Being "new" to this.....can someone answer these questions: 1) What geographical area is the "Borders" and what "counties" are included. 2) Is the Middlemas name a common name for the Borders region? 3) How would I go about finding a passenger list for people leaving the Borders region c. 1815 going to Nova Scotia? Any help is great. Thanking anyone in advance Rie

Hi Rie, The 'Borders' in this case is the area of the Border between England and Scotland. This list is mainly concerned with the old counties of Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Peebleshire, and Dumfriesshire in Scotland, and covers the Northern parts of Northumberland and Cumberland in England as there were a fair number of cross-Border marriages. Middlemas and variants is a reasonably common name in the area. Passenger lists tend to exist along with immigration lists on your side of the Atlantic. There is a mailing list for passenger lists, but I have not got it off hand, search the Rootsweb mailing lists for it. Immigration lists tend to be at port of destination, no government cared who left, only who arrived. Best regards - Mike Simpson, Penrith, NSW, Australia Email: agene@tpg.com.au HomePage: http://www.bigfoot.com/~agene