Not at all unusual or impossible, - could be that they plain forgot; or they didn't like the minister in 1826 and were attending a secession church; or the session clerk in 1826 wisnae verra guid at his job.............. and many more I'm sure you can think of..................Rab wrote:The OPR images would be a nice addition. It would also be good to know how up to date the OPR indexes are and how much is yet to be indexed, if any. For example I have a family where the births found in the birth indexes are very patchy. Whether that is down to the family registering or not I can't be certain but I have my doubts that the family would register their marriage in 1822, register a birth in 1824, not register a birth in 1826, register a birth in 1828, etc.
Most ministers and session clerks did not make entries direct in the register, - paper was very valuable back then, - instead, every so often they collected their rough notes and transcribed the info into the OPR. If that interval was weeks or months then it's inevitable that errors crept in, - leading to the classic from one register from Stair or Mauchline parish - Barskimming straddles the boundary -Rab wrote:Mistakes in the indexes could account for it to right enough. I have one birth where the father was wrongly named in the index but the entry was correct. I also have a marriage where the surname of the female was wrong and only the luck of finding one of their children's birth certificates found me to the mistake in the indexes.
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George Something lawful son to What-ye-call-him in Mains of Barskimming was baptized April 9th 1704 -------
David
