>From: "Alan & Anne Middlemass" <[email protected]> >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:05:16 -0000 > >but Ellen does not appear anywhere on IGI or in notes of extracts from >other >researchers who have seen OPR/register. > Don't forget that the IGI is based on the OPR, and the OPR is actually the Old Parochial Register of the Church of Scotland. If her family were any other denomination, from CoE to Wee Free, she wouldn't be shown, and you'll have to be lucky to find the non-conformist registers. If they've survived, they'll be in NAS - they're getting their catalogue on line here http://www.nas.gov.uk/ (I have had best results with their very picky search engine by only using the "all text" field and ignoring the others), but they're also very helpful on email queries. Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ MSN Search, for accurate results! http://search.msn.nl