Relationships that became certain
38 documented confidence changes: 14 from uncertain or unknown, and 24 from an unmarked prior grade.
Why the earlier count was incomplete
The earlier ledger had three batches covering nine relationships. It omitted five recorded uncertain-to-confident reviews and 24 live changes from unmarked to confident. Those dated reviews are now backfilled. Unmarked means no earlier confidence grade was selected; it is preserved explicitly rather than relabelled uncertain.
The audit reconciled 58 saved live correction rows, 93 structured relationship assessments and 77 existing family-relationship findings. It inventoried 1,009 findings files and read the relationship-relevant cases, with available repository history from 20 August to 29 September. The recoverable findings history starts on 17 July. This establishes the recorded changes; it cannot recreate missing earlier notes.
Confident is WikiTree’s non-DNA certainty setting. The table retains supported inference and record-defined identity limits in each source account. It does not claim a fresh original-image inspection for an older citation review.
Recorded confidence changes
| Review date | Person | Relationship | Previous → new grade | Evidence and scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | William Bryse (Bryse-13) | Father: John Bryse (Bryse-15) | Uncertain → Certain | The 1613 Linlithgow christening names John Bryse as father; the live audit records the exact status change. |
| 2026-09-28 | Isobel Glasgow (Glasgow-3336; record-defined testament daughter) | Father: Andrew Glasgow (Glasgow-3163) | Uncertain → Certain | Andrew’s CC8/8/32 testament names Isobel among his daughters; the live audit records uncertain→confident. The later Edinburgh bride identity remains probable. |
| 2026-09-28 | Rev. John Glassford (Glassford-289) | Father: Patrick Glasfurd (Glasfurd-11) | Uncertain → Certain | Fasti and notarial context support the father link; the maintained assessment is strongly_supported, but the live correction is an exact uncertain→confident change. |
| 2026-09-28 | John Glasgow (Glasgow-1030; record-defined Ninian brother mapping) | Father: Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-1096) | Uncertain → Certain | Ninian’s 1596 burgess admission names Robert as father and his 1613 testament names John as brother; surname, chronology and the 1619 witness support the common-father inference. Confidence applies to the record-defined brother represented by Glasgow-1030; identification with the 1618 Jonet Mathie husband remains probable. |
| 2026-09-28 | Glasgow-1054 | Father: Glasgow-1028 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | The Mid Calder baptism index of 2 March 1606 names David Glasgow as father; NRS OPR 694/10/9. |
| 2026-09-28 | Glasgow-1085 | Father: Glasgow-1028 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | The Mid Calder baptism index of 3 May 1612 names David Glasgow as father; NRS OPR 694/10/21. |
| 2026-09-28 | Glasgow-1090 | Father: Glasgow-1030 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | The Glasgow 1627 baptism names John Glasgow and Jonet Mathie as the lawful child’s parents; High Kirk baptisms, vol.2/436. |
| 2026-09-28 | Glasgow-2456 | Father: Glasgow-1557 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | The Inveresk and Musselburgh baptism index of 1 May 1609 names Eduard Glasgow as father; NRS OPR 689/10/19. |
| 2026-09-28 | Glasgow-4151 | Father: Glasgow-4152 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Glasgow Commissary Court testament dative and inventory |
| 2026-09-28 | Glasgow-4153 | Father: Glasgow-4152 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Glasgow Commissary Court testament dative and inventory |
| 2026-09-28 | Glasgow-1084 | Father: Glasgow-991 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | The Mid Calder baptism index of 18 February 1616 names James Glasgow as father; NRS OPR 694/10/28. Later adult identities are assessed separately. |
| 2026-09-28 | Glassfuird-1 | Father: Glassford-289 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | The 6 July 1642 Edinburgh apprentice entry expressly calls John son of the late John Glassfuird, minister at Kilwinning; Grant, Register of Apprentices, p.71. |
| 2026-09-28 | Hutcheson-1648 | Father: Hutcheson-1647 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | W.H. Hill, Early Records of an Old Glasgow Family; History of Glasgow, ch.XX |
