** The point at issue had to do with a birth certificate. I am familiar with the "marriage" registers of the OPRs, which were actually a register of the proclamations of banns (declaration of intent to marry). Gordon. > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/22189.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > are you perhaps thinking of Banns? That would be the declaration of intent to marry.