No new members this week, but as always, if you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** Co-host Barbara had this to say about my "Found while browsing:" item last week... "Funny - I just found that this week! And have had much unexpected success e.g. a guy who, on the census, is referred to as "skinner". (Boring, right? A small step up from ag lab right?) Well, no - a search of scan for the surname turns up that he and brother and sons had been exporters of leather to US in 1700s- and a netsearch for that surname with leather turned up the company, still in business, and a new correspondent ....a direct decendant of the family who still works at the company. On another note - a caution... I have also spent much time (and $) on the scottishdocuments.com site. So far - nothing has been a will - all have been probate papers, and most of them are of the boilerplate variety (e.g. attorneys swearing that they have indeed surveyed the holdings of so-and-so according to the laws of such-and-such). Little people information - other than those names which appear in the index (for free!). And -- be sure and click on "More info" before you order...sometimes there is an additional name or identifying remark in that popup. Also found some stuff on Historical Manuscripts Commission (not sure if these are included within SCAN)... http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/search_nra.htm " ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara < babrown12@optonline.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.