Hi list, I have received a copy of a page from the OPR of Whitburn Parish on which 5 children of one family are listed in consecutive order. The dates range from August 1846 to December 1853. The birth ahead of that is dated January 1854, and the one following is dated December 1846. They are not alphabetical. Question: Why would these five children all be listed consecutively, and not chronologically with other births in the parish? Would someone in the parish have copied these? Many thanks, Jeannette

The record was probably made when they were all baptised at the same time. Perhaps the parents had been living somewhere else, and had the children baptised on a visit home? The ahead of and following dates are strange indeed! Happy hunting, Sonia -----Original Message----- From: J T Walton [mailto:jtwalton13@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:38 PM To: MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MLN] OPR records Hi list, I have received a copy of a page from the OPR of Whitburn Parish on which 5 children of one family are listed in consecutive order. The dates range from August 1846 to December 1853. The birth ahead of that is dated January 1854, and the one following is dated December 1846. They are not alphabetical. Question: Why would these five children all be listed consecutively, and not chronologically with other births in the parish? Would someone in the parish have copied these? Many thanks, Jeannette

My guess that being a Scot and maybe having to pay a fee either for the christnings or to register them. In the early days here in the USA I have seen this too, here I think convience had something to do with it, especially if they lived a distance from the County seat. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "J T Walton" <jtwalton13@comcast.net> To: <MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:37 PM Subject: [MLN] OPR records > Hi list, > I have received a copy of a page from the OPR of Whitburn Parish on > which 5 children of one family are listed in consecutive order. The dates > range from August 1846 to December 1853. The birth ahead of that is dated > January 1854, and the one following is dated December 1846. They are not > alphabetical. > Question: Why would these five children all be listed consecutively, > and not chronologically with other births in the parish? Would someone in > the parish have copied these? > Many thanks, > Jeannette > > >

On 16/2/05 9:37 pm, "J T Walton" <jtwalton13@comcast.net> wrote: > I have received a copy of a page from the OPR of Whitburn Parish on which > 5 children of one family are listed in consecutive order. > Question: Why would these five children all be listed consecutively, Could be they were all baptised on the same day .. But sounds like you are saying these are different baptism dates ... Suspect it is a transcript Where did the copy come from? Robin -- Robin and Margaret McEwen-King Lanark Scotland