Gordon...thanks for letting us all know about those volumes. Frank, did you get this message? Barb Lewis ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Johnson <Kinman@ifb.co.uk> To: <DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com>; Barbara Lewis <lewisb@vitrex.net> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 6:11 PM Subject: Re: To Frank, and anyone interested in Scottish Catholic Records > Date sent: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 21:03:23 -0700 > From: "Barbara Lewis" <lewisb@vitrex.net> > To: DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: To Frank, and anyone interested in Scottish Catholic Records > > > Frank...your records are not in the OPR, as you said....I asked to talk to > > the "expert" there on the staff. He told me that there are Catholic records > > that are in the Record Office in Edinburgh, but the LDS church does not have > > those records. > > > > Now, there is a set of 6 volumes written by Michael Gandy on "Catholic > > missions and registers 1700-1880" > > Volume 6 included indexes from Scotland, but would you believe Vol 6 was off > > the shelf the whole day that I was there today. I'm sorry, I didn't ask if > > it was just out, or if they didn't have it. I'll check next time. > *** I have it (of course!), and it lists by place the R.C. churches and notes > what registers exist for each church, including the years covered. You then > have to contact the National Archives of Scotland or the local parish church > to consult the actual records. > Note: most of the local churches do not answer letters on genealogy, so I > would advise getting a searcher to examine the copies in Edinburgh for you. > Most of the R.C. church registers don't start until dates in the late 1800s, so > don't expect anything much earlier. > Gordon Johnson. > Professional Historical/Genealogical Researcher > specialising in pre-1700 records. > Trading as KinHelp. > <http://www.web-ecosse.com/genes/genes2.htm> >