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Thank you so much for the help - I will contact Stirling Council Archives Services
Thanks again !

A search of the National Archives of Scotland online catalogue produced these result that may be of interest to you.

Reference Title Date
CH2 Records of Church of Scotland synods, presbyteries and kirk sessions 1569-2006

Country code GB
Repository code 224
Repository Stirling Council Archives Services
Reference CH2/942
Title Records of Alloa & Tullibody Kirk Session, St Mungo's
Dates 1609-1982
Access status Not held
Access conditions This record group is not in the NAS. It is held in Stirling Council Archives Services.

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Reference Title Date
CH3 Records of Free, United Presbyterian (UP), United Free (UF) and Other Protestant Churches 1725-1891

Country code GB
Repository code 224
Repository Stirling Council Archives Services
Reference CH3/655
Title Records of Tullibody Free Church, Later United Free
Dates 1843-1922
Access status Not held
Access conditions This record group is not in the NAS. It is held in Stirling Council Archives Services

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The christenings on the IGI are taken from the OPRs held at Scotlandspeople. These are mainly Church of Scotland records. From the NAS catalogue you can see that Tullibody also had a Free Church of Scotland so perhaps your ancestors were members of that church and had their children christened there.

Thanks for your efforts - I have actual copies of the above from "Scotlands people" - I appreciate that they weren't registered as I don't think registrations began in Scotland until 1855 - it's the children's baptisms (Tullibody or Alva) that I am looking for.
Jane c1843
John c1846
James c1850
Robert c1852
Alexander c1854

Is this the right family? Everyone born Tullibody.


1851 Scotland Census
about Robert Mcdonald
Name: Robert Mcdonald
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1814
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Janet
Gender: Male
Where born: Tullibody, Clackmannan
Parish Number: 359
Civil parish: Alloa
Town: Tullibody
County: Clackmannanshire
Address: New Row
Occupation: Weaver
ED: 9
Page: 9 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 39
Line: 8
Roll: CSSCT1851_75
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Mcdonald 37
Janet Mcdonald 38
Jane Mcdonald 8
John Mcdonald 5
Robert Mcdonald 3
James Mcdonald 6 Mo



1861 Scotland Census
about Robert Mcdonald
Name: Robert Mcdonald
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1812
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Janet
Gender: Male
Where born: Aloa, Stirlingsh
Registration Number: 465
Registration district: Alloa
Civil parish: Alloa
County: Clackmannanshire
Address: Closs
Occupation: Labourer
ED: 9
Household schedule number: 130
Line: 8
Roll: CSSCT1861_62
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Mcdonald 49
Janet Mcdonald 51
John Mcdonald 16 Aloa, Stirlingsh
Robert Mcdonald 13
James Mcdonald 10
Alexander Mcdonald 7


The children were probably never registered for various reasons..... cost, distance involved or just couldn't be bothered.

Hi Neville,
Perhaps we might be able to help more if you posted the childrens names that were on the census records you found and maybe also the census details too.

Kind Regards
Kath

I couldn't find any children

For record - note Alva Stirling ... not Clackmannanshire

Groom's Name: Robert Mcdonald
Bride's Name: Janet Masterton
Marriage Date: 05 Nov 1842
Marriage Place: Alva,Stirling,Scotland
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11470-4
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
Source Film Number: 1041970
Reference Number:
Collection: Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910

Hi Neville
how about contacting the Tullibody history site they might be able to help
http://www.tullibody-history.org.uk/

Yea I've tried family search & batch numbers for the children - I actually have a copy of the marriage (through Scotlands People) of Robert Mcdonald to Janet Masterton but it's their children's details I'm after - most of whom were born before 1855 when the Scottish records began - there doesn't seem to be any Tullibody parish records available that's why I posted the message - like I said previously "a shot in the dark".
Thanks anyway.

Hi Neville,

have you tried Family Search?

And just to clarify it Robert MacDonald married Janet Masterton........... found their marriage on the site, but didn't check for baptisms as the name is quite popular and very time consuming... so maybe have a trawl through it yourself Neville?


Dee x

That should read Janet Mcdonald nee Masterton - sorry

A shot in the dark here but does anybody have access to the Tullibody Parish records or know of their existence ?
I'm looking for the baptisms of children of Robert & Janet Mcdonald Masterton) who married in Alva in 1842 - their children are listed on the census records as born Tullibody or Alva.
Thanks