that Inverness-shire PR's are few and far between, long lost and iretreavable, and from what I can find on SP, it appears to be so....unless there are records yet to be posted? I can always hope, but not wildly...
what are the conditions of the Harris and Uist parish records? are they extant at all?
rumor has it....
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topaz
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rumor has it....
Arch.*McDonald*+Margt, son Al. Don.*McPhail* +Mary*McAskill*.Rbrt*Atkinson*+Mary*Aitken*,Rchd*Atkinson*+Ann*Airey*.Catherine*Scott* Azariah*Ross*+ Polly *Chittenden*. *Moore*?
Wm G(Greer?) *Denniston*+Jane C *Stewart*
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Hello Topaz,
According to “Memoranda of the State of the Parochial Registers of Scotland” published 1849. http://www.google.com.au/books?id=aCELAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89
HARRIS.—“It is only within the last few years that a parochial register of marriages and births has been regularly kept.”
ULST (North).—“No registers were kept till lately in this parish; and even now, the entries from the more remote districts of it are irregular.”
ULST (South).—There was not a parochial register kept of the births and marriages among the Protestant population, till within the last two years. Two-thirds of the population are Roman Catholics; and, without an Act of Parliament, it is impossible to keep a regular register of the whole population in a parish so circumstanced.”
Also see this GROS document http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/f ... 7to119.pdf
All the best,
Alan
According to “Memoranda of the State of the Parochial Registers of Scotland” published 1849. http://www.google.com.au/books?id=aCELAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89
HARRIS.—“It is only within the last few years that a parochial register of marriages and births has been regularly kept.”
ULST (North).—“No registers were kept till lately in this parish; and even now, the entries from the more remote districts of it are irregular.”
ULST (South).—There was not a parochial register kept of the births and marriages among the Protestant population, till within the last two years. Two-thirds of the population are Roman Catholics; and, without an Act of Parliament, it is impossible to keep a regular register of the whole population in a parish so circumstanced.”
Also see this GROS document http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/f ... 7to119.pdf
All the best,
Alan
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topaz
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many thanks!
many thanks for that, Alan,
it will help many of us avoid understand what's available and what we're faced with. however, I wonder if I can find a paper trail between Archibald and his ancestors, now.
regards!
it will help many of us avoid understand what's available and what we're faced with. however, I wonder if I can find a paper trail between Archibald and his ancestors, now.
regards!
Currie wrote:Hello Topaz,
According to “Memoranda of the State of the Parochial Registers of Scotland” published 1849. http://www.google.com.au/books?id=aCELAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89
HARRIS.—“It is only within the last few years that a parochial register of marriages and births has been regularly kept.”
ULST (North).—“No registers were kept till lately in this parish; and even now, the entries from the more remote districts of it are irregular.”
ULST (South).—There was not a parochial register kept of the births and marriages among the Protestant population, till within the last two years. Two-thirds of the population are Roman Catholics; and, without an Act of Parliament, it is impossible to keep a regular register of the whole population in a parish so circumstanced.”
Also see this GROS document http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files1/f ... 7to119.pdf
All the best,
Alan
Arch.*McDonald*+Margt, son Al. Don.*McPhail* +Mary*McAskill*.Rbrt*Atkinson*+Mary*Aitken*,Rchd*Atkinson*+Ann*Airey*.Catherine*Scott* Azariah*Ross*+ Polly *Chittenden*. *Moore*?
Wm G(Greer?) *Denniston*+Jane C *Stewart*
Wm G(Greer?) *Denniston*+Jane C *Stewart*