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I don't mean to sound discouraging, but there were a lot of Lindsays in the Carluke area, a lot with the same names, and a lot of them miners, so you need to be absolutely certain of each link before looking for the next one. In my own family I was puzzled by a drastic change of occupation, but then discovered there were two William Lindsays of similar ages, both with wives called Elizabeth.
So, Peter H. Lindsay. What does the H stand for? People's middle names (sometimes assumed in later life) are often the mother's family name, and can help to confirm you are on the right track.
I'm not familiar with researching in Canada, but I think you need to start by finding his marriage certificate which I would expect to give both parents’ names, as hopefully then you will have his mother's name as an added confirmation that you have found the right family in the Scottish census.
What is your source for his date of birth? His Scottish birth certificate (can be viewed/downloaded/printed from Scotlandspeople) would give Peter’s place, date and time of birth, both parents’ names, father’s occupation, and their date and place of marriage. The latter then lets you look for their marriage, which will give you their parents names, whether deceased, fathers’ occupations etc. The addresses on both types of certificate will lead to census entries if between 1841-1901. Censuses will show their birthplaces. If a parent is deceased look for the death certificate.
When you have located the family in the census, work back through the different censuses to find the family 10 years previously. Sometimes the details may vary a bit, depending on what was asked, and how truthful people were. You may find the birthplace more precisely stated in one census than another, and you may find family members in one who have died or left home by the next census.
Have you found Peter Lindsay in ships' passenger lists arriving in Canada?
Statutory registration in Scotland began in 1855. For records earlier than that you need to look at Old Parish Registers, which are church registers of baptismas and proclamation of marriage banns rather than actual births and marriages. These have not all survived, but those that do are indexed on Scotlandspeople and can be viewed online. Or if you happen to be near an LDS Family History centre you might be able to view them on microfilm there.
Look at “What’s in the Database” on the Scotlands People homepage as it tells you exactly what you are likely to find in all the different types of records, and the help section is very good too.
There’s also a lot of useful information about Scottish research on a site called TalkingScot.
Hope all that gives you some ideas. Good luck.
Isabel
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