Hi Colin Scottish death certificates normally give you the names of the parents of the deceased ...provided the informant knows them...so it would be worth your while paying for the image of Edward senior's death cert. The extract and the image provided by Scotlandspeople are the same thing as far as you are concerned ...the extract is the image made legal for legal purposes. Many births/baptisms are missing from the OPRs so you cannot assume that just because the name and rough date fit that you've got the right person ....much safer to get the death cert and be fairly sure. Irene

Hi Irene, Many thanks for taking the time to answer my query. You have confirmed what I suspected, so I will go back to Scotlands People and pay for the extract and see if what I suspect is correct. Again my thanks! Colin. ----- Original Message ----- From: Irene Macleod To: sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Edward GRAY & Margaret BROADFOOT Hi Colin Scottish death certificates normally give you the names of the parents of the deceased ...provided the informant knows them...so it would be worth your while paying for the image of Edward senior's death cert. The extract and the image provided by Scotlandspeople are the same thing as far as you are concerned ...the extract is the image made legal for legal purposes. Many births/baptisms are missing from the OPRs so you cannot assume that just because the name and rough date fit that you've got the right person ....much safer to get the death cert and be fairly sure. Irene ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message