I have received some very valuable tips from the listers for which I am very grateful. What has also come out of the exchanges is the fact that I am not going to find an easy way to trace Hector Munro from Rosskeen. What has also happened is that I realise how much information gets lost from one generation to another. I have written a person account of my efforts to trace him with some of the historic happening at the time he lived in South AFrica. Is there a Munro society that might be interested in such a story for their records? I am happy to send it to any list member who might feel they could advise me on this one. David Moon Pietermaritzburg South Africa.