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Hello Frances, The results of the 1911 South Africa Census are held in The National Archives in London. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=1911%20SOUTH%20AFRICA%20CENSUS&_p=1900&_hb=tna They have not been digitised. I thought that Familysearch might have transcribed them,...

Hello Jeanette,
That sounds like a good result. My wife used to work with a solicitor who was 'W.S.' He had to pass some difficult exams to qualify, so Writersto the Signet are certainly not your average solicitor.

Regards,

Allan

The Writers to the Signet are a charity today, and will certainly have lists of all their previous members. I would suggest you contact them to find out if they had any members named Thomas Johnston. There may only be one, but if there are more then their records will show where and when they were m...

Derek, There are 2 Henry Mowbray's on Scotlandspeople who were born in 1863 plus or minus 2 years. One, as you know, died in Falkirk in 1909. The other died in Milton in 1924. You would need to check his birth certificate, hopefully it will give parents names. This should prove which Henry Mowbray i...

A reminder about this. You can now download 100 files for free within every 30 days. This will probably only be for a very short time now.

Regards,
Allan

Not many women had a full time occupation of Midwife. More usually it was a case of an experienced woman, who had already had children, helping others. In 1841 in ‘West Lothian’ there was a population of almost 27,000 {according to Ancestry’s 1841 census}. There were only 6 women who gave their occu...

Thanks Rhona,
I'll ask at the school once things get back to 'normal'.

Regards,
Allan

BATHGATE ACADEMY WAR MEMORIAL Whilst looking for something else I noticed an article in the 18th November 1921 edition of the West Lothian Courier. https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0002738%2f19211118%2f047&stringtohighlight=bathgate%20academy%20war%20memorial It describes ...

Margaret,
Is this any help? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadale_F.C.


Regards,
Allan

The National Archives {England} have made most of their records FREE to download until about the end of May. You can download up to 50 records for free, normal price £3.50 each. That's quite a saving. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/digital-downloads/ Don't leave it too late! Regards,...