > WebMail fra Tele2 http://www.tele2.no > ------------------------------------------------- > > > ==== SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN Mailing List ==== > Have you checked out GenUKI? The URL for the East Lothian page of this fine site is http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howie/genuki/ELN/index.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >