Re: Scottish birth query

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:14:41 -0000, "phil" <philfam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

><Some of it's the session Minutes, some of it's at higher levels. In any
>case, it's all at NAS. A good read if you're interested in the whole
>parish - everything from expanding waistlines to who deserves improvements
>to his Manse.>
>
>Thanks Lesley, I can see I would definitely enjoy being side-tracked at
>NAS
>:-)
>
>On another track - would Kirk Session minutes help with the following do
>you
>think?
>
>I have a chap who marries in 1855 (Scotland) and states he was born - but
>not registered on....... Mother's name but no Father given on Marriage
>cert.
>His Mother never marries and lives alone and supports herself as I have
>her
>in all census from 1841 till her death in 1900.
>
>Would there be any mention likely of her (and the father?) in the Kirk
>session? Would this only happen if she was seeking support or would she be
>pulled in to "name and shame" regardless?
>
>This is the only venue I can think of to help me find his father but not
>sure if it's going to offer anything as the first connection (I know of)
>with a church is his marriage (the bride's Parish Church)
>
>What do you think?
>
"Born but not registered in...." IME mainly refers to Church of
Scotland records so it is possible that the mother wasn't CoS anyway
and the birth would not have come under natural scrutiny from the Kirk
Session. This should not stop you from checking the Session records if
you get the chance as baptism records are not always perfect and the
principal subject of the Kirk Session's interest could have been the
father if he was causing a local nuisance and the resultant mothers
and children (who could have been e.g. CoS, RC, Episcopalian,
Baptists, Free Kirk, Congregationalists, etc. depending on time and
place) were witnesses/evidence rather than the accused.
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