Have been busy lately and only lurking, but have to put in my two bob's worth. Getting these certificates can be useful but may be a disappointment, whether before 1855 or after. There are many errors, (I agree with the lister who suspected a wee dram on the way to the registry was correct) as well as the usual transcription problems with dialects being heard by someone other than a native speaker. I also suspect that there were speech impediments that we remedy these days. Examples I have found from OPRs are that on a page that gives scant name and parish one entry will suddenly note 'baptised in the manse', or an address other than the church, or a time of day for a ceremony, or an occupation when other entries do not state these. Another gives the time of day for a christening and the date of the parents' marriage as an extra footnote, and occupation at the time. Anne Maye