I have several instances where the marriage record does not show the parents names. I wish they did! I have seen this both on the OPRs and online OPRs at Scotland's People. It is a great site but not all records have everything you wish they did! Laura -----Original Message----- >From: goldie and Lido Doratti <lidogold2@shaw.ca> >Sent: Nov 6, 2009 2:52 PM >To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Davidson & Clyne > >Civil Registration began in Scotland in 1855, so if your folks are born >before that, you will need to see the Films on the Old Parish records, or go >to Scotland's People and take your credit card. 6 Pounds will get you 30 >credits and you will need 6 credits per selection. For example 1 credit >will show you what they found under Alexander Davidson and then you choose >which one you think it is, and 5 credits will get you a copy off the Old >Parish Records. I would suggest looking for a marriage registration or >investing in the marriage certificate, again also with Scotland's People. >This will also tell you who their parents were, where they married, and >their ages. Another suggestion would be the 1891 census for Scotland which >should list their address, and all in the home, also at Scotland's People. >Good luck, Goldie >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Robert Owen" <robert.owen3@btinternet.com> >To: <ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:33 AM >Subject: [ABERDEEN] Davidson & Clyne > > >> Hi List >> >> I am assisting a cousin who is researching her Scottish roots and wondered >> if anyone can help regarding the following people: Alexander DAVIDSON b >> c1854 we think Peterhead, married a Christina CLYNE b c1857 again >> Peterhead, they had the following children: Arthur c1886, James c1887, >> Alexander c 1888,William c 1892 & Helen c 1895. >> >> James Davidson married an Ethel Pass. in 1914 in Liverpool. >> >> I would like to find definate birth dates and marriage dates for Alexander >> and Christina, so we can obtain certificates so any information would be >> very useful. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Bob Owen, Southport Lancashire. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You have my sympathy, Laura, truly. I guess I've just been lucky with the ones I have gotten from SP. You see, there's still things to be thankful for when someone reminds you they had no luck. So it goes. Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron and Laura Bozzay" <rbozzay@earthlink.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Davidson & Clyne >I have several instances where the marriage record does not show the >parents names. > I wish they did! I have seen this both on the OPRs and online OPRs at > Scotland's People. It is a great site but not all records have everything > you wish they did! > > Laura > > -----Original Message----- >>From: goldie and Lido Doratti <lidogold2@shaw.ca> >>Sent: Nov 6, 2009 2:52 PM >>To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Davidson & Clyne >> >>Civil Registration began in Scotland in 1855, so if your folks are born >>before that, you will need to see the Films on the Old Parish records, or >>go >>to Scotland's People and take your credit card. 6 Pounds will get you 30 >>credits and you will need 6 credits per selection. For example 1 credit >>will show you what they found under Alexander Davidson and then you choose >>which one you think it is, and 5 credits will get you a copy off the Old >>Parish Records. I would suggest looking for a marriage registration or >>investing in the marriage certificate, again also with Scotland's People. >>This will also tell you who their parents were, where they married, and >>their ages. Another suggestion would be the 1891 census for Scotland >>which >>should list their address, and all in the home, also at Scotland's People. >>Good luck, Goldie >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Robert Owen" <robert.owen3@btinternet.com> >>To: <ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 9:33 AM >>Subject: [ABERDEEN] Davidson & Clyne >> >> >>> Hi List >>> >>> I am assisting a cousin who is researching her Scottish roots and >>> wondered >>> if anyone can help regarding the following people: Alexander DAVIDSON b >>> c1854 we think Peterhead, married a Christina CLYNE b c1857 again >>> Peterhead, they had the following children: Arthur c1886, James c1887, >>> Alexander c 1888,William c 1892 & Helen c 1895. >>> >>> James Davidson married an Ethel Pass. in 1914 in Liverpool. >>> >>> I would like to find definate birth dates and marriage dates for >>> Alexander >>> and Christina, so we can obtain certificates so any information would be >>> very useful. >>> >>> Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Bob Owen, Southport Lancashire. >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

2009/11/6 Laura Bozzay <rbozzay@earthlink.net> wrote: > I have several instances where the marriage record does not show the parents names. I wish they did!  I have seen this both on the OPRs and online OPRs at Scotland's People.  It is a great site but not all records have everything you wish they did! ___________________________________________________ Hi Laura I haven't really been following this thread but taking your message in isolation, Laura, your experience on OPRs is the norm, not the exception. Very few OPRs record any more than the bride's and groom's names and a date. Even the date doesn't guarantee that they actually got married as it often only notes the date of the Banns being called and/or pledges being assigned. Most do record if one of the couple is from a different parish by naming it. However it is rare for a habitation address to be given. Some records do say "... and were married" possibly with a date of the actual marriage. One or two parishes give far more detail for certain periods when the current Minister and his scribe got into verbosity or some local big-wigs attended. We have a record in Aberdeen St Nicholas where the parents and various notables attending were all named but this is fairly exceptional. Unfortunately, Scotland's People can't add information that isn't on the original record. It was only after 1855 and statutory registration that the additional detail was recorded. -- Best wishes Ray ********************************************************** >From Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP **********************************************************