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There is also the possibility of finding further details in the minutes of the kirk session or the accounts, especially if a child was known to be expected before the marriage or was born too soon afterwards. These minutes are free to read.

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The kirk required you to marry within forty days of officially intimating your intention to do so.

If the parties came from two separate parishes, a record would be made in both places. If you see this in the index, you should always look at each entry as one might contain extra information.

It is also worth looking at the minutes of the kirk session to see if there is any reference to the marriage there.

It is very variable. There are detailed 17th century burial records for some parishes. Mortcloth payments tend to be in the accounts, although sometimes no charge was made for its use and sometimes, instead of naming individuals, a total sum taken in for it in any particular month is given.

If the deceased was in receipt of a regular payment as one of the poor of the parish, there might be  reference to the payment for a coffin for them, or reference to the maintenance of any young children. No longer being on the poor roll might indicate that a person had died. Again, if there are records of annual seat rents, the disappearance of the person from the list might be an indication that they had died.