You seem to be making some huge assumptions here, the main one being that any birth or christening will be on the OPR somewhere. The simple explanation is the George gave his correct age and birthplace but towards the end of his life when this information was being given by other people, they assumed he was born in Leith and thought he was older than he was. When people are as specific and consistent as he was, right down to the name of a farm, the information tends to be reliable, although you have to allow for people moving to a new home when very small. The OPRs for Haddington are listed as complete for that date range but that doesn't mean there aren't the odd gaps. There are many other reasons why he could have been missed out, ranging from the family getting involved with another church, to a mistranscription. It would be interesting to know the full information for his marriage and death records, and the details of the baptisms of his siblings. You could also check the published MIs for Durness and any available records for Daviot. Judy On 18 Oct 2008, at 04:14, Carolyn Prellwitz wrote: > Now back to George JACK, junior - If he was not born in Daviot, > Aberdeen, > the other prospect could be "that he was in fact "William Graham > Jack" and > went by the name "George" as his ages on the various documents show > his > birth date to being quite close to that for William Graham JACK