Very many thanks to everybody who helped me re the above. It seems there are 2 streams of that name - one that rises in Alemoor Loch in Roberton and another which is a tributary of the River Eye in Berwickshire. The first is the one I was looking for and I am still interested to know: 1. Whether there is any online information on it? 2. Whether there are any books or papers published on it and it's inhabitants in the 18th and early 19th centuries? Peter Stone stone@futurest.co.za SOUTH AFRICA