Genealogy Chat

Im completely stuck on my mums side of the family tree. I cant get any further back. My G Grandmother is called Mary McDade, she was born in Scotland about 1898-1900. But i cant find her anywhere on a 1901 census. She had a sister called Annie but i have no idea when she was born, and I cant find her either. My G Grandfather is John Black born roughly 1890-1905 in Scotland. But when i go on the census there are so many John Blacks i dont know which one he is! All i know is he had 2 brothers called William and Albert but there may be more siblings Ive asked everyone i can on my mums side and between them all this is the only information ive gathered. Nobody can find any birth/death certificates either. How can i get further back? Are there any website with census just for Scotland? Why is Mary not on there? My mum swears she was born before 1901! please help!, thank you x

Scotland is very much on its own site for census.you need 'scotlands people'. Unless they came over the border pre 1901 Jess

Hello Natalie Try Scotlands People, it is a pay site, but has all scottish records online, you can view them there and then rather than ordering certs. It is a lot easier researching scottish people as all birth certs have mother and fathers names and when and where they married (very usefull) also 1871 to 1901 census good luck jamie

The IGI gives a Mary McDade born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire 14 Feb 1900. Could that be her? Sue in Berks

That IGI entry gives Mary's parents as John McDade and Elizabeth Beattle and her death as 26 Jan 1970. That should act as a check on whether it is the correct Mary. Sue

Thank you for looking that up for me, but ive just checked with my mum and she says Mary was definately born in June and she died in the 1950's so its not her unfortunately. Thanks again though x

:( can anyone else help me please?

Natalie I dont have enough credits to do a search for you but had a quick look on scotlandspeople and there are 5 Mary Mcdades listed between the age of 1 and 5 on the 1901 census. May be worth joining, 30 credits cost £6, 1 credit to view all entries and 5 credits to view image, hope that helps Leanne x

nudge for natalie :o))

Natalie I'll have a look for you, Back soon Pat

Natalie Deaths it only goes up to 1954 1950 MCDADE MARY F 73 CATHCART LANARK/RENFREW 644/19 0974 2 1951 MCDADE MARY F 77 BARRHEAD AND LEVERN RENFREW 3 1951 MCDADE MARY F 70 ST CLEMENT ANGUS 4 1951 MCDADE MARY F 63 EAST KILBRIDE LANARK 5 1952 MCDADE MARY F 78 PROVAN LANARK 6 1952 MCDADE MARY F 63 PAISLEY RENFREW 7 1953 MCDADE MARY F 76 OLD MONKLAND (WESTERN DISTRICT) LANARK 8 1954 MCDADE MARY F 81 DUNDEE WEST ANGUS 9 1951 MCDADE MARY ANN F 84 TOWNHEAD LANARK 10 1954 MCDADE MARY ANN F 79 BONNYBRIDGE STIRLING 11 1954 MCDADE MARY CLEMENTS F 51 GEORGE SQUARE MIDLOTHIAN

Thats great!. Thank you very much for that. i will check those out but wouldnt she be registered under her married name of Black when she died?

Births 1 1898 MCDADE MARY F CALTON LANARK 2 1899 MCDADE MARY F NEW OR EAST KILPATRICK DUNBARTON 3 1900 MCDADE MARY F OLD OR WEST KILPATRICK DUNBARTON 4 1900 MCDADE MARY F KINNING PARK LANARK 5 1900 MCDADE MARY AGNES F OLD OR WEST KILPATRICK DUNBARTON 6 1898 MCDADE MARY ANN F MARYHILL LANARK 7 1899 MCDADE MARY ANN F HUTCHESONTOWN LANARK 8 1899 MCDADE MARY ANN F OLD OR WEST KILPATRICK DUNBARTON 9 1900 MCDADE MARY BEATTIE F CALTON LANARK 10 1899 MCDADE MARY CATHERINE F PAISLEY RENFREW 11 1899 MCDADE MARY GILL F GREENOCK EAST RENFREW 1901 Census tried Annie age 1-10 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 3 RENTON DUNBARTON 494/02 003/000 028 2 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 7 KELVIN LANARK 3 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 2 ANDERSTON LANARK 4 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 1 KINNING PARK LANARK 5 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 6 BLYTHSWOOD LANARK 6 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 3 AIRDRIE LANARK 7 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 7 COATBRIDGE LANARK 8 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 5 E D OLD MONKLAND LANARK 9 1901 MCDADE ANNIE F 2 BO NESS WEST LOTHIAN 1901 Census 1 1901 MCDADE MARY F 2 PAISLEY RENFREW 573/01 069/000 020 2 1901 MCDADE MARY F 2 MARYHILL LANARK 622/01 047/000 026 3 1901 MCDADE MARY F 1 CAMLACHIE LANARK Have a look at these it takes 5 credits to access a cert image so I will leave it until you have an idea on which district it is Pat

Pat, thank you so much, What website are you looking on? I dont want you to waste your credits looking up stuff for me. I couldnt find anything, ive obviously been looking in the wrongs places!

Natalie Deaths Mary Black 1950 to 1954 1 1953 BLACK MARY F 53 TURRIFF ABERDEEN 2 1952 BLACK MARY ANN F 56 AIRDRIE OR NEW MONKLAND LANARK 3 1953 BLACK MARY BOYD F 54 PAISLEY RENFREW 4 1951 BLACK MARY JANE F 52 KELVINGROVE LANARK Hope it helps Pat

The site will be Scotlandspeople, if you google it its the first entry (i think!)