Hi, Frances, YES!! I would very much like to share details with you about the Ross family! The only catch is that I have very few details to share. I do know one thing that might connect my ROBERTSONs with the ROSS family (besides the fact that William ROBERTSON marr Jane ROSS. d/o Alexander ROSS of Balnagowen). That is that James ROBERTSON, the father of William, was a lineal descendant of Baron Alexander ROBERTSON, Viscount Struan or Strowan, and from everything I've read about the ROBERTSON clan, they are direct descendants of Robert the Bruce. So yes, there is definately a link between the two families. However, the Alexander ROSS that you mentioned in your letter, who was the son of the John ROSS, b ca 1794, was much too late to be "my" Alexander. But I know that many families use the same given names over and over, and also use surnames as given names. (In my own family, although we "daughtered out" of the Robertson surname 1863 with the marriage of Emma Cecilia ROBERTSON to James MARSHALL, the name is still used in my family. My father's given name was Robertson, and it is also the given name of my younger son. And my mother's middle name was her mother's maiden name, and it's my middle name as well (it's ARMSTRONG...do you have of them?!) So, all in all, I really do think that there's a connection here, although I'd like more info. And I meant to ask you: you mentioned Easter Ross, and also Kilmuir Easter. What exactly is Easter, in this case? As I'm sure you can tell, I need help on my Scottish history and places! I've been there twice now (last summer and the summer before), but I was in the Borders. This coming summer, I'm hoping to go again, and this time take a bus tour in the Highlands before the Border Gather. (By way of explanation, my older son works for an airline, so Mom gets free passes!) Please let me know what you think of there being a real connection here. Best wishes, Barbara (in St. Peters, Missouri, but born & brought up in NYC) f