Moira, It is possible that the christening was not recorded, or the volume it was written in is lost (fire or damp). I don't know if the Scotlandspeople index has other than Church of Scotland entries, like the IGI. Have had no luck with locating anything on Euphemia Currie, who married James Beith about 1804. She died before Statutory registration, so no death info or census entries. The only reason I have a birth date for my ggg-grandfather, Douglas Hunter, is it was recorded in the family Bible that has survived. He was born on 27 Feb 1828. His birth/christening can not be found in the IGI, Scotlandspeople and I have checked with the GRO. Only reference to his father was his marriage entry, to his first wife. He listed his father as G. D. Hunter, seaman. So, very possible his parents were not married. But he doesn't give his father's name on his next two marriages nor is it given in his death entry. We have the same problem with Douglas' maternal grandfather, Robert Hunter, no birth or christening date, no parents, no clue where he was from. All we can say about him is that we know he died prior to the 1841 census. We do have the marriage entry for Robert Hunter to Isabella Ross, but Greenock was not recording even the name of the grooms father in 1805. There are just some people that will remain surrounded by brickwalls. Can only suggest checking with the National Archives for Scotland to see if they my have non-Church of Scotland OPR's for Paisley. Julie Dufault Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA