John Mcfarlane Wife Grizel Mercer Mcfarlane

[lrwalker46]

I am looking for any information in parishes in and near Perthshire. John Mcfarlane married Grizel Mercer 8, Dec. 1752 in Dull, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom and together they had at least two sons. Presumably, First son named George was b. in 1758 but passed as an infant. Second son, also named George was b. in 1760. I do not know the birth date or the death date of John Mcfarlane. Grizel is buried at Greyfriars Cemetery. b. 1735 and d. 17, Dec. 1798. I can't find any record of John being buried at Greyfriars. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

[Throth]

Dull parish OPRs for John McFarlane and Grizel (Grace) Mercer

marriage 8 Dec 1752 states that both were living at Grandtully

James b 7 Oct 1753 - family living at Nether Grandtully
Alexander b 13 Dec 1755 - family living at Nether Grandtully
Margaret b 11 Jan 1757 - family living at ....? of Grandtully
George b 23 Apr 1758 - family living at Laigh of Grandtully
(the name Donald has been crossed out and replaced by George)

George b 3 Feb 1760 in the IGI database but not obvious on the microfilm of the OPR
Use ScotlandsPeople web-site to find the entry quickly.

Hope this leads you to the correct area of Dull, which is a rather spread out parish, Throth

[lrwalker46]

Thank you so much for this information.
Very much appreciated. 

[lrwalker46]

Thank you again, one other question?  Do you know the name of the parish church I would contact to request Birth, Marriage, and death records?

[Throth]

In Scotland the parish churches do not hold the pre-1855 registers, they are kept in Edinburgh.

The easiest way is to use the web-site 'ScotlandsPeople' and pay a small fee for the documents that you wish to consult.

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Go to the 'Advanced Search' page and put in the surname, forename range of dates (e.g. 1740 to 1760), select 'Perth' which means Perthshire and the select Dull from the lower menu (your parish)

You will see the George McFarlane and an icon to pay 6 credits.

It should look something like this:


Surname   Forename   Parents/ Other Details   Age   Date   Parish Number   Ref   Parish   Image View

MCFARLANE, GEORGE        JOHN MCFARLANE/GRISIL MERCER    0   23/04/1758 346/20 213  Dull
. (6 credits)

MCFARLANE GEORGE     JOHN MCFARLANE/GRIZEL MERCER  0  03/02/1760  346/20 227  Dull
. (6 credits)

Alternatively you can pay a researcher to visit a library which holds the Mormon Church microfilms.