ScotlandsPeople vs Parish registers
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dollard
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ScotlandsPeople vs Parish registers
At my local LDS church I recently ordered in the microfilm for the Parish registers for Hawick, Roxboroughshire. I was looking for a HELEM/LINTON marriage. After paying and waiting a month for the film to come in and then spending about 8 hours going through it I found nothing. Then I retried ScotlandsPeople and by using the spelling HELM I found the marriage in a few minutes in the adjacent parish of Roberton. Now I'm thinking of ordering in the LDS microfilm for the Parish of Roberton to look for the earlier baptisms of the subjects in the marriage. The problem is there are 2 or 3 films for Roberton and they could also be in the nearby parish of Wilton-another 2 films. It is discouraging to think of going through all those microfilms. I wonder if I should just stick to using ScotlandsPeople? What would I miss by not going through the Parish registers? It may even be cheaper using SP-it would certainly be faster.
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Pandabean
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I guess what you would miss out on is the getting the feel for the names that are in the parish at that time and it is also useful for example if your scrolling through and you find a name that catches your eye. It might be a relation, and it is worth noting.
Another way you could do it is if you have several films to look through is to get the film numbers off of ScotlandsPeople (1 credit for each search). I am not sure if they will get to the right page, hopefully someone can correct me on that.
Using SP is definately quicker but can be a burden on the bank cards especially if you have 4 creds left and want to view a search.
Another way you could do it is if you have several films to look through is to get the film numbers off of ScotlandsPeople (1 credit for each search). I am not sure if they will get to the right page, hopefully someone can correct me on that.
Using SP is definately quicker but can be a burden on the bank cards especially if you have 4 creds left and want to view a search.
Andy
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AndrewP
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The online IGI (free of charge) is always a good starting point for OPR material.
On that you find George Helm and Helen Linton marring in Roberton on 15-Jan-1836. I take it that this is the couple you are researching. But trying a parent search there doesn't find any children to the couple. It is possible that there were some children who were recorded in the OPRs and indexed in the IGI for some reason. If so, they should appear on ScotlandsPeople. But I suspect it more likely means that either these were no children, or that there were children who were not baptised, or they were baptised and the record does not survive. Or they had children who were born outwith Scotland.
All the best,
AndrewP
On that you find George Helm and Helen Linton marring in Roberton on 15-Jan-1836. I take it that this is the couple you are researching. But trying a parent search there doesn't find any children to the couple. It is possible that there were some children who were recorded in the OPRs and indexed in the IGI for some reason. If so, they should appear on ScotlandsPeople. But I suspect it more likely means that either these were no children, or that there were children who were not baptised, or they were baptised and the record does not survive. Or they had children who were born outwith Scotland.
All the best,
AndrewP