Hi Jenny It wasn't compulsory to register children's births before 1855 in Scotland. Any birth/baptism records available through Scotlands people or the IGI are records from the Church of Scotland parishes churches. If Ebenezer was born/baptised into any other religion then there may be no records, lost or missing records or if you are lucky the will be in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS), you can check what archives are available at the following link. http://www.dswebhosting.info/NAS/dserve.exe?dsqApp=Site20&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Search.tcl with regard to census records 1841 census, St Marys Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Address - Trongate St Ebenezer Bradfoot, 40, Bookseller & Stationer , b. Scotland Grace Bradfoot , 35, ,b. Scotland Hugh Bradfoot , 15, ,b. Scotland John Bradfoot , 10, ,b. Lanarkshire Jean Geddes , 15, ,b. Scotland 1851 census, Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Address - 50 Eglinton St Head - Ebenezer Bradfute , 46, Bookseller , b. England Son - Hugh Bradfute , 23, Spirit Dealer ,b. Paisley, Renfrew Son - John Bradfute , 20, Spirit Dealer , b. Glasgow, lanarkshire Servant - Euphemia White , 23, Servant , b. Falkirk 1861 census, Govan, Glasgow Address - 108 Eglinton St Head - Ebenezer Broadfoot , 64, House Proprietor ,b. Newton Stewart, Wigtown Son - Hugh Broadfoot , 35, Cabinet Maker ,b. Paisley, Renfrew Son - John Broadfoot , 28, Cabinet Maker ,b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire From the IGI Ebenezer Broadfoot and Girzel Broadfoot married 12 Apr 1816 Middle Church Parish, Paisley, Renfrew (batch number M119612) ** Girzel is a varient of Grace** Children for Ebenezer and Grace in the IGI are ;- - William Broadfoot, Chnd. 16 Feb 1817, Middle Church, paisley (C119611) - Hugh Broadfoot, Chnd. 7 Mar 1819, Middle Church, Paisley (C119611) - Margaret Broadfoot, Chnd. 3 June 1821, Middle Church, Paisley (C119613) - Margaret Broadfoot, Born 29 July 1822, Glasgow (C119746) This is all i could find, hope at least some of it helps. Best of Luck, Deborah Robertson Jenny Humphrey <jenny.thymespast@virgin.net> wrote: Hi All listers My Name is Jenny and I am new to this list and would like help tracing my 3 times great grandfather Ebenezer Broadfoot born around 1797 in Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire, fathers name was William Broadfoot b.1751 New Cumnock, Ayrshire. Ebenezer's mothers name is possibly Nicholas McKinnal. I have no record as yet of any marriage between William Broadfoot and Nicholas McKinnal although they did have two children one in 1800 and 1805 I have found Ebenezer on the 1841 census in Glasgow, where it states that he was born in Newton Stewart, Ebenezer died in 1864 in Glasgow aged 73 years and it is recorded on his death certificate that he was a Land Surveyor, it also states that his parents were William Broadfoot and Nicholas McKinnal both deceased. I would like help to find his birth records, I have searched Scotland's Peoples OPR record on line and LDS records I have also searched some of the records at the Dumfries and Galloway FHS offices but have drawn a blank, any advice or help would be much appreciated. Jenny ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message