On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:40:33 +0000, you wrote: >Greetings i am wondering if anyone has come across the surname Dot, perhaps >Dott. My ancestor was called Ellen Dot and was born in a place called >Linlithgow in about 1810 . Her father was a shoemaker . Any help regarding >this woudl be much appreciated . Many thanks , Paul Power Others have mentioned Professor Norman Dott, but don't be put off, perhaps thinking "a neurological surgeon is hardly likely to be related to my shoemaker". You see, when Norman Dott left school, he was an apprentice joiner! Born in Edinburgh on 26 Aug 1897, Norman McOmish Dott was the son of P McOmish Dott. He went to George Heriot's School in the city, and after being apprenticed first to a joiner and then to an engineer, he accidentally injured his hip in 1913. His treatment made a big impression, and he decided that medicine would now be his career. He joined the Edinburgh University Medical School the following year, and graduated in 1919. During his medical career he specialised in neurological surgery and worked mainly in Edinburgh - at the Deaconess, Chalmers, Astley Ainslie and Western General Hospitals, the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. In 1932 he married Margaret Robertson and the couple had a daughter. He retired in 1962 and died on 10th December 1973. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson - British Military Genealogical Researcher. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com