This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROSS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10070 Message Board Post: Hello all, I know in England from 1754 to 1837 that it was illegal for persons (other than Jews and Quakers) to marry outside of the established (Anglican) church. Were there similar laws for Scotland esp. in the 1700s, regarding marriages and/or christenings? TIA! Cap'n John