Thanks, Alistair! Happy hunting, Sonia -----Original Message----- From: Alistair Cameron [mailto:acameron@hinet.net.au] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 1:59 PM To: MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MLN] 1820s marriage - Whitburn Gil & Sonia Murray wrote for Bob > Bob, what is Shotts and LKS, please? Shotts is a town on the west side of Central Scotland. The registers and Census records are archived as in the parish of Shotts or in the parish of Cambusnethan, the parish border cutting thru the burgh. On any decent UK map the grid ref is NS8760. The 1971 pop was 5558 for parish of Shotts, and 9512 for the town, the difference being the pop. of parish Cambusnethan. LKS is the Chapman Code abbreviation for Lanarkshire. Chapman code is a logical list which includes INV [erness], LAN [cashire], MDX [Middlesex] and MLN [Midlothian] Cheers, ALISTAIR M. CAMERON A.A.G.R.A. Professional Genealogist http://quozl.netrek.org/cameron-research/ PO Box 215 BUNDANOON NSW 2578 AUSTRALIA