This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: GordonPertJohnson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21635.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I think you need to find out more about his father, such as his age at death, or age at marriage, and where he married. If you can establish his age at a specific date, that gives a GUIDE as to his year of birth. Try also US census records to make certain that Scotland was his birth country. Once you have done that, you can either try familysearch.org (free) or scotlandspeople (govt. website in Scotland) to search the indexes for him. If you can get some indication of WHERE in Scotland he was born, that will make identification easier in the case of several of the same name. Hesler is not a Scottish surname, but people have always moved around..... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.