Oops, just found it near Sherbrooke, close to Maine/Canadian border. My apologies. Heather Graham Flushing, MI > -----Original Message----- > From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ken Harrison > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 12:22 PM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] KERR & PATERSON with ancestors in Shotts > > There is actually a Windsor in Quebec, as well (as described > in an earlier message below from another Lister). > > I was originally planning to make the same comment as you, > but then found the Quebec town on Google and decided that the > original Poster knew what they were talking about..... > > Ken Harrison > North Vancouver, Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Heather Graham > Sent: December 13, 2010 8:48 AM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] KERR & PATERSON with ancestors in Shotts > > Hello All, > Just to clarify that Windsor is actually in Ontario, not > Quebec, and directly across from Detroit MI USA. > Lila, Do you have any Patersons from the Duffus Moray area. > > TIA > Heather > > Researching Graham,McHardy,Paterson,Calder,Gorman > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of Carolyn Perkes > > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:28 PM > > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [Lanark] KERR & PATERSON with > ancestors in Shotts > > > > > > On 12-Dec-10, at 6:19 AM, Lila M Whiteford > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > Of that large KERR family, all but one went to > > > THOMSON, 20 May 1832, in the parish of > Shotts, > > Lanarkshire, Scotland. > > > They had at least 3 children born in Scotland, > (who are buried in > > > Windsor, Quebec, Canada) & at least 4 more > born in Quebec, > > beginning > > > in 1844. > > > >essage

Hi Lindsey You should be able to find this on Scotland's People. Best wishes Annie On Mon Dec 13 14:35 , lafinken@aol.com sent: > > Can anyone help me with a marriage of > >Thomas Renwick and Jessie Hogg Renwick in Lanarkshire about >1886-1888 time frame. > >The girl was born in 1868 so she would be 20 in 1888. > >His parents were Mary MacKay Renwick and Alexander Renwick. > >Thanks > >Lindsey > > > > > >------------------------------- > >LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > >LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. > >WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply > >LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: > >http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >)

Hello Lindsey The marriage of a Thomas Renwick and Jessie Hogg was registered in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1893. The image of the marriage certificate can be downloaded from the Scotlands People website. See: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: <lafinken@aol.com> To: <LANARK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 3:35 AM Subject: [Lanark] marriage in Lanarkshire about 1886-1888 > > Can anyone help me with a marriage of > > Thomas Renwick and Jessie Hogg Renwick in Lanarkshire about > 1886-1888 time frame.

Thank you so much for the information. Lindsey -----Original Message----- From: CandROverson <overson12@btinternet.com> To: lanark@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 7:14 am Subject: Re: [Lanark] marriage in Lanarkshire about 1886-1888 Hello Lindsey The marriage of a Thomas Renwick and Jessie Hogg was registered in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1893. The image of the marriage certificate can be downloaded from the Scotlands People website. See: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: <lafinken@aol.com> To: <LANARK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 3:35 AM Subject: [Lanark] marriage in Lanarkshire about 1886-1888 > > Can anyone help me with a marriage of > > Thomas Renwick and Jessie Hogg Renwick in Lanarkshire about > 1886-1888 time frame. ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello All, Just to clarify that Windsor is actually in Ontario, not Quebec, and directly across from Detroit MI USA. Lila, Do you have any Patersons from the Duffus Moray area. TIA Heather Researching Graham,McHardy,Paterson,Calder,Gorman > -----Original Message----- > From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Perkes > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:28 PM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] KERR & PATERSON with ancestors in Shotts > > > On 12-Dec-10, at 6:19 AM, Lila M Whiteford wrote: > > > > > Hello All, > > Of that large KERR family, all but one went to Australia. > The missing > > one had earlier immigrated to Canada with a gaggle of PATERSONs & > > others from the Shotts area, (some connected surnames being > WADDELL, > > WALKINGSHAW). > > James KERR, son of George KERR & Jean GRAHAM, married Margaret > > PATERSON, daughter of Robert PATERSON & Janet [Jennet] Margaret > > THOMSON, 20 May 1832, in the parish of Shotts, > Lanarkshire, Scotland. > > They had at least 3 children born in Scotland, (who are buried in > > Windsor, Quebec, Canada) & at least 4 more born in Quebec, > beginning > > in 1844. > > > > Below is a photo of an old auction sale notice that is > still in the > > possession of family in Quebec. I am still in the dark > about why a > > considerable number of people left Shotts, en-mass about 1843. > > > > I have photos of some of the Quebec tombstones if anyone is > > interested. > > > > TTFN > > Lila > > > > Not sure why people left Shotts in 1843 as opposed to > preceding or subsequent years, but here is some background on > Scots immigration to Canada. Much encouraged. > Good farmland in the Eastern Townships (that is where Windsor, Quebec > is) would have been an incentive, and promise of new industry > so close to the U.S. border. > > http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z /s2/5 > > Ah, but you must be referring to this family? They were stone masons. > > http://www.meacock.org/FamilyHistory/AncestorsGeor geKerr.html > > Carolyn > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or > history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any > point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most > of the earlier message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at > lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, > get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain > other useful information to help you use the list more > effectively, please click on the following link to the list > information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/ LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here is a chart with the Relationships shown: http://genealogy.about.com/library/nrelationshipchart.htm Other sites: http://genealogy.about.com/sitesearch.htm?q=Genealogy+Relationships&SUName=genealogy http://tinyurl.com/3y3eeox Bob Cdn ---------------------

There is actually a Windsor in Quebec, as well (as described in an earlier message below from another Lister). I was originally planning to make the same comment as you, but then found the Quebec town on Google and decided that the original Poster knew what they were talking about..... Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Heather Graham Sent: December 13, 2010 8:48 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] KERR & PATERSON with ancestors in Shotts Hello All, Just to clarify that Windsor is actually in Ontario, not Quebec, and directly across from Detroit MI USA. Lila, Do you have any Patersons from the Duffus Moray area. TIA Heather Researching Graham,McHardy,Paterson,Calder,Gorman > -----Original Message----- > From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Perkes > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:28 PM > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] KERR & PATERSON with ancestors in Shotts > > > On 12-Dec-10, at 6:19 AM, Lila M Whiteford wrote: > > > > > Hello All, > > Of that large KERR family, all but one went to Australia. > The missing > > one had earlier immigrated to Canada with a gaggle of PATERSONs & > > others from the Shotts area, (some connected surnames being > WADDELL, > > WALKINGSHAW). > > James KERR, son of George KERR & Jean GRAHAM, married Margaret > > PATERSON, daughter of Robert PATERSON & Janet [Jennet] Margaret > > THOMSON, 20 May 1832, in the parish of Shotts, > Lanarkshire, Scotland. > > They had at least 3 children born in Scotland, (who are buried in > > Windsor, Quebec, Canada) & at least 4 more born in Quebec, > beginning > > in 1844. > > > > Below is a photo of an old auction sale notice that is > still in the > > possession of family in Quebec. I am still in the dark > about why a > > considerable number of people left Shotts, en-mass about 1843. > > > > I have photos of some of the Quebec tombstones if anyone is > > interested. > > > > TTFN > > Lila > > > > Not sure why people left Shotts in 1843 as opposed to > preceding or subsequent years, but here is some background on > Scots immigration to Canada. Much encouraged. > Good farmland in the Eastern Townships (that is where Windsor, Quebec > is) would have been an incentive, and promise of new industry > so close to the U.S. border. >

