Hello Lanark list: I am looking for help. Is anyone able to tell be what church my Great, great Grandfather Angus Anderson was baptized in. He was born in Barony, Lanark in 1817 on May 8th to Martin and Sarah Anderson. His Christening date was May 18th, 1817. I have tried with no luck to find what church it was. I did find some info in this link: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname:Angus~%20%2Bsurname:Anderson~%20%2Bbirth_place:Scotland~%20%2Bbirth_year:1817-1817~%20%2Bgender:M&collection_id=1771030 My daughters and I are planning our trip to Scotland for next year and we would very much love to visit the church and maybe from visiting the church they might be able to tell us their home address they lived at which of course is our ultimate goal. Many thanks for any assistance as it will be truly appreciated, Gail Anderson Leonardo gail_leonardo@hotmail.com

It wasn't necessarily the case that baptism ceremonies were held in the church building.I have some baptism records that state quite clearly that the baptism was in the parents' home. However 18 May 1817 was a Sunday, and it wasn't an emergency baptism as he seems to have been born on 8 May 1817, so it does seem probable that it was in the church. The chances are, since the record is from the register of the Church of Scotland parish of Barony, that it was the old Barony Parish Kirk. See http://www.glasgowhistory.co.uk/Other%20Sections/100%20Churches/Barony.htm - though it could have been in one of the Chapels of Ease in the parish. Does the original record of the baptism name the minister who baptised him? If so, and you can find out which church he was minister of, that should tell you which church it was. In 1817 the Minister of Barony Parish was the Rev John Burns DD, but he may have had an assistant. As for the address they lived at, it is unlikely to be in the baptism record. I have a small number of baptisms in Barony parish around that time, and they just give the area where the parents lived (e.g. 'Calton'), not the exact address. There are some street directories from the early 1800s. They don't list everyone, but that is your best chance of getting an actual street address. They can be viewed online at www.nls.uk BTW in Scotland a woman's surname does not legally change on marriage, so it is perfectly correct, and reduces the chance of confusion, to say that Angus was the son of Martin Anderson and Sarah McDonald. That is why the parish registers in Scotland generally list the mother's maiden surname, unlike those in England and elsewhere which would list them as 'Martin and Sarah Anderson'. It's fine with relatively unusual names like Martin and Sarah, but potentially confusing when the parents are John and Margaret! HTH Anne From: Gail Leonardo via <lanark@rootsweb.com> To: "lanark@rootsweb.com" <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 16:06 Subject: [Lanark] Angus Anderson - trying to find what church he was baptized in Hello Lanark list:  I am looking for help.  Is anyone able to tell be what church my Great, great Grandfather Angus Anderson was baptized in.  He was born in Barony, Lanark in 1817 on May 8th to Martin and Sarah Anderson.  His Christening date was May 18th, 1817. I have tried with no luck to find what church it was.  I did find some info in this link:  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname:Angus~%20%2Bsurname:Anderson~%20%2Bbirth_place:Scotland~%20%2Bbirth_year:1817-1817~%20%2Bgender:M&collection_id=1771030 My daughters and I are planning our trip to Scotland for next year and we would very much love to visit the church and maybe from visiting the church they might be able to tell us their home address they lived at which of course is our ultimate goal.  Many thanks for any assistance as it will be truly appreciated, Gail Anderson Leonardo gail_leonardo@hotmail.com                            ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online:  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message