Alexander said >What we didn't mention is that the reason we aren't finding the children might be that they are recording in the rather sparse form... Don't forget that the pre-1855 OPRs are the records kept by the Session Clerks of the Parishes of the (Established) Church of Scotland and don't normally include non-conformists or RCs although it is not unknown. Also the OPRs, as well as marriages, primarily record baptisms and, only in some cases births. It is not unknown for baptisms to occur some time after the birth and may be for 'several' children in the family (when the Minister caught up with the parents). I have to confess to this as our youngest two were baptised at the same time despite being 18 months apart. Regards Les Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

And don't forget the on line freecen@rootsweb to see if you can find some of your folks on the 1841........not all are on line for the parishes, but if you snoop the first page you can find out what is and what is not on line. Again, I say........if you can get the film wherever you are, you are further ahead than picking up one at a time on SP. And again I say..........OUT LOUD.....those records belong to Scotland, and if you have to pay for them, that is YOUR choice. Nothing is free in life, most of you realize that......those are OLD PARISH RECORDS and the property of Scotland. Got IT? There is no FREE RIDE........Goldie (Canada, by the way) -----Original Message----- From: leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 5:42 PM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Scotland's People Alexander said >What we didn't mention is that the reason we aren't finding the children >might be that they are recording in the rather sparse form... Don't forget that the pre-1855 OPRs are the records kept by the Session Clerks of the Parishes of the (Established) Church of Scotland and don't normally include non-conformists or RCs although it is not unknown. Also the OPRs, as well as marriages, primarily record baptisms and, only in some cases births. It is not unknown for baptisms to occur some time after the birth and may be for 'several' children in the family (when the Minister caught up with the parents). I have to confess to this as our youngest two were baptised at the same time despite being 18 months apart. Regards Les Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ------------------------------- 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