Yes, there seem to be more on Ancestry now....and of course Scotland's People is very good....

That's such a shame, I have gleaned loads of information from it over the years.....I wonder why ?.....

O.k Hughie, Thanks for that.....

Is there any update on this ? I still can't access the site.....

Oooh that's interesting, thank you....we know that he was in the Royal Navy in his early years, and wondered if it was something to do with that, but I understand that from 1922 onwards the BEM was given to civilians, for various reasons......

It wood seem that at some point, Hugh Calvert, born 1900 at Ardrossan, died 1977 at Ardrossan, was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) trying to find out when ? and what for ?.....any help appreciated...

I still can't enter the database....any update on this ?

Anne, Do you have a John Clark McBlain in your tree ?.....born in 1939, think he was killed in a motor accident, at Clydebank, in 1958....his father was, I think, also John Clark McBlain (1910-1962) and was from the Ardrossan area.......Del.

Thanks for that.....not done any work on this for a long while, your reply has got me going on this topic again.....still not found a death for Samuel Clarke senior, after nearly ten years looking.....I wonder if your relative knew our relatives ? it would seem more than likely......if anyone has an...

Thanks for that.....got my 20 free credits.....Del.

O.k Jackie. will do.......one last question, do you know where your grandmother Julia Monaghan was born ?..... all we know is that she was from an Irish family, and that her father was Patrick Monaghan and her mother was Margaret Lynch, also did she have a sister Rita Monaghan, someone by that name,...

O.k Jackie, it was nice to have spoken to you too......we are waiting for information from Canada, from the family of Susan McDowell Clarke (1921--2011)....she was the daughter of Samuel Allan Clarke (1897--1978) your grandfather Hugh Joseph Clarke's (1900--1972) brother....also another family membe...