"Iowa, Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV4T-41M : accessed 26 May 2015), Richard Gordon Scott, ; citing Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,750,416.
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KD-DFJ : accessed 30 May 2015), Gordon Scott in household of Henry B Scott, Burlington Township Burlington city Ward 6, Des Moines, Iowa, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,429.
"Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHRR-J76 : accessed 30 May 2015), Leonora Cranch in entry for Richard Gordon Scott, 25 Jul 1880; citing 3702, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,750,416.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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