Hi All, I am new to this list and am researching the following families. 1) SANDS - My husband's paternal grandmother was Jane Peters Sands who married 1) ? McCrumb 2) Samuel Taylor in Cumbernauld in 1898. She had siblings MaryAnne (went to USA), Barbara x Alec McAllister, and James. Their parents were Matthew Sands (who died in Croy) and MaryAnn McBride. Matthew had a brother William who lived in Glasgow. 2) LEITCH - My husband's maternal ggrandmother was Catherine Jane Leitch born 1869 Glasgow - siblings Joseph, John, Anne, Jane, John (all born Glasgow), Elizabeth, Robert, Tina (all born Bo'ness). Their parents were John Leitch and Jessie Jane Henderson m 1857 Glasgow. 3) SCHLOMKA - I have Clemens (born Germany) m Blanche Melliss (born Manchester) in 1873 in Glasgow. Blanche had siblings Agnes, Robert & Stanley. Stanley had ch. Stanley, Maude and Mignon. Mother of Blanche was Agnes Brown. Clemens & Blanche had 2 ch. Frederick (went to live in Germany) & Robert who died in 1914 at sea. Two of Fredericks children were brought from Germany to Glasgow to live with their grandparents. First, Katherina 'Kate' Schlomka (born 1899) who lived all her days in Glasgow and died in Bearsden. She was headmistress of a school in Glasgow and remained a spinster. Her brother, Clemens Frederick Norman Schlomka was schooled in Glasgow and dissappeared in his early twenties with a girlfriend and was never seen again. His sister never got over it. If any of these names ring any bells then I'd love to hear from you. Helen Taylor ms Schlomka Linlithgow