My French is not so good unless I'm ordering filet mignon, so I'll pass on this. But I did want to let everyone know that the Historical Society of Western PA has the daily log from Fort Pitt in its possession as well. Fort Pitt supplanted Fort Duquesne when the British took over in 1758. It became the center of both military and commercial (i.e., trading) activity on the western frontier for decades, so there's a decent chance of finding a reference to your SI ancestors therein. I don't know if it's available online (it wasn't when I viewed it, but that was several years ago). And there are some gaps too. It should cover all the years from 1758 to about 1800 or so (I forget the exact date that it went out of service right now), but I couldn't find 1792 when I was there. Good luck. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Linda Merle [mailto:merle@fea.net] Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:24 PM To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Sc-Ir] The baptismal register of Fort Duquesne, (from June, 1754, to Dec. 1756) Hi folks, a few weeks ago we had a history lesson on Pittsburgh. Many of us didn't realize that only Indians and French lived here much before the Revolution. I found a free copy of The baptismal register of Fort Duquesne, (from June, 1754, to Dec. 1756) / translated, with an introductory essay and notes, by Rev. A.A. Lambing. The printed source citation is The baptismal register of Fort Duquesne, (from June, 1754, to Dec. 1756) / translated, with an introductory essay and notes, by Rev. A.A. Lambing. Register of Fort Duquesne 97 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Pittsburgh, Pa. : Printed by Myers, Shinkle & Co., 1885 http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=00aee8620m; view=toc;c=pitttext These are not Presbyterian baptisms but Catholic of course. Also....the text is in French. This makes searching--- and reading! a bit of a challenge. Linda Merle ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net