In loving memory of my father, Sam Gillespie (1875-1954). In the search for his grave, I found a mystery that took me on a journey over a life-time that led to this collection of records. Who was the woman buried beside my father?
Read down as Gillespie records are added over the year. Counts are updated for each country as new records added. Summary at bottom of page.
AFRICA: 37
- South Africa Births: 1
- South Africa Marriages: 33
- South Africa Deaths 2
- SA Family Histories: 1
ASIA: 2
China:
- UK Gillespie firm won international competition in China.
- Publication: Legal Reforms in China & Vietnam
AUSTRALIA: 186
Deaths: 186
- Miscellaneous: 31
- NSW: 112
- Southern Australia: 2
- Queensland: 6
- Victoria 35
CANADA: 45
Births: 3
- Ontario 2
- Nova Scotia 1
Marriages: 2
- Quebec: 1
- Newfoundland: 1
Obituaries: 31
- Alberta: 3
- British Columbia: 3
- New Brunswick 3
- Newfoundland 3
- Nova Scotia 2
- Ontario: 15
- Prince Edward Island 1
- Saskatchewan 1
- 1926 census: 1
- 1931 census: 8
CARIBBEAN: not yet
CENTRAL AMERICA: 1
Deaths: Mexico
ENGLAND: 3
Births: 1
Deaths: 2
EUROPE: not yet
IRELAND: 215
Marriages: 5
- Co Down: 2
- Dublin: 3
Deaths: 210
- Belfast 1
- Co Antrim: 2
- Co Armagh 1
- Co Cork 2
- Co Donegal 90
- Co Down: 2
- Dublin 2
- Co Fermanagh 1
- Co Galway 7
- Co Londonderry 2
- Co Louth 6
- Londonderry: 3
- Co Mayo 62
- Co Monaghan 1
- Co Sligo 8
- Co Tyrone 10
- Co Westmeath 3
- Co Wicklow 3
MIDDLE EAST: not yet
MILITARY: 2
Civil War – 1 Confederate soldier
WWII USA: 1 soldier
MUSIC – not yet
NEW ZEALAND: 4
Births: 2
Deaths: 2
OCEANIA: not yet
SCOTLAND: 105
Births:
- Glasgow 1
- Stirlingshire 2
Marriages:
- Aberdeenshire 1
- Edinburgh 1
Deaths:
- Edinburgh 33
- Glasgow 64
SOUTH AMERICA: 8
- Argentina: 5
- Guyana Birth: 1
- British Guiana Marriage 1
- Ecuador 1
USA: 259
- Alabama: (possible soldier of World War I)
- California: early immigration records: 19
Births: 95
- Georgia 1
- Illinois: 1
- Kansas: 1
- Kentucky 1
- Missouri 1
- New York 1
- North Carolina 8
- Pennsylvania 1
- Tennessee 1
- Virginia 2
- West Virginia 77
Marriages: 9
- California: 1
- Connecticut 1
- Maryland 1
- North Carolina 3
- West Virginia 3
Obituaries: 135
- Alabama 1
- Arizona: 1
- California 3
- Colorado 1
- Connecticut: 1
- Delaware 2
- Florida 6
- Georgia: 1
- Illinois: 31
- Indiana 1
- Kansas 1
- Kentucky 1
- Louisiana 1
- Maine 1
- Maryland 23
- Massachusetts 2
- Michigan: 1
- Mississippi: 4
- Missouri 1
- Montana: 1
- Nebraska 1
- Nevada 1
- New Hampshire: 1
- New Jersey 1
- New York 1
- North Carolina: 16
- Ohio: 4
- Oklahoma 1
- Pennsylvania 4
- South Carolina 6
- Tennessee 3
- Texas 2
- Virginia 4
- Washington 2
- West Virginia 3
- Wisconsin 1
WALES: not yet
Monthly Summary
January 1 Beginning Balance 48, 948 Gillespie records
January 96 49, 044
February 770 49, 814
This website began Dec 6, 2016
WEBSITE RECORDS SUMMARY
Record totals will change over the year, but gives a glimpse at total records in each major database.
| LOCATION | JAN 1, 2025 | AS OF FEB 20, 2025 | TOTAL RECORDS |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | 652 | 37 | 689 |
| ASIA | 526 | 2 | 528 |
| AUSTRALIA | 2840 | 186 | 3026 |
| CANADA | 10906 | 45 | 10951 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| ENGLAND | 1368 | 3 | 1371 |
| EUROPE | 138 | 0 | 138 |
| IMMIGRATION | 1383 | 0 | 1383 |
| IRELAND | 8573 | 182 | 8755 |
| MIDDLE EAST | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| MILITARY | 4837 | 2 | 4839 |
| MUSIC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 625 | 4 | 629 |
| OCEANIA | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SCOTLAND | 5385 | 105 | 5490 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 68 | 8 | 76 |
| USA | 11454 | 259 | 11713 |
| WALES | 121 | 0 | 121 |
| TOTALS | 48948 | 833 | 49781 |
