Hello all. I must second what Carole has said. Although the LDS has parish records for all of SCotland, I am now going through, frame by frame, the marriage records. They are much more detailed, since they provide the occupation of the groom and the bride's husband; also their place of residence, which is not always in the area where they were married. It allows enough detail to sometimes verify that it is or is not your person. Another example-- I went through the parish registers for a (thankfully) small British village. One TANNER family in the whole place. But there was a gap of 20 years before the name reappeared, with no marriages of the first set and the one son had died. The 2nd TANNER set, post gap, had a son born elsehwere. When I looked at THAT film, I found his mother was the unwed daughter of the TANNERS in Tadley!! If I had not done that tedious work, I would never have been able to make the connection. Take the time, & do it yourself--- many IGI entries are dates/locations with @-- this means the researcher could not find evidence to prove it and made an assumption. The IGI might get you going in the right direction, but it is only as good as the researcher for that particluar entry. Many of us online folks can offer help, advice, contacts, and the occasional lookup. Rootsweb volunteers are putting copies of original materials online-- plus transcriptions. But again, with a transcription, be careful. SOmeone may have made a typo. Another TANNER example-- I had burial dates from the parish record (original on film) for the son who died. I then borrowed the cemetery inscription records. There I found a transcription with a male TANNER I was unaware of, buried adjacent to the family patriarch. When I looked through my material again, I realized that this was the son who died young, but one number had been transposed. So research, and have fun! If nothing else, it teaches you patience and perseverance! Judith in OH