Hi all, Just a quick question. Is there a list somewhere of the MI's that have been published, (or have been collated) in the Borders area. I am particularly interested in the Hawick, Wilton and Bowden areas, although if there is a list of all MIs available then this would be useful. Thanks, Cameron. Melbourne, Australia.

Hi Cameron, >Just a quick question. Is there a list somewhere of the MI's that have been >published, (or have been collated) in the Borders area. I am particularly >interested in the Hawick, Wilton and Bowden areas, although if there is a list >of all MIs available then this would be useful. Details of published MIs are listed under Cemeteries on the relevant Roxburghshire parish pages in GENUKI, indeed for all of the Scottish Border counties I maintain (Berwickshire and Selkirkshire, and to a lesser caretaking extent Peeblesshire). Where there are county MI collections, these are listed on my Scottish Border county pages (e.g. Berwickshire, Peeblesshire), again under the subject heading Cemeteries. Of course I can only list the MIs that I know about. Should other people learn of or know about other available MIs I'd be grateful if they could let me know so that I can add details to my parish/county pages in GENUKI. This includes details of MIs in local libraries and/or archives: living away from the Borders now I can't find out about these so easily. Finding MIs listed on the pages does not always make it easy to access the lists though. For example with MI lists for the Hawick area (of which there are many: see the Hawick and Wilton parish pages in GENUKI) many are in old issues of the Hawick Archaeological Society's Transactions, not necessarily things that are easy to access outside Scotland. But finding out about the existence of the MIs is a vital first step. Again though look at GENUKI (http://www.genuki.org.uk/) and follow the hierarchy down, e.g. to UK&Ireland (the big map in the centre), then Scotland, then pick your county (e.g. Roxburghshire), then parish (e.g. Hawick) and then look under Cemeteries. The Borders FHS has recently published an MI booklet for Ancrum. I haven't updated the Ancrum parish page in GENUKI yet. I will do soon! Hope this helps! Viv Dunstan Fife, Scotland (but originally from Hawick, Roxburghshire)