| 2026-09-28 | Hutcheson-1649 | Father: Hutcheson-1647 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | W.H. Hill, Early Records of an Old Glasgow Family; History of Glasgow, ch.XX-XXI |
| 2026-09-28 | Hutcheson-1654 | Father: Hutcheson-1647 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | W.H. Hill, Early Records of an Old Glasgow Family; History of Glasgow, ch.XX |
| 2026-09-28 | Hutcheson-1655 | Father: Hutcheson-1647 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Thomas Sr.'s biography, citing Early Records of an Old Glasgow Family and charter/sasine context, names Elizabeth among Thomas and Helen's five children; the same entry lists her marriage to James Pollok. |
| 2026-09-28 | Hutcheson-1650 | Father: Hutcheson-1648 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Biography reports the Glasgow kirk session's 1588 paternity admission by George Hutcheson for Janet; this is a direct father statement. |
| 2026-09-28 | Johnstoun-30 | Father: Johnstoun-29 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | FamilySearch baptism index XTPH-QTG is cited for James, whose profile identifies George and Barbara as parents. |
| 2026-09-28 | Johnstoun-31 | Father: Johnstoun-29 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | FamilySearch baptism index X1YQ-BXW is cited for Daniel, whose profile identifies George and Barbara as parents. |
| 2026-09-28 | Johnstoun-32 | Father: Johnstoun-29 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | FamilySearch baptism index X1Y3-2X2 is cited for Archebald, whose profile identifies George and Barbara as parents. |
| 2026-09-28 | Johnstoun-33 | Father: Johnstoun-29 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | FamilySearch baptism index X1TB-PZ7 is cited for Catharine, whose profile identifies George and Barbara as parents. |
| 2026-09-28 | Montgomery-24360 | Father: Montgomery-24361 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Thomas Harrison Montgomery's specific published pedigree, pp.117/120, identifies Robert as third son of Hugh of Auchinhood and Bowhouse and traces the Bonyglen line; both profiles agree. |
| 2026-09-28 | Porteous-912 | Father: Porteous-913 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | FamilySearch baptism index VQC7-2LB is cited for Issobell; this is the supplied primary-type event support for the attached father. |
| 2026-09-28 | Porteous-915 | Father: Porteous-913 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | FamilySearch baptism index VQ4N-KQ2 is cited for Alexander and his profile explicitly identifies Andro and Margaret as parents. |
| 2026-09-28 | Spreul-22 | Father: Spreul-23 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Metcalfe p.104 supplies the succession chain: Cambuslang vicar's son/heir, then the Provost of Renfrew, then the Provost's son appointed Glasgow Town Clerk. The profile identities align with that specific compiled kinship. |
| 2026-09-28 | Spreul-24 | Father: Spreul-26 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Metcalfe p.104 explicitly calls heir John the nephew of the Dundonald vicar and son of the vicar's brother Robert, burgess of Glasgow. |
| 2026-09-28 | Spreul-23 | Father: Spreull-17 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Metcalfe p.104's specific succession statement identifies the Cambuslang vicar's son and heir as father of the Provost of Renfrew; Spreull-17 is the record-defined vicar/heir-generation placeholder used for that father. |
| 2026-09-28 | Symington-724 | Father: Symington-721 | Unmarked (previously ungraded) → Certain | Edinburgh OPR baptism, 2 May 1620 (parish 685/1, ref 20/284), names Williame Symountoun and Issobell Glesgow as William's parents; cited in Glasgow-3336 biography. |
| 2026-09-27 | Jonet Glasgow (Glasgow-3183; record-defined testament daughter) | Father: Andrew Glasgow (Glasgow-3163) | Uncertain → Certain | Andrew’s CC8/8/32 testament names Jonet among his daughters. The earlier James attachment was explicitly uncertain and was superseded; the later 1624 bride identity remains probable. |
| 2026-09-13 | Daniel Glasgow (Glasgow-3896) | Sibling: Robert Glasgow of Prescott (Glasgow-4150) | Uncertain → Certain | The original 1849 Robert will names Daniel and Thomas as brothers; the original B465 deed of 30 July 1861 identifies the corresponding Irish beneficiaries by Kilrea/watchmaker/Margaret and Lisnagaver/farmer/Mary Anne. Together with established Daniel–Thomas brotherhood, these identify the known Irish men with Robert’s named brothers. |
