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Marraige of gt gt grandparents Benbecula/Harris
« on: Wednesday 18 June 08 12:25 BST (UK) »

Good afternoon to you all,

I wonder if I may ask for some guidance...

I have recently obtained a birth certificate for my gt grandmother, Mary Bell Macdonald, born 1866 Benebecula, on ScotlandsPeople. Smiley What's more, it also gave me some further info on her own parents marriage,  Angus Macdonald and Mary Macrae, and shows them married in Borve, Harris on 14th Dec 1854.

Knowing the date/place of marriage, I then tried searching for their marriage cert on Scotspeople, but without success.  So I tried the IGI site and lo and behold they are recorded on there as married on 12th Dec 1854 (different date!) and in Benbecula, not Harris. Loaded with this info, I then went back onto the Scotspeople site and searched under the new date but again without success.

I've read on here that the IGI may not be 100% accurate,  but could anyone suggest how I could determine if the marriage was Benbecula or Harris.

Best wishes
McVitie




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Re: Marraige of gt gt grandparents Benbecula/Harris
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 13:00 BST (UK) »
Hello McVitie,

Possibly because they were Catholics or of a denomination other than COS?

From SP "The Old Parish Registers (OPRs) comprise the records of births and/or baptisms, proclamations of banns and/or marriages and deaths and/or burials kept by individual parishes of the Established Church (Church of Scotland) before the introduction of civil registration in 1855. The parish minister or the session clerk usually assumed responsibility for record keeping, but since there was no standard format employed, information may be sparse, unreliable and difficult to read. The oldest register dates from 1553, but many did not commence until much later, some have been lost or destroyed and the condition of the surviving ones is variable. Many people did not bother to register events at all and many non-conformists chose to have an event registered in their own church.

Deaths/burials were recorded sparsely and sporadically in the OPRs, if at all, and then usually when there was a fee involved for the hiring of the mortcloth or pall to be draped over the coffin. There are currently no national indexes for OPR deaths/burials. See Extant OPRs to find out whether death/burial registers exist for the parish in which you are interested".

I've McDonalds in my mothers line and have the same problem.  Check with the GROS website for info on trying to find other denominations records...

Regards,   Steve :O)
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McDonald originating in Aberlour.  Smith (Aberdeenshire/Aberdeen), Esslemont, Christie, Robbie; Scott (in Aberdour).   Crosbie and Willison.  Roxburgh:  Lawrie, Thomson, Paxton, Peacock, Amos, Robson
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Re: Marraige of gt gt grandparents Benbecula/Harris
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 18 June 08 13:17 BST (UK) »
Steve

Many thanks for your detailed response - I never considered their religious background, and wasn't aware that the SP OPRs were specific to 'COS' dominations - I've learned something new already!

I know that Angus Macdonald was originally from Kilmuir, Skye as he was a witness in the Napier Hearings in 1880s, at Torlum, Benbecula and he actually says he was born on 'Major Frasers Kilmuir estates'. I wonder what the north Skye religion would have mainly been - I'll try 'googling' and see what I can unearth.

I will definitely check with the GROS site as you kindly suggest - thanks for all your help suggestions.

Kind regards
McVitie
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