hi list......after doing some fairly painless searching for family that came from scotland to boston in the late 1880's ..I think I have been spoiled by the scottish records but am now ready to jump into the murky pool of ireland to find two familes that came to st john new brunswick in the mid 1800's from ireland...the presbyterian mitchells and the church of england jones family..have just recently joined the list but am really enjoying the hints from that treasure named linda merle...found the comments about names spreading to different areas of the isles to be interesting as the jones name for example I was told was more likely to be welsh in origin...just a general question about not being able to find a birth/christening record where the parish records seem fairly good...thinking the best explanation is either it was just not recorded...ministers day off?...illegitmacy..or a family who was not given correct information as to grandparents...informant on a death certific! ate..son..did not know grandmothers name...any ideas...thanks