Bruce, Normally, I would reply privately, but thought maybe someone else on the list had the same problem. Those of you who don't, can't now hit the delete button :-) > I have made halfhearted attempts to identify Micom's ancestors in Scotland, > without success. Has anyone been there/done that? Thanks in advance for your > help. Was Micom one of the Scots taken to Saugus first as indentured servant/slave to work the ironworks there and then settled in ME after (when it was still MA)?? The year 1650 fits it w/ that. My ancestor, Peter Grant, was also captured at the Battle of Dunbar, shipped to Saugus, and later settled in ME. My husband and I have been to Scotland three times and other descendants have apparently searched there and also in London where the ship's records are supposed to be and have found nothing of Peter's ancestry. Family lore has it that he was from Inverness, though might have been Inverness-shire. The librarian in the genealogy section of the Inverness Public Library said Cromwell did a good job of destroying the records for a certain time period (can't remember the years covered, but it would surely have included birth and christening for Peter) and that it's unlikely any would be found. Others who have searched more extensively than I have said the same. The 2nd time we were in Scotland, I had the joy of being able to attend the Abernethy Games at Nethy Bridge where the Clan Grant is the only clan w/ tent, etc., and has been since 18-something. I spoke briefly w/ the chief of the clan and a couple other people. (They weren't even aware of the Scots having been taken to Saugus.) Not having a precise map of what area Inverness-shire covered, and certainly not for 1650s, I asked a few questions. I had come to the conclusion after having gone to Dunbar and spoken w/ a guy who runs a one-man museum there and in speaking w/ others that the part of the shire around Inverness was more Catholic Grant and the eastern part is more Protestant which Peter was. The conversations at the games confirmed that conclusion. So, another trip is highly needed :-) to investigate more in that vicinity since I had been always in and around Inverness City. And, to try to get more information from the guy in Dunbar even though I can only understand abt. 25% of what he says (HEAVY brogue!). Depending on whether Micom was Protestant or Catholic should lead you to the proper area of wherever you think/know/have heard he is from originally. Search of records in London PRO, I think it is, might give up some information. Other than that.....With Cromwell having burned the records, kinda hard to come up w/ much, if anything. Any further questions, feel free to write me privately, Toby Hurley > > Bruce Bardes > Cincinnati > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237