Hullo Listers. I'm searching for information regarding members of the ADAMSON family who went to Argentina and possibly Paraguay. Christian ADAMSON was born 11-Aug-1810 Boyndie, Banffshire to James ADAMSON and Elizabeth ADDISON. He or she (?) seems to have gone out to South America in the 1830s and eventually owned / ran a ranch somewhere, maybe Paraguay - and must have done very well too. Christian is usually a female name and the IGI has that person as female. But I haven't been able to find a record of her marriage (unless, dear listers, someone can find it for me), so I can only speculate on the circumstances of her emigration. The rest of her family certainly didn't emigrate. It appears she stayed out there for the rest of her life - a measure of her success is in another note "Money sent home from Argentine to educate JA" [John Adamson, possibly her solicitor brother, possibly a nephew.] Brother Alexander ADAMSON b.2-Jan-1825 Boyndie seems to have gone out to South America, possibly Buenos Aires, in the summer of 1841 (he was in the home 7-Jun-1841 census). He certainly died 28-Aug-1841 age 16 - I assume in Buenos Aires (if true, presumably that means he died en route or immediately upon arrival, surely). Finally, there is a note which seems to say "Cadma offered to run ranch, b. Paraguay". Make of that what you will. Can anyone help me progess? The said solicitor's great-grand-daughter wouldn't mind finding out about this ranch and all the wealth that went with it!!! There's a bigger story in there somewhere, and it would be fantastic to know more. Thanks for reading all this. Howard.