We are seeking someone who has specialized in research in the Pictou and New Glasgow area from the years 1801-1811 to help us locate some records that might give more clues on a missing link. Here's what we have that are facts: William (a boy), John (a boy), Donald (laborer) and William (Farmer) - all came over in 1801 on the ship The Sarah. John (the boy) and Donald (laborer) settled the Greenwood area (also known as the Marsh) near New Glasgow and had large portions of land. We have lots of records of most of John's descendants and his wife. No burial records have been located for Donald, nor spousal information. William (the boy) later went to work for Edward Mortimer, and in 1811 bought a long, narrow 100 plus acreage of land on Fraser's Mountain. He married Margaret Chisholm in 1814. We have records of his descendants and tons of info from 1814 on. We do not have any records of what happened to the other William (farmer) or where he settled. John (the boy), William (the boy) and Donald (laborer) were all related. We have lots of documents naming them at various times as "next of kin". We do not know the exact relation between Donald and John (the boy), nor Donald and William (the boy), nor John and William (the boys) - just that they were "next of kin." WHAT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY SEEKING TO FIND OUT: who was William's (the boy) father? who was his mother? We tried to put the puzzle together using Scottish naming patterns, but since both "boys" ended up marrying women who had similar names in their families, and we don't have exact birthdates for all of the children, we are stumped. In BOTH boy's situations, both the maternal and paternal patterns are coming up that it could go either way. Since in the legal documents we have not been able to locate information to fit, we are seeking newspaper articles, journals, historical writeups, or church records from the time they arrived to the time they got their land (approx. 1801-1811) that might state something more substantiaing such as "father of" "brother of" or "son of", that would help. Is there anyone out there who can assist us with this early research? Rob and Dianne McLean