Hi, There can be quite a variation on OPR baptisms given the clerk in charge. You can get parish records where the writing is beautiful and the information exact on the other hand try the New Monkland registers about 1830. There were so many people flooding into the area that the parish register became a mere accounts book and the writing was terrible. My ancestors were merely recorded as paying to be married in May of 1830. No parents, no witnesses, no nothing. Cheers, Elizabeth Alyson Kelman wrote: > > Hello, Everyone. > > I'm a little surprised at the pessimism of recent comments on pre-155 > birth/baptismal records. > > At the very least, OPR Baptisms give the father's name, location, and the > names of at least two witnesses. > > If you are very lucky, they give both parents' names, their location, > father's occupation, a date of birth as well as baptism, and a string of > witnesses, with their locations and even relationships to the > child/parents. > > In between these two extremes, there are many, many entries which yield > potentially useful information. > > Unless you look, you will never know how helpful OPR Baptisms can be. > Please, don't disregard them. It is not very wise to try to reconstruct a > family from indexes alone. They are only a guide to primary sources. > > Regards, > > Alyson > > ==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > For Scotland history..... > http://members.aol.com/Skyelander/timeline.html > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi