In my experience it is a matter of luck, whether or not the name of the Mother is noted. Whoever recorded the Baptism may have considered the Head of the House the only important name, to be recorded along with that of the child. Then the handwriting may change , after a few years in the records, & the Baptism records have detail, i.e. who the child is named after , occupation of the Father , places of residence of the parents, Mary -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don MacMillan Sent: Monday, 28 September 2009 6:35 a.m. To: ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [ABERDEEN] Missing Mothers I have come across two cases of OPR birth records where the name of the mother is missing. Was it common in the 1760's to not record this info if the mother, perhaps, died in childbirth? Is there another place that one might look? Thanks, folks. ------------------------------- 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 __________ NOD32 4460 (20090926) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

The mother might have died in childbirth. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Legarth" <legarthm@levin.pl.net> | In my experience it is a matter of luck, whether or not the name of the | Mother is noted. | Whoever recorded the Baptism may have considered the Head of the House the | only important name, to be recorded along with that of the child. | | Then the handwriting may change , after a few years in the records, | & the Baptism records have detail, i.e. who the child is named after , | occupation of the Father , places of residence of the parents, | Mary

Hello Janet, I can only reply ,there must have been an epidemic of Death in Childbirth. As I mentioned, it seemed to me, when reading some Parish records there were some 'Scribes , be it the Clerk, or the Minister , page after page simply left out the name of the Mother. Then sometimes she would be noted in subsequent Baptisms, along with other Mothers of Infants, when it was obvious from the change of handwriting that there was a change of recorder, Clerk or Minister. Other records have given just an amazing amount of information. A Banffshire record gave me 3 generations. Both sets of Grandparents named, frequently a Sibling of the Father of the child, occupations & places of residence of all names, all in one Baptism. It is a matter of luck, for which I was so grateful. Mary -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Janet Sent: Monday, 5 October 2009 10:33 p.m. To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Missing Mothers The mother might have died in childbirth. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Legarth" <legarthm@levin.pl.net> | In my experience it is a matter of luck, whether or not the name of the | Mother is noted. | Whoever recorded the Baptism may have considered the Head of the House the | only important name, to be recorded along with that of the child. | | Then the handwriting may change , after a few years in the records, | & the Baptism records have detail, i.e. who the child is named after , | occupation of the Father , places of residence of the parents, | Mary