Sue, this is in reference to your message to the ROSS list on 9 Sept (Monday): You mentioned a Finley ROSS in PA. I realize that I'm really grasping at straws here, but when you've been stuck on a family for nearly twenty years, you grab at anything at all! I have an Eliza FINLEY, b 23 Dec 1806 @ Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA, d 20 July 1884 @ Kennebunkport, ME (poss visiting family or friends?) She marr, bef 1837, James WRAY, b Oct 1765 @ Co. Donegal, Ireland. d 4 Nov 1863 @ Philadelphia, prob. Both James and Eliza are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, in or near Philadelphia. I've never been able to find the parents and/or siblings of Eliza, nor can I find the parents or siblings of James . I don't even know the name of the town in which he was born. These are my gg grandparents, and they are one colossal brick wall! When I read your letter, what I initially saw were the two names, FINLEY and ROSS and it really grabbed me as I also have some ROSS's. But my Jane Ross was b ca 1740-45, she was the d/o Alexander ROSS of Balnagowen, Scotland. (I can't find the name Balnagowen in my atlas, but I'm sure it was in Scotland, and I think probably in Aberdeenshire.) This Jane ROSS marr William ROBERTSON, B @ Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Sct. He was s/o JAMES ROBERTSON, of Drumnahoy, parish of Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Sct. The son of William and Jane (Ross) ROBERTSON, was Archibald (there were two other sons as well). Archibald, a painter and a miniaturist, came to NY in Nov of 1791. He met and marr Eliza ABRAMSE (of Dutch ancestry). They lived and died in NYC. So, as you can see, this is a very tenuous connection between FINLEY and ROSS, but I warned you that I'm grasping at Anything at all!! Do you see the possibility of a connection here at all? (You've no idea how much I want there to be a connection!!) Best, Barbara in MO