OPR double page entries

[burnbanks]

Some OPR birth entries (eg Closeburn in the 1830s) have a page with the father's name and a separate page containing the place of birth and the mother's name. How do you access the mother's page? Does clicking View Page After get you there or does that simply give you the next father's page?

[LesleyB]

Hi Burnbanks
That is an interesting question and I was not aware that some OPRs were arranged in that way - added headaches for you...

I'm not sure about the View Page After. Normally what that should do is literally give you the page after in the record, so that if the page with the mother's details usually follows the page with the father's details then that should be what happens on SP. However, there may be only one way to find out and try it! If no joy, then perhaps a contact form to SP would be the way to go.

Best wishes
Lesley

[JustJean]

Some OPR birth entries (eg Closeburn in the 1830s) have a page with the father's name and a separate page containing the place of birth and the mother's name. How do you access the mother's page? Does clicking View Page After get you there or does that simply give you the next father's page?

Hi burnbanks

Yes clicking the page after will provide you with the other half of the christening entry where mother's name, address, and christening date will appear. This is one of those exceptions to the rule due to the manner in which the original register was maintained. I've seen a single case of an OPR marriage requiring more than 5 credits due to the sheer length of the entry that ran on to an additional page but had never yet seen Closeburn baptisms. It's interesting to note that the registrar also kept separate columns for male and female birth names! His natural desire for sorting the sexes must have overridden his frugality with the ledger paper!

Best wishes
Jean