| 2026-09-13 | Thomas Glasgow (Glasgow-987) | Sibling: Robert Glasgow of Prescott (Glasgow-4150) | Uncertain → Certain | The original 1849 Robert will names Daniel and Thomas as brothers; the original B465 deed of 30 July 1861 identifies the corresponding Irish beneficiaries by Kilrea/watchmaker/Margaret and Lisnagaver/farmer/Mary Anne. Together with established Daniel–Thomas brotherhood, these identify the known Irish men with Robert’s named brothers. |
| 2026-09-13 | Daniel Glasgow (Glasgow-3896) | Sibling: Samuel Glasgow, Prescott merchant (Glasgow-4010) | Uncertain → Certain | Robert’s will names Samuel, Daniel and Thomas as brothers; the 1861 deed identifies Daniel and Thomas by their places, trades and wives, resolving their identity with the Irish profiles and placing them in Samuel’s sibling group. |
| 2026-09-13 | Thomas Glasgow (Glasgow-987) | Sibling: Samuel Glasgow, Prescott merchant (Glasgow-4010) | Uncertain → Certain | Robert’s will names Samuel, Daniel and Thomas as brothers; the 1861 deed identifies Daniel and Thomas by their places, trades and wives, resolving their identity with the Irish profiles and placing them in Samuel’s sibling group. |
| 2026-08-19 | Peggy Hamilton (Hamilton-25516) | Father: Robert Hamilton (Hamilton-44031) | Unknown → Certain | The living and mortality returns together establish the named family relationship. These are the first documented family links in the dated census review; no prior established parent or sibling identification is recorded in the case. |
| 2026-08-19 | Peggy Hamilton (Hamilton-25516) | Mother: Cathrin Hamilton (Unknown-764457) | Unknown → Certain | The living and mortality returns together establish the named family relationship. These are the first documented family links in the dated census review; no prior established parent or sibling identification is recorded in the case. |
| 2026-08-19 | Nancy Hamilton (Hamilton-44032) | Sibling: Peggy Hamilton (Hamilton-25516) | Unknown → Certain | The living and mortality returns together establish the named family relationship. These are the first documented family links in the dated census review; no prior established parent or sibling identification is recorded in the case. |
| 2026-08-19 | Jane Hamilton (Hamilton-44033) | Sibling: Peggy Hamilton (Hamilton-25516) | Unknown → Certain | The living and mortality returns together establish the named family relationship. These are the first documented family links in the dated census review; no prior established parent or sibling identification is recorded in the case. |
| 2026-07-17 | David Glasgow (Glasgow-3899) | Father: Daniel Glasgow (Glasgow-3896) | Uncertain → Certain | The original will identifies David of London as Daniel’s son; David’s dated case says his father is now directly proved, superseding the former statement that no record named Daniel as his father. |
Current confident relationships with no recoverable previous grade
These five historical cases are visible here but excluded from the change count.
- George Glasgow (Glasgow-1099) — Margaret Herbesoun (Herbison-439): Protocol 2916 directly calls Margaret George’s mother and liferenter; profile notes say the status was saved/read back, but no prior grade is retained.
- John Glasgow (Glasgow-3193; record-defined Corsinkell subject) — James Glasgow elder (Glasgow-1168): GD39/5/59 directly names the Corsinkell John as James’s son; the older Kilwinning identification remains probable. The structured edge was upgraded/read back, with no prior grade retained.
- William Glasgow (Glasgow-3522) — John Glasgow (Glasgow-1093): Protocol 847 directly calls William John’s son; profile notes record the live save/readback, but no prior grade is retained.
- William Glasgow (Glasgow-3522) — Jonet Spreull (Spreull-4): Continuing marriage, another child’s explicit maternity and curatorship support this inference; no direct clause calls Jonet William’s mother, and no prior grade is retained.
- Marion Glasgow (Glasgow-3062) — Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-1096): Ninian’s 1596 father statement and 1613 sister clause support Robert as Marion’s common father. The relationship is a confident inference; Marion’s mother remains unidentified and no prior grade is retained.