Hello I too was having trouble opening this particular record but, thanks to Terry, I now have it in Word. He tells me this is available because of the work put in by Ken and Janice and I can only say a big thank you to them for that. It has opened up another set of posers - as FH often does - I see another family name lurking in there besides Cornelius, now I have to go chasing them as well (Bowen) In the meantime, if anyone DOES need any look-ups in the Midlands pse let me know. Someone asked recently if we could greet newcomers with a 'HI' to let them know we're here, but I would love to see everyone come in with where (in the world )they are - me, I'm in the Cotswolds, UK. Something tells me Terry is in Lincolnshire, anywhere near the Boston stump Terry? Sorry this is a long one, but something else is puzzling me. I can understand the attraction of emigrating to US but why would anyone from Ireland want to go to Scotland? I love the country, don't get me wrong, but what was the attraction, it couldn't surely have been work in those days? The poverty I have been reading of (and have heard about first hand from Scottish Grannys) was dreadful, and I wondered if anyone knew what could have sent them over the water to Scotland? Hazel