Eric, if you have the Christening for Elizabeth, you won't find the birth record unless a family has record of it...sometimes they will list the birth in the Christening, but not usually. Assuming that you have checked the OPR records which are found in all the Family History Centers....Elizabeth's sibling should be there also, and if they aren't, then they were either not recorded, or the family belonged to a non-conformist church.... However, I had a harder time finding my Scottish children born in the same place....especially in the urban areas....my families moved all over the place....my English family stayed put and I usually found the children born (Christened) in the same parish. So youmay have to look in different parishes for the birth of Elizabeth's siblings......or if they are in the OPR, it may be hard to identify them if they were Christened in different parishes..... If you can get into the actual parish records/Christenings, it may possibly tell where the parents are "of" (from), but not usually....that info is more likely to be found in their marriage record.........and that is where you look for David and Flora, unless you can find them in the OPR records. Campbells are very hard to tell because the name is so common. Just some ideas..... Barbara Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: Erik W. McLaren <ewmclaren@yahoo.com> To: <DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:08 PM Subject: Hoping for a miracle > Posted on: Shire of Dunbarton, Scotland Queries Forum > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Dunbarton?read=581 > > Surname: Houston, Campbell > ------------------------- > > Hello. I recently traced my first set of ancestors back to the "old country". > I recently came across the christening record for my grt-grt grandmother > Elisabeth Houston. It occured 16 Aug. 1846 in Cumbernauld, Dunbarton, Scotland. > Since this is the first sold location to Scotland I hoped I might find > some help here in obtaining more information. Her parents were listed as > David Houston and Flora Campbell. This is all I really know. If any one > has any ideas about where I should look for birth records for Elisabeth, > any siblings, and information on David and Flora, please let me know. The > miracle of course is that somebody already has all this information and > needed a line of decandents for Elisabeth, which I have a partial list > at the moment. Thanks for your time, I know this is rather lengthy, and > for your help. > > Erik W. McLaren > > _______________________________________________________ Site Design, Hosting, and E-Commerce at www.webpipe.net