Greetin’s aw
While tidyin’ up some o’ ma family records frae the parish o’ Kilmonivaig, came across this wee interesting bit oan Baptisms in 1801
As far as I can make oot, the OPR reads like:
“This irregularity in the Session Records is owing to the Roman Catholics refusing to pay the dues of their Baptisms before they were prosecute before a Justice of Peace Court, which was done in the 5th of September, 1801 and a Decree obtained against them on the 12th of said month. Some other regularities with respect to late readings this were owing to the same cause”
I have never seen oanthin’ like this before
Any help would be appreciated.
Davie
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Hi Davie,
I've never seen anything of the like of the text you quote above, but it is accepted that the vast majority of the information in the OPRs is of the events that took place in (Established) Church of Scotland families.
The Parochial Registers, that became the Old Parochial Registers (OPRs) were supposed to record all such events in the parish regardless of which church the people were connected to. In some time periods, there were charges to have an entry made in the registers, but some people (of any church) were unable to pay, or it may also be those of other churches who could have paid were not willing to pay money into a church other than their own to have their events recorded.
The non-registering of events became more prolific in the 1840s when the Established Church was in turmoil. In 1843 there was "The Disruption" when a large group broke away from the Established Church and formed the Free Church of Scotland. At that time, you can guess that the people who had broken away from the Established Church were even less likely to have their events registered there.
All the best,
AndrewP
I've never seen anything of the like of the text you quote above, but it is accepted that the vast majority of the information in the OPRs is of the events that took place in (Established) Church of Scotland families.
The Parochial Registers, that became the Old Parochial Registers (OPRs) were supposed to record all such events in the parish regardless of which church the people were connected to. In some time periods, there were charges to have an entry made in the registers, but some people (of any church) were unable to pay, or it may also be those of other churches who could have paid were not willing to pay money into a church other than their own to have their events recorded.
The non-registering of events became more prolific in the 1840s when the Established Church was in turmoil. In 1843 there was "The Disruption" when a large group broke away from the Established Church and formed the Free Church of Scotland. At that time, you can guess that the people who had broken away from the Established Church were even less likely to have their events registered there.
All the best,
AndrewP
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Thanks Andrew
I put the record in the Gallery, just in case anyone wanted a look.
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-698
It is certainly different from anything I've come across.
I know too well about the Disruption and the split it created, not just between the Kirks, but between families.
Davie
<image URL added, LesleyB>
I put the record in the Gallery, just in case anyone wanted a look.
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-698
It is certainly different from anything I've come across.
I know too well about the Disruption and the split it created, not just between the Kirks, but between families.
Davie
<image URL added, LesleyB>