Hi Sandra, You asked.... >how to accomplish my mission , please let me know. I have one suggestion. You said: >My ancestors left Scotland in the early 1700. Oops, you are on the wrong list. This list is totally populated by people looking for people from Ireland. That's not Scotland. It's not because we're bigots. It's because the records situation in Scotland is very different from Ireland. You gotta not only network with people also looking for people in Scotland, but you must learn a whole different way of doing genealogy with things like OPRs and sassines. You can find a list at www.rootsweb.com. Also be sure to begin with IGI and Ancestral File at www.familysearch.org . Pardon if you've been there and done that. ESPECIALLY for Scottish research, IGI is your very very important resource at the start, in the middle, and at the end. That's because it contains almost all of the OPRs. These are "OLd Parochial Records" from Scotland. They are all indexed and on line, free. You can order microfilm to look at the actual parish registers -- a MUST. All the people of Scotland are not in the OPRs. The Catholics aren't, people living in the highlands where the parish system was not instituted till 1900 or slightly earlier, dissenting protestants like wee frees, Mormons, and Methodists are often not in them. Still, it's highly likely SOME of your ancsetors are there and if you spend some time learning how to use this resource, you will succeed. Ireland, on the other hand, has a lot fewer surviving church records and only a very very very small portion of the ones that do survive are indexed in IGI. Totally different methodologies. So go to www.familysearch and download the free guides on using IGI and doing Scottish research. And don't look here. Other people looking for Scottish people aren't here. They are on a Scottish list wishing YOU would join! Also study up on how to do American colonial research. Even if you give conferences on American colonial research for a living, there is more to learn that will result in your finding valuable clues. It's the people giving the conferences who are often the ones who will say that the more they do the less they realize they know. so they are studying ALL the time. Best of luck!! Linda Merle ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Thomas R. Stanley" <pastanley@alltel.net> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:06:48 -0500 >Hi. His name was William Cleghorn Sr. born around 1720. >He married Lettice Poage in 1750-1752 in Rutherford Co. North Carolina. If any has any information please let me know. If you have any suggestions on how to accomplish my mission , please let me know. >Thanks, >Sandra Cleghorn Stanley > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net