Is there anyone who has access to parish registers of Montrose. I am looking for a marriage that took place there on Nov. 30 1846 between John Milne & Jane Dempster. I have an entry of banns which took place on Nov.6 1846 but no mention of parents, if anyone can help I would be most grateful. Cheers, John E-mail message checked by Internet Security (5.5.0.212) Database version: 5.12660 http://www.pctools.com/uk/internet-security/

> Is there anyone who has access to parish registers of > Montrose. I am looking > for a marriage that took place there > on Nov. 30 1846 between John Milne & > Jane Dempster. I have an entry of banns which took place on > Nov.6 1846 but > no mention of parents, if anyone can help I > would be most grateful. Do you mean that you have the full text of the proclamation of banns and are looking for something more? If you don't have the full text of the proclamation, you can view it at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk at modest cost. Once you have the full text of the proclamation of banns, that's all you are going to get. Most marriage/banns records in the pre-1855 parish registers do not give the names of the couple's parents, and when they do, the majority list only the bride's father's name. The only way you will get the full names of their parents is if they died after 1855 in Scotland, or in some other place where parents' names are on the death certificate. Scottish death certificates can be viewed at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk as above. However I note that no female J Milne or Dempster is listed in the death indexes, so it seems that she at least must have died outside Scotland. I see from the IGI that they had at least three children, baptised in Montrose between 1848 and 1853. This means that they should be in the 1851 census in Montrose, which should tell you their ages and parishes of birth, and just might contain some other clue. You can look up the census too at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk HTH Anne