Catholic Hatches .....

Parish Records and other sources

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Davie
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Catholic Hatches .....

Post by Davie » Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:15 pm

The more I try to trace my family, and finding that there is no record of their births, anywhere in Scotland.
I have come to the conclusion that a lot of the ones I cannot find at the time I am looking at, would have been catholic, and would never have paid the money to register ther’ weans in a protestant parish kirk.
What are your thoughts on this?

Davie
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Post by Davie » Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:40 pm

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/dauvit ... pg&.src=ph

This irregularity in the Session Records is owing to the Roman Catholics refusing to pay the Dues of their Baptisms until they were prosecute before a Justice of Peace Court, which was done in the 5th of September, 1801 and a Decree obtained against them on the 12th of said month. Some other regularities with respect to late proceeding this were owing to the same cause."