This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ANGELAH Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/5515.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I also read somewhere that not all children were baptised because there was a fee involved, is that right? The marriage record reads under "parties": Isaac Watt weaver & Mary Ramsay both this parish dau of Robt Ramsay On the left there is a column for "contracted", whis is July 23, and on the right is a column for "married" which is 12 Aug, and the top of the page says "July 1836". There is also a marriage record in the same parish for a Janet Ramsay marrying a Peter Watt, weaver. Somehow they are related to my Mary and Isaac (because they lived together briefly while in Cincinnati) but I'm not sure of the relationship. Mary and Janet could be sisters, Peter and Isaac could be brothers, or both/neither. Anyway, Janet's father is listed as "Robt Ramsay, mason". There seem to be many men named Robert Ramsay in Dundee in this time period, so I don't know if listing the latter Robert as a mason was a way to differentiate him from the first Robert Ramsay, or if this was just a recording quirk. Then again, I might be trying to over-interpret the presence of the word "mason" or the lack thereof. 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.