Hello, My 3rd G. grandfather was William Robb of Kirkhill, Alves. He was married to Margaret Asher, daughter of Hugh Asher and Janet Young. According to a newspaper reference (found at Elgin Library) she was born 28 August 1780, died 07 October 1850 age 70. She had been baptized into the Associate Congregation of Forres in 1780. Place of death Kirkhill, Alves. My research into her ancestry at this moment consists of the Familysearch.com's IGI. I will be ordering the Family History Libraries films for Alves and using them to verify the IGI. James Asher (there are several) is named in the IGI quite often in the early records. The Ashers seem to be originally from Alves (the oldest IGI records start in middle 1600's for them) and then spread out into the rest of Moray as generations developed. So far I have reached a brick wall on Hugh Asher's father, also a Hugh. Who where his parents? Does anyone know how to contact (if it still exists) the Associate Congregation of Forres for the records of the Ashers that are not on the IGI. What denomination was it? Does anyone know about the cemetery in Alves that is near Kirkhill? Is it the "old cemetery vs. the new church and cemetery? If I can help let me know. I can be reached at Webblend@AOl.com also. Regards, Pat Blend