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Does anyone know if there were OPR records that aren't on Scotlandspeople or the IGI for Peeblesshire prior to 1800?

there are LOTS of OPR records that are misnamed or totally missing on scotlandspeoples search results, there are also gaps in some OPRs for several years at a time, some people just weren't registered, or sometimes registered up to 10 years after the birth. Even in the 1840s illigitimate births were sometimes not registered, but may appear in other church records.

As these places were fairly remote in the 1700s

Its still surprising to me how far people managed to travel back then. The local minister at Traquair would travel on a regular basis to Dalkeith and Edinburgh in the 1720s to suitor women after his wife died - which wouldn't have helped his debt problem, people would go 20 miles on a round trip to attend church each Sunday. Different times.

I did find a record on Scotlandspeople of a Margaret Bryce who died in Peebles 1633 but the record was unreadable. 

if you can scan and post in on here I'm sure some knowledgeable person could try.

The Veitch name is also found in places such as Traquair in Peeblesshire.