Thanks for that info. I'll keep it in mind for future searches Regards Rod ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Peasnell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 5:45 AM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 56 > Hello Rod, > > I have found that marriage information is usually included on the birth > entry for the earlier children. I am not sure whether IGI includes that on > there site. > > Kind regards > > Jan Peasnell/Sydney > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "roderick" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:19 PM > Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 56 > > >> Were these marriages performed by the local minister? >> Rod McPherson >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brian Maye" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 8:28 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 1, Issue 56 >> >> >>> Nigel Boundy says >>> >>>>I have found 4 births in Torosay on IGI between >>>>1799-1810. But I cannot find a marriage or what >>>>happened to the parents or children? >>> >>> >>> There were many Scottish marriages which do not appear in the >>> official church registers because I believe that the custom was >>> (until about 1926 from memory) to marry at the house of a relative or >>> friend in the community. This was legal and official and subsequent >>> children often appear in the church registers. The impression can be >>> that there were rather a lot more births out of wedlock than actually >>> was the case. >>> >>> Anne Maye >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >