This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10003.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Also - many events were recorded in parish registers for dissenters - Protestant or Roman Catholic or Jewish etc. The GROS OPR index is for the Old Parish Registers of the established Church of Scotland only. Many dissenting registers are not indexed or the indexes are difficult to access. An OPR index that includes these records would be a big improvement. However, some Churches may not permit you to include their records.