In a message dated 1/4/02 5:41:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, blong@ismi.net writes: > BUCHANAN > Alexander, native of Scotland, d. Oct. 4, 1830, 57yr > Margaret, his wife, d. Oct. 31, 1854, 77 yr > I remember, Bernie, but while these people may be the line I have the dates are very different. The Alexander I have is supposed to have been born in 1736 and to have died in to the new century, but there are no dates with this supposition. Unles you call "both died very old" to be a date-- LOL. I think I have sent you all I have from the Buchanans in Ohio, the only thing most seem to agree on is that he was born in Dumfirmline, Fifeshire, Scotland . And all that seems to come from a granddaughter who knew the wife very well. I have found some of them in the census spelled Buckannon if that helps, I keep hunting and finding not much. The Herkimer site has a lot about the Wilcox family that might be worth persuing, your ancestor may have stayed connected to them. Have you connected to the Buchanan clearing house?? Eliz