MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE HELP.....

[d.mackechnie]

HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF MY G/GRANDPARENTS,WHERE THEIR NAMES ARE IT SAYS"HIS/HER MARK X".WHAT REASONS APART FROM ILLITERACY WOULD THEY HAVE SIGNED WITH AN X.
ALSO I AM A MEMBER OF A PRIVATE GENEALOGY WEB-SITE CALLED MACPHERSONS OF THE HEBRIDES,IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO LEAVE A LINK ON THE WEB-SITE FOR MEMBERS TO HAVE A LOOK AT TALKINGSCOT AND MAYBE HELP OR BE HELPED WITH ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE MACPHERSONS OF THE HEBRIDES,
THANKS,
DONALD.

[Alison Plenderleith]

Hello Donald,

I can't think of any other reason except that they didn't know how to write.

I remember reading about a child miner who had learnt to write a little but due to a lack of continued schooling had forgotten how, including his own name.

Regards,

Alison

[AndrewP]

ALSO I AM A MEMBER OF A PRIVATE GENEALOGY WEB-SITE CALLED MACPHERSONS OF THE HEBRIDES,IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO LEAVE A LINK ON THE WEB-SITE FOR MEMBERS TO HAVE A LOOK AT TALKINGSCOT AND MAYBE HELP OR BE HELPED WITH ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE MACPHERSONS OF THE HEBRIDES.

Links from appropriate websites are always welcome. Please feel free to add a link on your site to www.talkingscot.com TalkingScot is open to the public to read, or if they want to join and contribute or ask questions, new members are always made welcome.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

[CatrionaL]

Hullo Donald

I have quite a few ancestors in various parts of Scotland, including the Hebrides, who signed with their mark x because unable to write their name.

We would be delighted if you made Talking Scot known to the members of your Hebridean MCPHERSON site. Thank you

Catriona

A Lewis MACLEOD, MACDONALD, MCCASKILL descendant