Re - post sent 19 Feb requesting help on placename in Penicuik which looked like Khime. Now believe the name was Whime or Whim. The first letter looks nothing like a W, however Whim is slap bang in the middle of the area where my Veitches came from. This info was found on Rootschat under title "Interpretation od (sic) parish record Newlands 1758". Whim is called a "settlement" and is perhaps connected to an old Roman site, in the Parish of Newlands, Peeblesshire. Thanks again for the helpful replies sent. Julie