There is a caveat to these though! It can be a bit more difficult where second marriages occur. For example my mother re-married and had further children so:- I am her son (obvious!) the later children are Half-brothers and sisters (so far ao uncomplicated) BUT my half sister's children are not half-nephews and half-nieces - they are half-cousins! Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [Lanark] genealogy query please > Hi Doreen > > You may find this useful > > http://bluett.com/peter/relationship.html > > In your case > > Common ancestor = great great grandfather (col 1) > col 2 = great grandfather > col 3 = grandfather > col 4 = father > col 5 = you > > Col 5 to Col 5 = third cousins > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Can one of you who is literate about genealogy relationships please tell >> me what relation a person is whose great grandfather and my great >> grandfather were brothers? >> >> Very many thanks, >> >> Doreen. > > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at > lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information > on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to > help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link > to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Mike, You've raised a point that I had not previously thought about but, now that I have, I wonder whether you are correct. If we follow the "rule" of calculating generations from the latest common ancestors (note the plural), then a "half sibling" is actually a "first cousin", and their children are "first cousins once removed" No? Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Dowding Sent: December 12, 2010 11:49 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] genealogy query please There is a caveat to these though! It can be a bit more difficult where second marriages occur. For example my mother re-married and had further children so:- I am her son (obvious!) the later children are Half-brothers and sisters (so far ao uncomplicated) BUT my half sister's children are not half-nephews and half-nieces - they are half-cousins! Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [Lanark] genealogy query please > Hi Doreen > > You may find this useful > > http://bluett.com/peter/relationship.html > > In your case > > Common ancestor = great great grandfather (col 1) > col 2 = great grandfather > col 3 = grandfather > col 4 = father > col 5 = you > > Col 5 to Col 5 = third cousins > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Can one of you who is literate about genealogy relationships please tell >> me what relation a person is whose great grandfather and my great >> grandfather were brothers? >> >> Very many thanks, >> >> Doreen. > > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at > lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information > on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to > help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link > to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Doreen You can find a good relationship chart here www.iarelative.com/charts/ - or google "genealogy relationship" for other options and information Regards Ian Scott Perth Western Australia At 06:01 AM 13/12/2010, you wrote: >Very many thanks to all who answered my question - I will do my best >to learn the relationships! > >Doreen.

Hmm .... I presume ( from the Auction reference ) that they were farmers ... ? In the 1830s, Shotts Parish included Shotts, and Omoa as the largest settlements, with the largest part of the Parish depending on relatively marginal farming land, at fairly high levels above sea level ... Farming would be be pretty difficult and extremely unrewarding ..... The coal reserves were under rapid development ( at Shotts and Wilsontown), and the Ironworks, too were consuming land and people at a great rate .... The railway era had yet to reach the Parish to any great extent. On the 'political front' , the depressions following the end of the Napoleonic Wars were biting hard .... land owners had lost their oldest sons, and were reluctant to spend money on their Tenants. Agricultural prices were low. The era of the 'great reform' was in its infancy - political power had yet to give the small landowner and ordinary people the vote, and multiple harvest failures / bad weather were frequent .... Oz would have seemed an attractive option - free land, emigration schemes financed by larger landowners to 'rid them of the idle Tenantry' and there would be generally better prospects in a 'New Land' ... ? You can read more in the slightly later 'Statistical Accounts' for the Parish, from the late 1700s to the 'New Statistical Account' of the 1850s ..... Google the 'Statistical Accounts for Scotland' and read them online ...... I have a later (1870s) Parish History somewhere, if I can find it ..... G Russell Carluke Parish South Lanarkshire

Can anyone help me with a marriage of Thomas Renwick and Jessie Hogg Renwick in Lanarkshire about 1886-1888 time frame. The girl was born in 1868 so she would be 20 in 1888. His parents were Mary MacKay Renwick and Alexander Renwick. Thanks Lindsey

Very many thanks to all who answered my question - I will do my best to learn the relationships! Doreen. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1893 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Hi Doreen You may find this useful http://bluett.com/peter/relationship.html In your case Common ancestor = great great grandfather (col 1) col 2 = great grandfather col 3 = grandfather col 4 = father col 5 = you Col 5 to Col 5 = third cousins Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Can one of you who is literate about genealogy relationships please tell > me what relation a person is whose great grandfather and my great > grandfather were brothers? > > Very many thanks, > > Doreen.

