Advice before editing this pre-1700 Hunter profile?

Question

I have information to contribute to the profile of James Hunter. This is what I can add:

• I would like to add sources and create profiles for his children, Robert, William, Margaret, and James (unless they exist and I just didn't find them)

These are the sources I am using:

• Andrew Alexander Hunter, compiler, The Pedigree of Hunter of Abbotshilll and Barjarg, and cadet families : Hunter of Bonnytown and Doonholm, Hunter-Blair of Blairquhan, Hunter of Auchterarder, Hunter of Thurston (London: Elliot Stock, 1905);  FamilySearch.org, Family Search, Salt Lake City, Utah; Access Right: Public; Title Number: 148674; page 30. https://archive.org/details/fl-2114019-tn-148674/page/n57/mode/2up

(^ This is also the source used for James's profile)

• ''Birth or Baptism''': "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", database<br/>National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 578; Ref: 20/31; Frame: 419<br/>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople] (accessed 17 May 2023)<br/>Robert Hunter born or baptised on 16 Nov 1685, son of James Hunter & Jane Wallace, in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• '''Birth or Baptism''': "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", database<br/>National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 578; Ref: 20/160; Frame: 549<br/>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople] (accessed 17 May 2023)<br/>William Hunter born or baptised on 26 Aug 1694, son of James Hunter & Jean Wallace, in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• '''Birth or Baptism''': "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", database<br/>National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 578; Ref: 20/195; Frame: 586<br/>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople] (accessed 17 May 2023)<br/>James Hunter born or baptised on 7 Feb 1697, son of James Hunter & Jean Wallace, in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• '''Birth or Baptism''': "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", database<br/>National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 578; Ref: 20/62; Frame: 451<br/>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople] (accessed 17 May 2023)<br/>Margaret Hunter born or baptised on 4 Dec 1687, daughter of James Hunter & Jane Wallace, in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.

There is another Robert Hunter born to James Hunter and Jean Wallace, in 1689:

• '''Birth or Baptism''': "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", database<br/>National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 578; Ref: 20/90; Frame: 479<br/>[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ ScotlandsPeople] (accessed 17 May 2023)<br/>Robert Hunter born or baptised on 19 Dec 1689, son of James Hunter & Jean Wallace, in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Should I contact one of the pre-1700 projects or know about any style guidelines before proceeding? Thank you!

Answer 1

That 2nd child Robert probably means that the 1st one died early.   Jean and Jane are frequently used for the same person.

Since you have found the book online, it would be great to include the direct link to the page being referenced in the James Hunter profile. The book doesn't look like it has sources for the information, so it should be a secondary source and find the primary sources.  The Birth sources are good.