This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PHIBBS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/EgC.2ACE/9984.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Murray, Thanks for that info. I am aware of those Phibbs'- in fact, my line goes right back to them. Do you have access to teh 1841 census at all? Those you listed, were the children of a Matthew Phibbs married ca 1845 in Stirlingshire or Lanarkshire (not sure which) and he was recorded on the 1851 Kilsyth census as an Irish immigrant and I have been trying to find out if he was already in Scotland by 1841 or if any other Phibbs' were on that census (in fact on the 1851 census Matthew's name was spelt "Ffibss" which makes matters mor difficult). I am also trying to contact any living Phibbs' relatives so would love to hear from anybody. Thanks again. regards, Sarah