At the risk of causing her some embarrassment, I would like to publicly thank Mary Swayne for some research she did for me regarding the SANDS genealogy. Not only did Mary check the 1841 & 1851 Census for Largs... she checked the local MI's (and when that came up short), reached out and touched someone who had access to the Sexton's book for Largs... which proved to be the mother lode! The result is that (pending verification), we've cleared up a boondoggle from a family pedigree dated 1933. I wanted to mention this on the list (I subscribe to a half dozen others) because it seems the only stories that get publicity are the ones where people are complaining about how selfish someone else is, or how their queries are ignored, or how their work for others goes unappreciated. Once again Mary, from myself and my in-laws, the Sands family... THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! John