Hello, Can you tell me whether the cemetery next to a closed church, just a short way down the road from Kirkhill in Alves is the old Alves church and cemetery? When I was visiting several years ago, searching for my Robb and collateral families, I stopped at a newer church only to find out that it was started in the 1800's. The only other one I could find was the one mentioned above. Did I have the correct church and cemetery? If it is, have the MI's been transcribed and published? Do lair records exist for it? I would be searching for Robb, Asher, Duguid, Gillon, Man, McRae, Scott, Young and Troup families. Thank you for your assistance. Pat Blend Webblend@Aol.com

Hello Pat I have noticed that you have an interest in the name Asher. I too have a few Asher's born in Alves starting from a James Asher who married Jean Arnot in c1736. They had five children Margaret, Elizabeth, William, John and Isabel from 1737 to 1748. My line continues from William Asher. Do these ring any bells with you? Regards Dave Fell

> Hello, Can you tell me whether the cemetery next to a closed church, just > a > short way down the road from Kirkhill in Alves is the old Alves church and > cemetery? Apparently ye, it is. > When I was visiting several years ago, searching for my Robb and > collateral families, I stopped at a newer church only to find out that it > was > started > in the 1800's. The only other one I could find was the one mentioned > above. > Did I have the correct church and cemetery? If it is, have the MI's been > transcribed and published? Do lair records exist for it? I would be > searching > for > Robb, Asher, Duguid, Gillon, Man, McRae, Scott, Young and Troup families. You can search the indexes to MIs in Moray yourself; there is the Local Heritage Centre index at http://www.moray.gov.uk/LocalHeritage/Assets/html_pages/morayheritage.html and a possibly more accurate one in progress by the Aberdeen and North-East Scotland Family History Society at http://www.abdn.net/mi-index/ Best wishes Anne