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>