Doreen, You are 3rd cousins. 1st cousins share grandparents 2nd cousins share great grandparents 3rd cousins share great great grandparents (which you do) Hope this helps, Mark -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doreen Baxter Sent: 12 December 2010 20:32 To: LANARK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] genealogy query please Can one of you who is literate about genealogy relationships please tell me what relation a person is whose great grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers? Very many thanks, Doreen. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1892 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

im not 100% sure but I think that makes you and the other person 3nd cousins suze -------------------------------------------------- From: "Doreen Baxter" <dorbax@tesco.net> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 8:32 PM To: <LANARK-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [Lanark] genealogy query please > Can one of you who is literate about genealogy relationships please tell > me what relation a person is whose great grandfather and my great > grandfather were brothers? > > Very many thanks, > > Doreen. > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 1892 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at > lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information > on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to > help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link > to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3311 - Release Date: 12/12/10 >

Can one of you who is literate about genealogy relationships please tell me what relation a person is whose great grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers? Very many thanks, Doreen. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1892 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

On 12-Dec-10, at 6:19 AM, Lila M Whiteford wrote: > > Hello All, > Of that large KERR family, all but one went to Australia. The > missing one had earlier immigrated to Canada with a gaggle of > PATERSONs & others from the Shotts area, (some connected surnames > being WADDELL, WALKINGSHAW). > James KERR, son of George KERR & Jean GRAHAM, married Margaret > PATERSON, daughter of Robert PATERSON & Janet [Jennet] Margaret > THOMSON, 20 May 1832, in the parish of Shotts, Lanarkshire, > Scotland. They had at least 3 children born in Scotland, (who are > buried in Windsor, Quebec, Canada) & at least 4 more born in Quebec, > beginning in 1844. > > Below is a photo of an old auction sale notice that is still in the > possession of family in Quebec. I am still in the dark about why a > considerable number of people left Shotts, en-mass about 1843. > > I have photos of some of the Quebec tombstones if anyone is > interested. > > TTFN > Lila > Not sure why people left Shotts in 1843 as opposed to preceding or subsequent years, but here is some background on Scots immigration to Canada. Much encouraged. Good farmland in the Eastern Townships (that is where Windsor, Quebec is) would have been an incentive, and promise of new industry so close to the U.S. border. http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/s2/5 Ah, but you must be referring to this family? They were stone masons. http://www.meacock.org/FamilyHistory/AncestorsGeorgeKerr.html Carolyn

Doreen,       Your grandparents would be cousins, your parents would be 2nd cousins, and you and the other person would be 3rd cousins. --- On Sun, 12/12/10, Doreen Baxter <dorbax@tesco.net> wrote: From: Doreen Baxter <dorbax@tesco.net> Subject: [Lanark] genealogy query please To: LANARK-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 3:32 PM Can one of you who is literate about genealogy relationships please tell me what relation a person is whose great grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers? Very many thanks, Doreen. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1892 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message   ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC:  The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE:  Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello All, I have attached a letter just received from a KERR cousin who lives in Australia. Eric says that he has booked a trip to the area of Shotts. He has written a book on his KERR ancestors who immigrated to Australia & there are plenty of them. They held a reunion down under a few years back & rounded up about 500. Of that large KERR family, all but one went to Australia. The missing one had earlier immigrated to Canada with a gaggle of PATERSONs & others from the Shotts area, (some connected surnames being WADDELL, WALKINGSHAW). James KERR, son of George KERR & Jean GRAHAM, married Margaret PATERSON, daughter of Robert PATERSON & Janet [Jennet] Margaret THOMSON, 20 May 1832, in the parish of Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had at least 3 children born in Scotland, (who are buried in Windsor, Quebec, Canada) & at least 4 more born in Quebec, beginning in 1844. Below is a photo of an old auction sale notice that is still in the possession of family in Quebec. I am still in the dark about why a considerable number of people left Shotts, en-mass about 1843. I have photos of some of the Quebec tombstones if anyone is interested. TTFN Lila