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From: "Kathryn" <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-KKD] Parton Parish Registers
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:27:20 +1000
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Dear Erica,

Do you know why the registers are so minimal? Was there a fire or a flood or
something that destroyed them? Or were they never 'sent in' or whatever is
done with parish registers? Sorry for such ignorance, but I am curious, just
grateful it is forty years and not more.

Kathryn

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Erica Johnson" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:38 AM
Subject: Re: [SCT-KKD] While we're on the subject of Wilson's...


> There are huge gaps in some of the Parish Registers in Kirkcudbrightshire.
>
> No marriage registers exist for Parton Parish between 1784 to 1832, so if
> they married in Parton you will probably never find a marriage. Registers
> exist for Balmaclellan and Kells for that time, but most Parish registers
> for Kirkcudbrightshire are very patchy and do not contain every baptism,
> marriage or burial that took place, loads were never recorded in the
> registers.
> If the entry says their children were "Lawful" then they will have been
> married.
>
> Erica



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