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Re: Baptism of 7th child of Andrew Reid and Janet GIBB
« Reply #18 on: Sunday 06 June 21 10:07 BST (UK) »
I cannot see any Mary. 
Mary came up on Ancestry search but turned out to be margaret
Ancestry record doesnt show original but does give birth dates from SP. Baptism records

These are the children’s baptism on SP:
Margaret 09/11/1749. Born nov 5th
Janet 02/01/1752.   Christened same day
Isabel 31/05/1753. Born 29 may
James 06/04/1755.    Born 31 march
Elizabeth 21/11/1757 born 20th November
Jean 20/07/1760.     Born 6 July
Elizabeth 08/07/1762. Born 28th June

I think the children christened same or following  day  to birth may have died
 obviously for another child to be named Elizabeth
But nothing is coming up in my search for deaths on Ancestry or SP
Ive bought some credits found baptisms but must be using wrong parameters.for deaths

"*i ve added birth dates to neales quote
Didn't know how to do it in a different colour
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Re: Baptism of 7th child of Andrew Reid and Janet GIBB
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 06 June 21 10:26 BST (UK) »
Finding deaths prior to 1855 is rare. Especially for children the only thing you might find is a mort cloth payment by the father for a child (often unnamed) i.e. it might read something like "a child of John Grant".
Some parishes do list deaths, but most do not have records of deaths other than largely incomplete records of mort cloth payments.

Incidentally you can get back the old style search on SP - go to the "front page" and it shows up as before.
Howie (Riccarton Ayrshire)
McNeil/ McNeill (Argyll)
Main (Airdrie Lanarkshire)
Grant (Lanarkshire and Bo'ness)
More (Lanarkshire)
Ure (Polmont)
Colligan (Lanarkshire)
Drinnan (New Zealand)

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Re: Baptism of 7th child of Andrew Reid and Janet GIBB
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 06 June 21 10:29 BST (UK) »
This is well before registration, and records of burials in Scotland at this time are very scant.
I did already look for you, but found nothing.
Sometimes if you are lucky in a graveyard search, you can find a family grave stone with useful information.
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Baptism of 7th child of Andrew Reid and Janet GIBB
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 06 June 21 12:10 BST (UK) »
Thank you both
Albu these birth dates given on ancestry i presume are correct i looked at 3 original Baptisms  and its written on the record .

Thanks for looking for deaths . Neale
Its very useful that SP. Numbers the children
Ive been looking at Elizabeth REID s children with Robert LETHAM & have seen child 12 a distant  relative.who made original tree said she had 15 children .!
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Re: Baptism of 7th child of Andrew Reid and Janet GIBB
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 06 June 21 14:58 BST (UK) »
     On the original OPR Birth Entry - ScotlandsPeople, forename Margaret is written as Marg followed by a small, high letter 't' with a full stop underneath to show it's an abbreviation. Perhaps someone has transcribed Marg as Mary, not noticing or understanding the small 't' above the dot. To be fair, there is a small space between Marg and the full stop and the letter 't' looks like a scribble.
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Re: Baptism of 7th child of Andrew Reid and Janet GIBB
« Reply #23 on: Sunday 06 June 21 18:24 BST (UK) »
Albu thanks i have managed to get back to SP front page

& My first find was a death !
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