There seems to be no question that the Eastern Shore group and the New Englanders are descended from the Kilham line of northern England and could well have had Viking influences. Once past Kilham, however, the going gets sticky. One Michigan correspondent said her Kelm ancestors came from northern Germany in 1889, but most Kellams descendants over the years have claimed Scottish or Irish ancestry. The Scottish Records Office in Edinburgh informed me that the closest name to Kellams or Kelms they could find was Callam (Callum), some of whom live in Glenbuchat parish to this day. In Knox Co, KY, in 1811 a receipt made out to Daniel Kelms(son of Gilbert) was signed by him "Callams." The "s" seems almost unique to the descendants of Gilbert of Rockbridge Co, VA (1773), so whether Gilbert's people should connect to the Callum group, I cannot tell. One thing is certain: he and his family followed the normal track of Scot-Irish immigrants when they went from PA up the Shen. ! Va! lley (to Irish Creek) and through the Gap. I suspect Gilbert came to America in the mid 1700s, probably with Daniel as an infant or small child. Interestingly, among Scottish rebels transported to MD in 1747 was one Gilbert McCullum. But I think those people were sold into white slavery, and I would question that a man with a family would be so indentured. But perhaps he altered his name and ran off! Arwen