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Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

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Database: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Collection id: 1771030
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FamilySearch index of Scottish Old Parochial Register baptisms (pre-1855). Entries name the child, christening date and parish and usually both parents. The indexed "Birth Date" values are unreliable (some post-date the christening, some are junk like "11"); cite the christening.

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Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 entry for Helen McLea, 1840 Secondary

Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 · FamilySearch · 1771030

For John McLeay & Janet Mair

Helen McLea, bapt. 24 Mar 1840, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland — father John McLea, mother Janet Mair

Cited on the family per ground rules §8 for union_no_marriage_evidence: this christening record names both John McLea and Janet Mair as parents, proving the union but not the marriage itself. No marriage record located after two chrome rounds; unionType left 'married' unchanged.