Hi Ian Thanks for your reply, and the information on Isabella! I'd love to see the picture of their memorial stone. My g.g.g.g. grandfather was William Shanks, married to Helen Stephen. My family are decended from their son Alexander Shanks (1809-1848) who married Jane Hutcheson (1813-1855) in 1838/1839. I've only just found a record of Alexanders death on the Moray Council Libdnx, and infact I originally thought he was decended from another Shanks family from Duffus! I'm hoping to go up to Elgin this weekend and have a look at records they have at Elgin Library. Off to delete about 100 names from my genesreunited tree!..and hopefully add a few more on too. Best wishes Scott