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Legal history, historical data geekery, genealogy. Owner of oldscottish.com. Historical Records Specialist at FindMyPast.co.uk. All views my own, obviously. Lives in St Andrews, Fife
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Here in the UK, one police force justified attacking protestors by the injuries received by officers. Turned out more than half of these injuries were bee stings. Another was caused by an officer slamming his thumb in a car door ...
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Random Feg story: I ended up cooking for the Waterboys when they played St Andrews students union ca1988 - a pal was events coordinator and the caterer didn't turn up after not being paid.
19-year-old me was not a good cook ...
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It's a very odd approach they've taken. They could have been very helpful and recorded parents' names - which are usually given in Scottish death records - but no!
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Ah yes, in 1855 children's ages were recorded on death certificates, but not those of spouses. After 1855 you won't see children's ages.
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There are some spouses, parents and even informants indexed, so they may have grabbed every name. For death records, the person should have an age and hence approximate birth year.
It's very odd though.
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They've not got these from FamilySearch, at least not directly. They've received a microfilm from Dunbartonshire archives, and simply scanned and indexed that. They seem to have indexed more than just the deceased's name, but I haven't done a deep enough dive to work out what they have indexed.
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I've had a dig through and what they seem to have done is simply extract every name from the record and attach that to the death record. It's systematic, and by (very poor) design.
Not sure it's AI - it could just be a classic case of GIGO in terms of keying rules.
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I've been in that house! I bought books from the owner maybe 15 years ago - I recognised the decor so clicked through and checked. I remember it well as my sister was then living round the corner.
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I somehow missed this first time around. Hearty congratulations my friend, and well deserved!
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Lecturers: There are only 24 hours in a day.
Management: We're thrilled to announce we've redesignated hour to mean 45 minutes, so there are now 32 hours in the day.
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A big boy done it and run away.
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Freed up a fair chunk of floorspace too! Annoyingly, I had to dismantle the shelves and rebuild them *inside* the cupboard as they wouldn't quite fit.
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I don't but I think I know someone who does (I didn't work directly for them).
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The Theatre should buy them - they're going to have a display on the history of the theatre when it reopens (I did some of the research for it).
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This is also an odd assertion. Surely one of the consequences of the SC ruling is to overturn previous EHRC guidance which was found to be wrong in law?
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The Hampshire Telegraph among other papers reported the story of John Honey's heroic rescue.
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Caledonian Mercury, 7 May 1812.
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This portrait ca 1870 of my great-granny, Isabella Dickson Fleming - and the socks she's wearing ...
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I kinda want to hear this version ...
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St Andrews seagulls are pretty mean too - it's their town, they just allow us to bring offerings. Like my ice cream the other week ...
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Have DMd you.
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Hi Judith, I've got loads of Scottish marriage contracts, some from the late 18th but mostly from 1809. These were registered in local courts, so mostly middle classes rather than aristocracy. Any use?
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Oh I love that poem, have never heard him read it. Thanks for sharing.
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Yeah when you're on the receiving end, malice and wilful neglect look pretty similar.
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You could contact Aberystwyth University Archives as they have Salter's papers:
archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archi...
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Possibly John Henry Salter:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_He...
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The letters look like J H S, and this catalogue entry mentions J H Salter and crede fiduciae:
booklovers.co.za/product/my-s...
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Good points, well made.
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Right that's my pied-a-terre for visits to the NRS sorted.
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Nice work Darren. It's a hard job, in terms of both physical labour and skill, so don't be too harsh on yourself.
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I picked up a copy of Coal Country a few months back. It's on my to-read pile.*
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As soon as I saw it I knew I had to send you photos - it's a brilliant piece of Legoing. They even change the figures inside to reflect seasonal services. If you're ever in Durham, you just have to visit.
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Aw, just watched that, thanks for sharing. That was great.