Many thanks for your input Gordon. Not wishing to leave any stone unturned <groan> Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Johnson" <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk> > >> Is there recorded anywhere who commissioned the most recent > engraving of a stone? > > ** The only possibility might be the firm of monumental scultors whose > company name is often inscribed at the bottom of the stone. However, > from past experience, the company's own records may not be specific - > e.g. their accounts might have a record of an additional engraving on a > stone, with the bill payable by a named person, but the account may not > make clear WHICH stone it refers to! In addition, many of these > companies destroyed old records, instead of passing them to the local > archives (you could try Aberdeen City Archives, just in case). > Gordon.