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I have been on this website and found the person i am looking for ...gives me details but says no image...i know this sounds like a am a muppet but does this mean no image on line and you have to order the image or no image full stop....the birth is1828 if that makes a difference...thanks in advance Donna

Hi Donna , this is what it says on Scotland's People Old Parish Registers IMAGES Images of OPR’s are not yet available on this site. Due to their physical layout, the task of linking images to the correct indexes is proving problematic. Progress updates will be posted in Availability. However, you can order an extract of the relevant entry. See Extract Orders Extracts will usually be a facsimile image of the register entry on extract stationery. A transcript of the entry will also be issued if the filmed image is unreadable or otherwise illegible. Please note that in many cases the entry will contain little information over and above that contained in the index entry. See Extracts for information on what you might expect to find on an extract from the OPR records As it says, there's usually not much more info on the actual image from what you probably already got. Hope that helps Christine

Hi Christine Thank you for responding....i was hoping it would give info on parents birth place or their marriage date as on the more upto date ones oh well back to the drawing board and thanks again. Donna

if the person you found dies after 1855 you will get a record of death will give parents names including mother's maiden name also if the person was married it will give the spouses names

Hi Val On the death cert i have mother and father but could they be wrong....as i can find no marriage for these two....i dont know if mothers maiden name is correct...the son of Robert Reid signed the death cert so did he give the info on his grandparents....or could it of been mispelt. Sorry keep banging my head against a brick wall and trying to find other possibilities...Thank you for responding Donna

You're right, the parents' names on the death cert can certainly be wrong as it depends on whether the informant knew the names! For example, one of my rellies' death certs says her father was James Ferrier, but he was definitely Alexander Ferrier (James was her uncle), and the informant was described as her 'nephew' (actually the husband of her great-niece, so not expected to have very good knowledge of her family tree!) Kate.

Donna I sent for a marriage certificate for 1830 because there was no Image on Scotlands people and all it said was the bride & grooms names, of this parish and the date of the marriage. I am not sure if the births hold any more info because on some old parish records only the father was named. If you post some name's we may be able to help. Georgina.

Hi Kate and Georgina At least i now know im not going mad and that the name of mother could be wrong....the only info i have was on the death cert for Robert Reid born about 1829 Paisley Renfrew....father John Reid Occupation Thatcher mother Mary Armour... but i have no place or ages for these two....and am i right in assuming a thatcher is a roof maker....thanks once again Donna

Hi Donna, yes a Thatcher is a roof maker. What date did Robert die? There is this entry on the IGI which could be him.... ROBERT REID Male Event(s): Birth: 18 JUN 1830 High Church, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland Christening: Death: Burial: Parents: Father: JOHN REID Mother: MARY MELVILL Georgina.

Hi Georgina Robert died in 1899 April 15th in Western Infirmary Scotland informant was his 2nd son William Reid.They lived at 10 Kelvinside Ave Glasgow....he died in an accident at work...and there was a public enquiry...and going by his age id say both of his parents (Roberts) would have died a while before....is this enough Georgina...i have Robert going back to 1861 with his wife and family but no trace of his parents...thanks in advance Donna

Donna I dont know if this is the family in 1841, all the names fit but John occupation is different. Piece: SCT1841/573 Place: Paisley-Renfrewshire Enumeration District: 1 Civil Parish: Paisley Low Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: - Folio: 54 Page: 18 Address: Stevenson St REID John M 50 Cotton Hand Loom Weaver Renfrewshire REID Mary F 45 Renfrewshire REID Margret F 20 Renfrewshire REID David M 17 Agricultural Labourer Renfrewshire REID James M 15 Agricultural Labourer Renfrewshire REID Marion F 13 Renfrewshire REID Robert M 11 Renfrewshire REID Jean F 9 Renfrewshire REID Elizabeth F 4 Renfrewshire Georgina.

Hi Georgina That could well be them thank you so much...thought my head would explode...i really appreciate this i know the occupation is different but he could of done that job before the weaving....thanks once again Georgina your a star.Donna

Donna if you think this could be your family then the mother was Mary Melvil/Melvill because I have checked their births on the IGI. Georgina.

Hi Georgina I had seen that entry on IGI and thought could it of been melville i am just hoping that it is right , will do some investigating thank you so much Georgina. Donna

Hi Donna yes sometimes the spelling could be wrong or like my gr grans marriage certificate her mother was down as Russell as maiden name couldn't find marriage for Russell so I looked for her death totally different maiden name but parents names not there only last names but I worked it out by her age when died but they sometimes added an A where they shouldn't but I figured it out by her age and father's name and if the mothers name nearly right added an A there as well but yes there was a marriage for the maiden name on death. I found all her kids marriages after that and Russell was all of them except the last child to marry when I discovered her half sister turned up in Glasgow right beside where she lived

Hi Val Thanks for your input...i am learning more often than not that you cannot trust anything written down....and that back then family did not know as much as you would think about their own family...but i suppose that depends on how close knit a family is or how big ,so you lose track...Donna

You could always go to a Latter Day Saints Church and request the microfilm of those Old Parish records, and look up the 'original' yourself from the film, if you have the time. There's a small hire charge to pay for postage of the correct film. Sometimes a birth notice will state who the child was named after, and the profession of the respective fathers-in-law will be on a marriage notice. And sometimes nothing new will be there!