« Reply #17 on: Friday 01 November 19 01:04 GMT (UK) »
"However, there is a late November 1798 birth/baptism in Fordoun, where only her father James is shown on the actual baptism record. Before clicking on buy/view, the parents' names are listed: James Duncan and Jean Brand" "Are you saying that they have indexed a baptism with a mother's name, but no such name appears on the original record? Have you asked SP what is going on there?
Debra "
"They said that assuming I have the same Elizabeth Duncan for both records, then the only possibility is that the informant made some sort of mistake regarding the mother."This doesn't answer the question of whether Jean Brand is named as mother on the
image of the baptism of Elizabeth in 1798?
Can you quote exactly what's written on that baptism please including witnesses?
Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie
Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)
Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling
Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon
Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee
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