In your estimate, what % of people registered births/marriages with the parish? 100%, 90%, 50%? Did only pious church-going folk do it or was everyone pious and church going in rural Scotland? Also, if you were from Botriphnie but married a woman in a neighboring parish, would you most likely be registered in the parish of the bride? I have looked at all the Innes from the Botriphnie parish records but at a certain point it becomes a guessing game as to who are David Innes' (b. 1783) parents. There were 3 generations of David's in my line, stopping with him. [He married Jean MacWilliam (b. abt 1787).] Thank you for all your info and help. I belong to a few list-serv's on the web and this one is by far the most informative and on-topic list. Kudos to the moderator and contributors! Karen IACSCOTT@aol.com wrote: Hi The Parish map published by the Aberdeen & North East Scotland FHS shows that the Parish Records for Botriphnie date from 1693 through to 1854 for births and marriages but there are no death records. Hugh Wallis indicates in his website that the IGI Batches cover the same period but that there is a gap between 1693 and 1726 for births and 1692 and 1730 for marriages. I have not checked this but according to these sources you should be able to find information prior to 1810. However, please remember that these are the Parish Records maintained by the Established Church (The Church of Scotland) and many births and marriages are not recorded where the individuals were of a different denomination albeit they were supposed to inform the Parish. Ian A C Scott ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== Please do not send virus warnings to this list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact the list admin at MORAY-D-request@rootsweb.com or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx