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Baptismal certificates.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Certificates which record the administration of the sacrament of baptism for an individual; where the custom is to baptize infants, baptismal certificates are often substituted for birth records that are unobtainable.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Legal documents of the Geddes and Stivenson families., 1808-1933.

 File
Identifier: MS.10604
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of birth and baptismal certificates of Alexander and Jessie Geddes, wills and other legal documents of John Stivenson, Geddes's grandfather, and Geddes's own wills and executory papers.

Dates: 1808-1933.

Miscellaneous papers relating to the Rennie family and to the firm of John and George Rennie., 1788-1915, 1928.

 File
Identifier: MS.19953
Scope and Contents

These papers include the birth certificates of John Rennie's children, typescript copies of some early family letters (photocopies of the originals are in MS.19966, folios 12-52), papers concerning the possible purchase of Phantassie, 1896, 1912, and a history of the firm of J and G Rennie from its foundation to its dissolution in 1862.

Dates: 1788-1915, 1928.

Miscellaneous scraps, including recipes, charades, baptismal certificates, booklists, and school exercises., [Circa 1750]-1908.

 File
Identifier: MS.13420
Scope and Contents

Iincludes a list of Indian material of the 1st Earl of Minto deposited in the Calcutta Record Office by the 4th Earl in 1908.

Dates: [Circa 1750]-1908.

Papers and correspondence of and concerning William Loch, his wife, and their family., 1805-1837, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19418
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Miscellaneous correspondence, 1805-1825, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Tradesmen's accounts sent to Elizabeth Loch, 1827, 1832-1833 (folio 38);

(iii) Baptismal certificates, memorials, etc., 1815-1837, undated (folio 57);

(iv) Journal of a tour in the Highlands by Mary E Loch, undated (folio 66);

(v) Miscellaneous notes, verses, etc., undated (folio 72).

Dates: 1805-1837, undated.

Papers concerning the lives and careers of members of the Paul family., 1792-1910.

 File
Identifier: MS.5146
Scope and Contents

The papers include personal documents such as marriage and baptismal certificates, and others marking important events in the careers of various Pauls, such as the elder Robert's indenture to a banking firm in 1804, and the younger Robert's semi-jubilee in 1895 as Free Church minister at Dollar.

Dates: 1792-1910.