Hi Greg I am not researching your family line but I do have the Bellie OPR microfilm and had a look for the birth entry for George Robertson. It is recorded in the OPR but not until 1848 and reads as follows: George, Natural Son, to Peter Robertson, labourer, Bogmoor and Ann Mitchell was born the 30th September 1841 and afterwards baptised. Witnesses George Geddes and Charlotte Logie. While researching my own ancestors from the area I have found many entries in the OPR marked as omitted and inserted wherever there was space to squeeze them in but there is no note that the entry had been omitted and it is entered quite normally in that it is not interlined or squeezed in in any way. The wording 'Natural Son' suggests that Peter Robertson and Ann Mitchell were not married at the time he was born. I searched for their marriage in the Bellie OPR but without success. I hope this is of some interest to you. Ian A C Scott
Ian, You wouldn't have :-Margaret Murdoch b 6 March 1818,Bellie,m James Morrison 1 December 1845 in Bellie would you? At least two of their children,Margaret,b23 Jan 1852, and Jane b 16 May 1856 were both born Bellie also. Thought they just might be on you OPR Thank you. Marie New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: <IACSCOTT@aol.com> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 4:56 AM Subject: Re: [MORAY] DICK/FORBES/GIFFORD/McLEAN/MITCHELL/ROBERTSON/SUTHERLAND Surnames > Hi Greg > > I am not researching your family line but I do have the Bellie OPR microfilm > and had a look for the birth entry for George Robertson. It is recorded in > the OPR but not until 1848 and reads as follows: > > George, Natural Son, to Peter Robertson, labourer, Bogmoor and Ann Mitchell > was born the 30th September 1841 and afterwards baptised. Witnesses George > Geddes and Charlotte Logie. > > While researching my own ancestors from the area I have found many entries > in the OPR marked as omitted and inserted wherever there was space to squeeze > them in but there is no note that the entry had been omitted and it is entered > quite normally in that it is not interlined or squeezed in in any way. The > wording 'Natural Son' suggests that Peter Robertson and Ann Mitchell were not > married at the time he was born. I searched for their marriage in the Bellie > OPR but without success. > > I hope this is of some interest to you. > > Ian A C Scott > > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a posted message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not just the sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All " Thank you ;-) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >