Hi Forfarian, Many thanks for your wonderful reply and links. I will certainly contact Falkirk Council. There is quiet a story to John Smellie McKeich. All his children have listed there father as John Keith on all there death certs. So for the last 37 years we have searched high and low for a marriage of a John Keith to a Margaret Smith, always coming up empty handed. But my cousin found an Elizabeth Keith living near her brother Thomas in Glasgow and finally searched for her death and found she was Thomas's sister. We then searched for census for her which told us where she was born. So we only put her given name in the search field and up came her baptism in Abacorn West Lothian. It also told us her father was John Smellie McKeich and Margaret Smith, which enabled us to find here marriage in Edinburgh. Only goes to show never give up when faced with a brick wall. After 37 years of searching we are thrilled to have finally found John and his wife Margaret.
John pre deceased Margaret but again we have searched Scotlands People with every know spelling of McKeich,McKeith,Keich & Keith but no luck. But we will not give up, we are determined to find his burial and baptism info.
Once again many thanks for all your help, it is so wonderful to know that there are others out there willing to give a helping hand. Cheers Kim