Hi George I have the Bellie OPR microfilm and there does not appear to be a marriage recorded for your George Jamieson and Margaret Ritchie in 1781. Ian A C Scott

Hi Ian, Thanks for checking the film. Can you offer any opinion of the situation. Do the contents of the microfilm offer any indication of accepted 'norm' for this period? Can I gain any clues as to this couple from the lack of marriage records. For example, I suspect one or both might have been Catholic. Would the missing record support this? Would a 'mixed' marriage, at this time, be unacceptable and force the couple to avoid an offical union? I know you, and many others on the list, have wide knowledge of Bellie. Is there any other sources that I might investigate to uncover more about them. Regards George Hertford UK