**Irene is quite correct. The online indexes are only to Church of Scotland registers, not all of which are complete, and also not included are the registers of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, the Seccession Church, and other non-C. of S. denominations, including the at that time rare Roman Catholic church. Also some families either refused to have the child's baptism recorded, or the Session Clerk forgot to write it up in the register, or the family did not have the child baptised. All of which shows that the non-appearance of a name in the indexes does NOT mean that the only solutions are those in the indexes. Look for other evidence: from gravestones, trade records , wills and testaments, old family bibles, for example. Criminal records on the NAS online catalogue can be quite informative... Gordon. On 18/07/2011 08:00, [email protected] wrote: > We don't know that. All we know is that there were no births or baptisms > recorded in the church records that have been indexed so far. So, > unfortunately, there may be even more possibilities than the four you have found. > > I have the same problem with my Ann WHYTE, married to William IRVINE in > 1823 in Kirriemuir. From the 1841 census I have an approximate age for her > and that it said she was born in the county, but she died before the 1851 > census and I can only guess which of four (or more) possible couples are her > parents. > > Irene, in Michigan > > > In a message dated 7/17/2011 6:31:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > There is no Charles Findlay born in Forfar during that time period, >