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 >

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 >