Hi Jo-Anne I support Gavin's view about researchers. We have been in touch with someone who can read medieval docs and translate the Latin bits [essential skills] and she has sent us summaries of several early Sasines. I feared she would be terrifically expensive but in the event she was very helpful, very quick AND comparatively inexpensive. I don't think she could do the research you need but there must be someone on the List who would know someone. A word of warning, the Kirk Session records can take a long time to get through even though they are in date order because there is often a certain amount of toing & froing in getting people to appear. We had one case where the records spread over several years and took hours to fully read. It's fascinating stuff so well worth doing it yourself!! Good hunting. Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net On 4 February 2014 12:46, Gavin Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/02/2014 06:19, Jo-Anne HUBER wrote: > > > ... I am doing my research from across the pond in the US so at this > point accessing the Kirk Session archives is not an option. > > You could always employ a professional researcher to do the necessary. > It wouldn't necessarily cost a huge amount - and any reputable > researcher would give you an estimate before starting the work. I have, > in the past, employed such researchers to dig out stuff in Archives I > could not easily get to (such as the UK National Archives in London) and > have been satisfied with the cost and the result. > > > Gavin Bell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >