>Does anybody out there have any information on the >Buchanan family of Dunbartonshire in the 1500s? Sarah, I have Buchanans of Perthshire for which I find no link to your family. But here are some Buchanan websites for further research, if you haven't seen them yet: http://www.netreach.net/~cderry/Buchanan.htm http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/4740/ http://www.geocities.com/ad_container/pop.html?cuid=9580&keywords=ADFORCE I checked my books for the other questions you raised and, sorry, found nothing. Maybe someone else has a clue. Dibby ...in sunny (at the moment) Santa Barbara, CA, with the traditional June fog bank hovering over the ocean