-----Original Message----- From: Robert Grant <grantos@ozemail.com.au> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, 21 May 1999 21:35 Subject: [ORKNEY-L] OPR BIRTHS >In the Old Parish Registers of Births is there a difference between the >natural child of and the lawful child of and if so, what? > >Thanks, >Jan Jan Lawful is to a married couple, natural is to an unmarried couple. I have several instances of this in my Spence records in Birsay. Alan