Carolyn, With respect I did not say that no parishes kept records, just that most were very bad at it. A lot of this was due to the constant differences between the Scots and English and the reluctance of the former to recognise what they saw as "English Laws" including Ecclesiastical Law.
Jedburgh has a long history, it was first recorded as a parish around 854 and Jedburgh Abbey was founded in 1147. Your date of 1600 is significant as King James the IV of Scotland acceded to the throne of England & Wales in 1603 (becoming James I of Great Britain), even though the Act of Union was not until 1707. This did not resolve the problems of record keeping, but there was some improvement. To get this back on topic, if you are into Scottish research, you could make a time-line of the country's history for inclusion in your reports! Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: carogene To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: 09 July 2010 04:41 Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Family Search Mapping Not so in some cases, I have found excellent records for the parish of Jedburgh dating back to the 1600's. It does pay to look at the film catalogue at Family Search to see if your parish has been filmed. Carolyn Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
