Could somebody check out the relevant records eg parish registers, census documents and help me out of a quandary. Donald McLennan kindly looked up parish records and census records for me in July1999 and we thought we had found the right family for the marriage between my relative Catherine/Kate McLeay and a Gollan. This is what we found: A) 1847 March 8 Certificate for marriage granted to Donald Gollan, Lonbain and Catherine Macleay Callekille, both in this parish, [Applecross] B) Catherine MCLEAY b1809 d1869 married 8th March 1847 to Donald GOLLAN They had the following children John 1849-50? Isabella 1852? Catherine 1856? Donald 1859 Fanny 1863 C) In the 1881 Census at Applecross Catherine's family are on FHL film 0203407 GRO Ref Vol 058-1 EnumDist 4 Page 2 as Gollans at Loanbane Others of my McLeay family lived at Lonbain, plus Sand and Salachar, so it seemed the right family. However in July of this year, 2001, I found the will of Catherine's brother John Macleay at National Archives, Wellington, New Zealand. It was written in 1891. In it he refers to "the children of my sister Kate now or lately residing near Dingwall in Rosshire". On the back cover of the will was a note written at the same time. "Memo: The sister Kate referred to is the widow of John Gollan" This would mean that Kate McLeay the daughter of Donald McLea and Keat McRae married not a Donald, but a John Gollan and that he was dead by 1891, not Kate. This may also mean that she may be in the Dingwall 1891 census. Could anyone on this list help me out Regards Bobbie in NZ