The COLQUHOUN birth John needs to see is the 1855 birth of Anne. It will give amazing details of this family. Date and place of the marriage of the parents, age of parents at this birth, number of siblings both alive or deceased at this birth, date, place and whether or not those births were registered for both parents, occupation of the father, plus residence at the birth and time of day of the birth. Informant was usually the father, but sometimes the mother, so you get to view their signature. The Family History Center near me has the Dunbartonshire 1855 events, all births, marriages and deaths for all parishes including Cardross [parish 494]. They only have 1855 though. I'll gladly lookup any events listmembers have for 1855. Send me a name, a parish and an expected date. The IGI will give you guidance on births and marriages. ScotlandsPeople will get Index hits on deaths for that year, the film at the FHC is the SAME image as you'd get from them. Please don't spend a lot of cash getting 1855 events when the FHC here has them all [for 1855]. Make SURE the subject line of any queries indicates Dunbartonshire Lookup to catch my attention. The 1857 birth of Walter won't give details on the marriage of the parents, that question was dropped from 1856 through 1860, they added that question back permanently in 1861, so you'd have to check Janet's birth in 1861 for the parent's marriage data. I'll be back at the FHC on Monday, so I'll get the 1855 one and send it to the List. Meg Greenwood / Oklahoma USA [yes its tornado season here, I'll be less jumpy in June, just in time to get fried, broiled and crisped.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Walter Colquhoun, m. Margaret Cuthbertson, b. 28 Jan 1824, Cardross, Renton, dau. of John Cuthbertson and Anne Graham. children: Anne, b. 27 Jun 1855, Cardross, Renton Walter, b. 9 Jun 1857, Cardross John, b. 7 Apr 1859, Cardross Janet, b. 26 Apr 1861, Cardross