Hello Listers Thanks for adding me. Hoping someone out there can help with this. I have a WIlliam Hood..William Hood Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 birth: 26 April 1808 christening: 1 May 1808 , OCHILTREE, AYR, SCOTLAND residence: 1808 Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland father: John Hood mother: Elizabeth Lamont Marriage William Hood Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 marriage: 29 July 1836 Ochiltree, Ayr, Scotland spouse: Helen Morrison He left for Australia soon after this marriage. Descendents visited Hoods family members in Scotland in the 1990s and were told that William has run off to Australia with his new wife leaving a wife and children behind. Is this possible. I can only find these possible marriages. William Hood Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 marriage: 2 March 1828 , St Quivox And Newton, Ayr, Scotland spouse: Christiana Herbert William Hood Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 marriage: 24 August 1827 Coylton, Ayr, Scotland spouse: Margaret Thomson But have no way of checking if either of these are our William. Does anyone have access to records that Williams parents can be found on the marriage certificates? ie John Hood and Elizabeth Lamont. Would like to solve this mystery. Many Thanks.