If the birth was between 1855 and 1875, the exact date should be listed on the IGI. 1855 is when Civil Registration began in Scotland and I understand that the Registrar-General's Index for Scotland is on-line from 1855 to 1898. The Registrar-General's Index is less informative than the IGI but it does give you the reference that is needed to obtain a certificate. I believe the Certificates can be ordered on line. I should also point out that the Civil Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland from 1855 to 1875, plus the two Census years of 1881 and 1891 are on microfilm and can be ordered through your local Mormon library. Prior to 1855, you'll be looking for a baptism. The Established Church of Scotland (ie mainstream Presbyterian) Parish Registers are also available through the Mormon Libraries and are indexed on the IGI. The Presbyterian Church in the 19th century split every time they had an argument resulting in Heinz 57 varieties of Presbyterians including the Free Church, United Presbyterians etc etc. If you're family is on of these, you'll need to locate where the Registers are for that Church. Cheers David Perth, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackie Middleton <jackiemiddleton@home.com> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 9:03 AM Subject: [ORKNEY] document advice > I've been pretty successful ordering exact certificates from the Scottish > Registrar General. > > The next document that I'd like to get - a birth certificate - I have all > the info (parents, place, year) but the *exact* day. > I was hoping that someone on the list might know if I could still order this > certificate. In the papers that I have from their website, > it sounds like they would search their records for a time frame of a year, > but I'd like to know if anyone on this list has requested > a certificate with this one piece of info missing. > > Jackie > >