I agree Forfarian,
In some cases the record may never have existed or not been recorded, for whatever reason.
For example, pre-1855 Catholic records appear to be few and far between, but of course there were not too many Catholics in Scotland at that time:
.........The collapse of the Irish rebellion in 1798 sparked a large migration of Irish Catholics to southwestern Scotland, particularly to the Glasgow area. In 1800 Scotland had an estimated 30,000 Catholics; by 1827, the year three vicariates for the eastern, western, and northern districts were created, it had 70,000, of whom 25,000 lived in the Glasgow region. Another sharp increase would follow the Irish famine, and in 1851 Catholics totaled 145,860, or five percent, of the entire population of Scotland. By the late 1870s that figure had more than doubled.
Unfortunately Ireland doesn't have something like 'Scotlandspeople'.
I think the originator of this thread has Irish ancestry.
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