Bill, What you will get from the FHC (if what you want is in the right timespan to be in their holdings) & the Origins site is the same thing -- the Family History Library microfilmed the records held in Edinburgh, and they are the same as what you will get a photocopy of, if you order from Origins. Starting in 1855, marriage records *should* have the parents' names. The records were supposed to have this in all instances and spaces were provided on the forms..... but I have seen cases where the information is incomplete for some reason. Of course, it is also possible that the information given was inaccurate (my great-grandfather gave a wrong maiden name for his mother.....). Before 1855, recording such information was much more haphazard. I've had cases where a marriage record identified parents *and grandparents*, and other where the total entry was (date) John Ralston m. Helen Gardner with nothing else........ BPryde@nss.gc.ca wrote: > I've identified a few marriages on the IGI which could be part of one of my > Borders family (Alexander PRIDE/Mary PEARSON). In order to prove or > disprove each of them, I would like to take a look at any records of the > marriages. On reading the information regarding ScotsOrigins, I get the > impression that the marriage records found there after 1855 do NOT contain > the names of the parents. Is this true? > > If it is true and I elect to use microfilms from the FHC, is the parents > information contained on those films?