mariage look up

[kimberlynn]

trying to find finlay mclean  and margaret mcdonalds marriage  i think in lochs  ross & cromarty, they had a son donald in 1815 - i cannot find a marriage  can anyone help? with thanks.

[CaroleW]

Did you get the parents names from Donalds death cert?

[JustLooking]

Hi

For anyone who might be helping, this is the previous thread:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,514472.0.html

I did  have a quick check on marriages then but didn't see any. Not all marriages are recorded before 1855.


JL

[eilthireach]

You will not find any such marriage. Records (Old Parochial Registers) did not begin in that parish until 1831 and even then they were not complete.

[kimberlynn]

thank you for the replies,  (and JL.)  if there are no records i suppose i can only go by census,s then?  not sure what to do otherwise.

[JustLooking]

You wont find a marriage but it might be worth listing their children in date order. This will give you a rough idea of when they married.

If you are wanting to go further back, then the names might help identify their parents names. The Scots often used a traditional naming convention -

1st son - after husband's father
2nd son - after wife's father
3rd son after husband

1st daughter - after wife's mother
2nd daughter - after husband's father
3rd daughter - after wife

other sons and daughters - after siblings


JL

[kimberlynn]

hi! i will give that a go J L , thanks again! kim x