Hi Monta, I understand the parish/district numbers, but I have it in my head someone once told me that you could tell approx what month that record was entered. I remember having a list off the index and him telling me it was a waste of time looking for a May birth in several of them. Am I dreaming! My grandfather I fear led a shady life, and I have not been able to get his birth cert, so I have sort of pieced his life together from various avenues. I recently aquired a photo of him taken during his service with the Black Watch aged 16, and this has renewed my curiosity! Kind regards Ann -------Original Message------- From: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Date: 02/10/06 03:02:53 To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] RE: GROS Can you give an example of the number you are looking at and what kind of record it is? The first part of the number is the parish number. Each and every parish in Scotland is assigned a number. For example Kildalton is 541 or 0541. In a census record the next number is usually the enumeration district and the last number is the page. For example 541/003/02 would be Kildalton / enumeration district 3 / Page 3 Usually the very last numbers in births, marriages and deaths are the entry numbers for that parish or district for that year. for example 063 would be entry #63 for that particular year. Perhaps I am thinking of a different part of the number. Monta Salmon -----Original Message----- From: ann [mailto:aqtu56@dsl.pipex.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 6:05 PM To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: GROS Just using the Scotlands People site and wondered if any of you good people would know if you can determin the actual quarter the record is in by the four figure number at the end of the reference. Ann ______________________________ ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MAILING LIST - HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE - HOW TO CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, ETC, ETC...: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/maillist.htm