This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wl.2ADIB/9469.1 Message Board Post: Helen, Go to the link below, type in your Gilbert Arthur ANDERSON's name. His data will come up. You can, from the buttons at the top of the page, see his pedigree and/or descendancy. All the names which come up are in some way related to you, if you are positive your man did come from Shetland. Then contact Tony GOTT, who is with the Shetland FHS to give him all your info from the time Gilbert arrived in the USA. Tony maintains the data base of all Shetland BMDs, plus adds those such as yourself, who have a proven Shetland connection. Also, join the Shetland Mailing List! You may encounter some distant cousins on the list! http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland Tony Gott's e-mail address: tony.gott@zetnet.co.uk I have many of your surnames too, but after a quick check, I don't see any connections. I may have missed something along the way though. Good luck and all the best, Toni Ontario Canada.