Hi Janet, Looking at your 2 most recent postings.... The first question that occurs to me is whether she lived her whole life in Scotland? If so, and if she died after 1855, when civil registration began, her death certificate might tell you more information, or at least confirm what you have. The ScotlandsPeople website has many digitalized records of parish baptismal/marriage registers, wills, post-1855 civil registrations, etc., and the site is very searchable. (You buy "credits" with them rather than taking out a membership, which is really good for folks like me who sort of do genealogy seasonally.) I think the parish you mean is "Ardrossan" rather than "Androssan"? It is worth looking into the Saltcoats and Stevenston records as well since the "Three Towns" were almost one town-plex long since. There were some early ecclesiastical censuses (pre-1841) done by the local minister. See: http://www.threetowners.com/ The 1841 census, btw, is fairly vague, has rounded ages, etc. 1851 and following tend to be much more accurate. All the best, Ken C. In a message dated 3/9/2014 1:39:43 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Ken, My starting point is not that far back yet, only to 1789 and a few years before that if I can find birth record of John Cuthbertson in Androssan where he was m. to his wife who was born in Irvine. . So fare mine are in Androssan and Irvine, Ayrshire but later move on to Dumbartonshire. Janet -----Original Message----- From: ScotsCotNM <[email protected]> To: cuthbertson <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Mar 8, 2014 1:25 pm Subject: Re: [CUTHBERTSON] Hi Hi Janet, I don't know what your starting point is. Mine is Kilmaurs in Ayrshire, just north of Kilmarnock. I have our line back to 1760, with a few disjointed earlier facts. Ken C. In a message dated 3/8/2014 12:23:17 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Ken, Thanks for your reply. It seems as if most are anymore. At one time they were all very busy and helpful to one another. Am starting to work on my genealogy where I left off some years ago. Janet -----Original Message----- From: ScotsCotNM <[email protected]> To: cuthbertson <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Mar 8, 2014 9:07 am Subject: Re: [CUTHBERTSON] Hi I find that it is an "occasional" list... as, it seems, are most these days. Ken C. In a message dated 3/8/2014 8:06:14 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I recently joined this list but it has been very quite that I am wondering if anyone is on here or if this is a dead list. Janet ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message