> Please can anyone give me an idea as to how I can search for a > relative? He was born in 1883 in Dundee, Scotland and he sent a > photo of himself aged c.30 from a hospital in Marshall, Texas. > > Thanks Annette <ashtonredlin@yahoo.co.uk> You might try census records. While the U.S. federal census for 1890 was almost completely destroyed in a fire in Washington in the 1920s, the 1880 federal census is available and has been completely transcribed by the LDS church. It is available online at http://www.familysearch.org/ Mark Lomax Pasadena, CA mlomax1074@msn.com