Hello Marg, I have noticed that some entries in the Parish books have been missed by the persons who did the extractions but not because they were "natural born" or "legally born" in marriage. I have done a lot of research of Scottish records as my Dempster family came to America in 1841. The Dempster's were in Kirkcudbrightshire very early and went to Straiton in Ayrshire after that and finally to Dalrymple in Ayrshire. I have Templeton's, Muir's and others. I have found records that were not in the index but were in the Parish books of both natural & legally born children. Marjorie in USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Nixon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: June 06, 2001 6:22 PM Subject: On the OPR not recorded by LDS > Hello > Having searched the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Scottish Births & Marriage > records on Computer Index & IGI for my SKENE family from Kirkcudbright. > I know there are gaps in the Parish records, I knew of 2 children born > in the same parish around the same year, only 1 appeared in the LDS > records and the same thing years later. I decided to order in the 'Old > Parish Records'(OPR) on Film from my local LDS history centre. > What I found were the births listed on the OPR, and not on computer > Index & IGI. The conclusion I came too, after doing some extra double > checking was, a Natural or illegitimate childs Birth & Baptism was > registered/recorded in the Parish, but!!! not recorded by LDS. > I found the 2 missing links, 1.'Natural Child of'..... 1.'illegitimate > child of'....... > Has any one else experienced this??? > > Marg > > Australia. > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >