Episcopal Church Records

[thommoje]

 Having spent 5/6 frustrating years trying to find other descendants of my GG Grandparents Archibald Beattie + Margaret Lindsay and their daughter Margaret Beattie 1815 ( my G Grandmother ) - Finally a breakthrough !!

 I have found many other members of this family about whom I knew nothing. Their names were not in the records on Scotland`s People. The reason :- they were baptised in the Episcopal ( Church of England ) Church prior to 1855.
  The church involved in my case was  ST ANDREWS BY THE GREEN , Glasgow. Another family member working from here in Australia was able to substantiate their existence because the family members he knew of came to Australia as " Bounty Immigrants " and a church record ( baptism / record from a Minister ) was pivotal to acceptance as an assisted immigrant.
   He discovered that these records were in the safe keeping of the Glasgow and West of Scotland  Society ( might not have that title exactly )and with the assistance of a very determined Scots lady in Glasgow - SHE WENT to ASK ABOUT THOSE RECORDS THREE TIMES AND WAS FINALLY GRANTED ACCESS , he was able to find some of the detail that had eluded us for so long.
  The records of which I speak were stored on the top floor of the building.
  I would hope they are now available or about to be so.
  If you are looking for Episcopal Church records pre 1855 - that could be a place to start.
                                                             Thommoje
 

[still_looking]

This seems odd as:

A) I've accessed a computer index of the St. Andrews by the Green records in the Mitchell Library and
B) they have the same records available on microfilm

Have I missed some other records?

S_L

[thommoje]

 Hi Still Looking,
                         It would be great if all birth/ baptismal records  that still exist were made available on Scotlands` People so they could be easily accessable to those of us who live on the other side of the world.
                         I wonder how many more such records exist. Popping in to the Mitchell Library to check is not an option , but I am pleased to hear that the records from St Andrews by the Green are now available there.
                                               Regards, Thommoje

[IMBER]

Strange, because the original baptism records for the 1780s for this church are held at the Mitchell.  I have used them there. Might be more accurate to describe the Scottish Episcopal Church as part of the Anglican Communion rather than Church Of England