Thanks for the information so far, I'll have to ask my mother but I think she remembers visiting Blairgowrie in the 1940's and there was a mention of a sweet shop. I'll also have a look on the link to the library. I've managed to get a few marriages from the Scots people website, but notice that the last census they do is 1871. Not knowing what records are available are there any earlier census's available. Dave