This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JanetteT48 Surnames: LAMONT/PORTER/MILNE/FRASER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/5913.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am particularly looking for the birth of my g-grandfather John Low Porter, son of Charles William Porter and Jean Jane Milne of Forfar, and older brother of Mary Ann Porter who married Peter Lamont. John Low Porter was born in 1850, prior to compulsory civil registration. If a family chose not to have a child baptised/registered prior to then it was more often than not written in a Family Bible. Searches on Scotlands People, Ancestry.co.uk, Family Search have have been fruitless after some years searching. Only record was the 1851 Census where John Low Porter was 8 months old, I ascertain being born about July 1850. Parents were married at St James Church, Forfar (now closed) and records for baptisms don't seem to exist. Are you related? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.