Thanks, Blake. Your information has given me a start towards finding some more links. As Mary Kennedy Walls was born in St. Margaret's Hope, I'm sure there's a connection. I've just briefly scrolled through the South Ronaldsay Allan births on www.cursiter.com and can see a couple of connections to the Rossie/Rosie name which is one of the two possibilities for Elizabeth Thomson (M.K.'s mother) 's mother. -- Pam Thomson British Columbia, Canada Proud to be a Rootsweb Sponsor http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/TownSquareNetwork