1783 location in birth document - need a hand

[Alan of Kaslo]

I found some confirmation on my great Aunt Jane's birth doc from 1786, Alexander Boyle's sister ... much easier to read.

[Alan of Kaslo]

If anyone has time or talent to track down the marriage of Alexander Boyle (Boil/Boill etc) and Elizabeth Galbraith (Calbreath/Calbraith etc) I would most grateful. I have exhausted myself momentarily from looking... It should be just before first child in 1779

Cheers and thanks,

Alan

[Neale1961]

Hi Alan, I could not find that marriage either - perhaps the records are missing.
I did however find an earlier child - Mary baptised in 1771

[Alan of Kaslo]

Thanks Neale. I go on to have a grandmother a generation down the kine named Mary Boyle... I had wondered if Alexander Boyle sr. and Elisabeth Galbraith possibly married outside Scotland , say England or Ireland. Record could be missing of course also.

[Neale1961]

I think it more probable that there are gaps in the parish records - I have the same problem with a number of my Ayrshire ancestors.
At least you know with Mary born 1771 the marriage was more likely to be around 1770, and so the birth of Alexander and Elizabeth probably in the 1740s.