Hi All, I have been looking through some of the OPR's and admiring (or trying to decipher) some of the handwriting over the years. I have noticed that for the parishes that I am currently searching through that the handwriting styles appear to change at about the same time periods. This has drawn me to ask if the same parish priest be responsible for a number of neighboring parishes - or would there have been 1 priest per parish. Does anyone have of know of a list of Parish Priests for the different Border Parishes? I am particularly interested in Bowden, Maxton and Selkirk around 1750 - 1780. The other reason that this is particularly interesting for me is that I have just found 3 distinct records from around this period where my CLARK family has been spelt CLERK. If it was the same priest then this is fairly understandable - however if different priests all spelt it this way then maybe the family at the time used to spell it this way? I know names change spelling all the time - but it is interesting to pinpoint a period that a particular spelling may have been used in. Kind regards, Cameron Clark. Melbourne, Australia.