Hi Folks, Yes from experience the actual court records or part of them may still be in existence. Over the years I have looked at some early 18th century court papers, the actual ones written all that time ago! Regards, Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Munro <[email protected]> To: Mark Sutherland-Fisher <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [RossGen] Re: PLEA ROLL > Mark, > > I am quite sure that you will be correct. As I said, I just searched for > plea roll and wrote down what I found. What I did wrong was to assume that > because the courts were involved, some crimial action would have taken > place. This just goes to prove, once again, that we should never make > assumptions in genealogy and I thank you for correcting me. > > For Hazel's benefit and for the rest of us, will these court proceedings be > recorded so that she can look them up and possibly find a little more about > the person she is researching? > > Regards, > > Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Sutherland-Fisher" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 5:53 AM > Subject: Re: [RossGen] Re: PLEA ROLL > > > > Don, > > Are you sure the plea rolls cover criminal matters. From memory the plea > > rolls cover only civil cases, i.e. individuals suing one another for all > > sorts of reasons from breach of promise to marry through to breaches of > > contract etc but it is a long time since I have examined such things. > > Regards, > > Mark > > > > Mark Sutherland-Fisher > > Genealogist: Clan Sutherland > > Co-Genealogist: Clan Mackenzie > > Professional Genealogist specialising in the Highlands and 18th century > > see my web-site: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk > > >