This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryschacht Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/5515.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for the excellent explaination of How members registered in different faiths. Some children were baptized, in the Established Kirk, because they were members of that community. I've seen entire families register them all at once in the Presbyterian church. So neighbors knew they were baptized. Important for later marriages to Presbyterian church members. I only mention the non-conformist index as another place to search, which is the question at hand. Checking regional repositories,and not just the Central (GROS)is another place to check in case the second copy made it to that archive, but failed to send the third copy to the main repository in Edinbugh. This refers to the civil registration only. There were 3 copies made of the record. Original record, regional copy and the GROS copy. OPRs are missing too. Most by loss over time or fire. The OPRs are supposed to be turned over, but if a period is missing, checking with the church of origin, might locate entry books never turned over to the GROS. The LDS never filmed at anywhere but the GROS, so their copy of the copies, in incomplete. They never filmed the other religions and were stopped by the crown from completion of filming. It was the Crown's decision.. not the fault of the Lds. I'm just saying searching the Scottish records AND the LDS would be wise. Libraries have addition information with Census, books on the local area, books on a person's trade. The Census books which tell enumerators all the professions on a farm, with a brief description, are a gold mine for lesrning life on a farm. The horse handler had a different trade from the one working with the cows or sheep. Kirk Session notes are always an interesting read, and you may find your family in the paupers roll. I've heard the mort cloth rentals for deaths in the parish, have been taken out of the Kirk Sessions and added to the GROS/Scotlandspeople.gov website. But I have not found any myself? Does someone else know for sure? Doctor records in small villages are a gold mine, but I'm not sure the majority of Surgeons want us poking through their records. (which were passed down from other doctors upon their deaths or retirement. I've had luck with two... 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.