This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henderson, Howieson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10126.1.1.2 Message Board Post: The baptist marriage suggests that the bride, groom, or both were baptists. Baptists are dissenters from the established Church of Scotland. It is unlikely that a baptism by a baptist minister will appear in the Church of Scotland registers indexed by the IGI and the OPR index. The National Archives of Scotland web site does not list baptist congregations in their list of registers from dissenting congregations. The Scottish Archive Network on-line catalogue lists a few registers in various local archives. See http://www.scan.org.uk/aboutus/indexonline.htm The 1871 census is not available on-line as yet, but that doesn't mean that you don't have access to it. You should be able to order the microfilm for Kelso to view at your local LDS Family History Centre. There is no surname index to it yet, either. Give it a go. The census entry should state the parish and county of birth, if born in Scotland.