If your COATS family came from Old Place,Blantyre,Lanarkshire,Scotland, then email me for information on the familys of William one of the grand children of Thomas Coats born 16 Nov 1768 who came to New Zealand in 1863. Graham Paterson Dunedin New Zealand Reseaching ;COATS,Blantyre,SCT:HINDE,Bubbenhall,ENG:PATERSON,Galashiels,SCT:WINEFIELD,T urriff,SCT.