HI Thanks for the replies. She was at least 70 in 1841 so it is unlikely that she married again but I will consider it. She was a northumbrian by birth but her family or at least some of them were Scottish which is why it is possible that they took her to their homes to bury her. We have 36 variations of the surname Romaines so far - and counting!! And we have tried them all so far - although we haven't done anything that doesn't begin with an R so if anyone has any instances of the letter R being transposed to something else then that would help enormously. I haven't found her in the scotland's people lists under any variation after 1855 and as she would have been at least 85 it is unlikely although it is possible and would be fantastic if it was the case. I haven't found any MI's which match this family until much later and I don't think this particular part of the Romanes family had any - although others had oodles and were based in the same locations. Lauder, Berwick, Jedburgh, Melrose and Kelso are the most common places for them to be found, although this is not an exclusive list. They did end up in Edinburgh and environs occasionally. Thanks again for the suggestions. Will keep looking. In the meantime I think that the only way is to send for the certificate. Even if it is not her, it might be family and give some clues as to location. Mandy Buchanan