Hello Claire, I looked at the entry from the IGI you mention below in your post and confirm the same with the exception that the surname is spelled LIDDLE, which matters not. There is also one listed for a John LIDDELL b. 21 June 1845 to James LIDDELL and Jane BURNS. Both of these entries appear to be from the filming of the records and not from a church member so can be relied on more. The first, the one you believe may be your ancestor is what I will talk about. The area of Bo'ness is in West Lothian. I checked the Batch file number and then searched on the marriage for a Robert LIDDELL and Agnes. I found it listed for 26 Oct 1841 also in Bo'ness, West Lothian. I did not go to check on any other listings for other children of Robert and Agnes in that parish. How to confirm they are the right folks, remains to be seen and would be helped along if you happen to know the names of any of the siblings of John that you could check against. You said it..... "certainly does fit what knowledge I have of my LIDDELL line"....... You did not mention what that knowledge is. But armed with your knowledge and the Batch file numbers you can perhaps ascertain if this is the correct ancestry. Since the birth is in 1845 there should be a regular record available which you can order. But before you do that try to make sure this is the correct person's record you want as it is quite pricey. I have used the Batch files along with the parish records with good luck! The birth/christening batch file number for Bo'ness is C116637 and the marriage batch file number is M116637. By using the number you can search in the IGI with just the surname and the Batch number and what will come up will be all records for all of that surname in that parish. Then you can look at those and see if there are other children etc....... Hope this helps, All the best luck, Sandy At 05:15 AM 08/10/2004 -0600, you wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Message Board Post: > >Good Morning All..... > >My LIDDELL line is proving hard to trace just simply because I am unfamiliar with successful Scottish research at the moment > >I have found an entry on the IGI for a John LIDDELL born 22 Mar 1845 in Bo'ness, Scotland to a Robert LIDDELL & Agnes WADDELL. This entry certainly does fit what knowledge I have of my LIDDELL line, but how can I go about confirming that I have the right one?? > >Any advice anyone can offer would be very gratefully accepted > >Kindest Regards >Claire [email protected]