A Beadle was simply Parish official employed in the church to usher and keep order and help the minister. So there would have been a few of them around. Willie Sinclair 2008/11/4 Lisa Conrad <nisus00@earthlink.net>: > I think beadles were common in Scotland. I don't see why they wouldn't > be. That is, I have *at least* one among my Orcadian ancestors (or > ancestral collateral cousins). This was Samuel FLAWS, spouse of Helen > BUDGE, of South Ronaldsay. > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >