Hi Nick, My apologies for not replying sooner, I am caught up with the breeding season of our aviary full of canaries, and am currently playing Mother hen to two abandoned chicks, however I have finally managed to sit them here next to me and my PC where I can keep an eye on them !! So am finally managing to catch up :o) It's good to hear from you again, and thanks so much for sending on a scan copy of the gravestone of your William Petrie & Elizabeth Watson. I'm afraid we cannot get a marriage certificate for your David Petrie & Mary Duthie since they married in 1845 and official marriage certificates did not start in Scotland until 1855, although the Old Parish Record entry of the marriage may hold some further information if you can look it up. I'm afraid we will need to find David's death date & death certificate to find further information on who his parents were. Although it may be worthwhile checking out the 1851 census for St. Cyrus for David & Mary & their family as we know they were there in 1850 when their daughter Elizabeth was born. if we could get his age and place of birth it would help narrow down the search for his birth. I am currently working through a pile of Petrie certificate that I have recently transcribed and then I plan to update my database index, the marriage indexes and add further new Petrie info that I have to the website.... all hopefully ready for the Gathering in August.... I'll announce on the list as soon as I upload them. Cheerio the noo Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pubgrub" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 9:42 PM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] re:marriage cert David Petrie-Mary Duthie 1845 > Hi Norma and all, > Long time no chat.Still,I've been following things when > time allows.Do you possibly have a marriage cert for the couple above.I > really can't track down the parents of David with any certainty.The > marriage was 26-10-1845 at St.Cyrus.Has the database been updated since > it was launched? Thanks,Nick Mathews > > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > To send a message to everyone on this Petrie-Scotland List, our address is > [email protected] > >