Brian- Thank you for the posting of 1/21 where you described the different lines of Dunsmores. Mine are all "colliers" from Old Monkland and New Monkland. Would you have any idea which line they would be from? I have been spending many hours researching and if you have some answers readily available, I would sure appreciate any help you can give. The furthest back I have been able to go is John DUNSMORE b. 1782 who married Jean GRAY b. 1784 in 1803. He was a collier in Faskine according to OPR. I find that there seem to be many marriages between DUNSMORES, GRAYS and BAIRDS in this area. Again, thank you for your previous post and I am sure that any future postings of information like that would be appreciated by many of us on the DUNSMORE list. Jan in Lake Forest, CA, USA, email to [email protected] p.s. when you refer to the names "Lightburn" "Torphichen" and "Shettlestone" what do you mean?