Hi Nelda, Check the LDS microfilm # 1040353, Items 4-6. Church of Scotland, parish church of Forteviot, Perthshire. This film contains baptisms 1710-1713, 1720-1820; marriages 1724-1738; Session Register (includes proclamations and mortcloth dues) 1710-1713, 1720-1789. I found the following christenings: Laurence Gilloch, chr 21 Jul 1728, Forteviot, son of John Gilloch Janet Gilloch, chr 7 Nov 1731, Forteviot, dau of John Gilloch Margaret Gilloch, chr 2 Jun 1734, Forteviot, dau of John Gilloch Isabel Gillock, chr 30 Jan 1737, Forteviot, dau of John Gillock James Gilloch, chr 3 Aug 1740, Forteviot, son of John Gilloch Bill Dow Carrollton, Texas, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nelda Percival" <nelda_percival@hotmail.com> To: <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 12:22 AM Subject: [PERTH] GILLOCK 1728 in FORTEVIOT > Hi, > Happy New Year to all... > I'm new to your list. I joined about a week ago and have been lurking...I > didn't want to jump right in and then present myself wrongly. > I live in the USA and need assistance with research in Forteviot. I am > trying any information on Laurence Think Gillock. Son of unknown. Born > About 1728 in Forteviot, Scotland. Died Apr 1786 in Orange Co., VA, > Occupation Farmer / Realtor. > > It is my understanding that there are church records there (WHERE?) in > Forteviot for Laurence and his parents and a sister who petitioned the > church for permission to beg in the streets for food. > Do any of you live near there? Can anyone help me? I'm sure the church was > Catholic, but don't know the name of it. > > If you lived in 1728 in Forteviot, where would you go to take a ship to the > new world? If his family was so poor, might he have been a prisoner? or had > his voyage paid for by hiring out? > > I have nothing but the listing for him as born in Forteviot. > > Thank you for your time.. > I will gladly reimburse a person for any costs for research.. Just let me > know before hand so I can budget it in my monies. > Thank you > Nelda 11 X great grand daughter of Laurence Gillock (every record I have > seen gives his middle name as think, very unusual..) > > again thank you > Nelda > > Nelda L. Percival nee Gilpin, IBSSG > Beatty descendant line #005 > Beaty collateral line #10 > Graves descendant line #231 > Digin up bones at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/ >