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[brigidmac]

Its taking me a long time to do these searches

I was disapointed that the 1816 
& 1820 marriages did not give parents .

The birth records at l told me if the mother was unmarried
& which region each parent was from tho i couldnt read many .

Im moving on to deaths now
But will read the link oldfashioned girl suggests for optimising
Searches .

So far im the only one commentimg on my post specific to names . Maybe i should have posted on dumfries board for help with localities but my descendant moved to England before 1851 & i believe 1  half sibling went to edinburgh but may have returned to Kirkpatrick to die or be buried

Im much better at underdtanding DNA connections thsn searching records

[brigidmac]

Mcka the marriage was not in my saved images so i guess i just saw it on the list

& didnt save the list

Doh !
I. Had a quick  look at 1851 census to see if i could find a farmer with right name &  age to be father of my ancestor who was 10 in 1841

 have found 1 aged 41 who would have been married with children of his own when my ancestor was born .

[Douglas P]

If it helps, FamilySearch have transcribed most Scottish bmd's from 1855-1875, 1881 & 1891

www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/5000163

[brigidmac]

Thanks Douglas

I usually do my searches on ancestry but its always useful  to know other places to search

& maybe Family Search will be better  for some deaths after 1855.

 Most of my current search is pre 1855

One person on.a tree had a reference from a list which included court cases . I opened it followed the ref. To a person of interest & stupidly didnt get a copy of the link .