The part of the message about Cptn. Dalgarno and Miss Sangster seems to imply something else......but my take on it is that MISS Sangster came from a wealthy or higher class of folks so was referred to as MISS ----or Mistress. You can get a death registration or the cert from Scotland's People on the fellow who died in 1856 which should give his parents. But keep one eye open........sometimes the person giving the information really didn't know but thought they knew the parents of the dead person; other times the person (Informant) was so upset they may have given some wrong info, and thirdly you might hit pay dirt!! No one would intentionally (speaking generally) would give wrong info, but it happened. This is just 'fair warning to keep an eye out'. Good luck, Goldie -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Martin Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:26 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ABERDEEN] Dalgarno Hi Goldie, Like you, I thought Dalgarno sounded like an Italian name and that it should be easy to follow! No so - there are thousands of them!! Thanks Margaret ------------------------------- 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