Hi All, I will post what I have on the early part of our history but I have nothing further back than Alexander & I can't find any in LDS either . If any of you find him could you let me know please. Many of the names of places are unknown on any parish registers I look in. Alexander was born @ 1750 in Ardchattan. He was known to have been a gardener in Ianachan in 1810. He married Margaret/Janet McIntyre of Ardincaple. They had a son (the only one I can find) John McInnes? (curious about the name change). He was baptized in June 1797 in Kilbrandon, he married Janet Willison of Glasgow in Dec 1820. They married in the Barony of Lanark. They had 6 children, Alex 5/1822, John 11/1824, Donald 7/1826, Mary 5/1828, Janet 7/1833 7 Margaret 2/1837. He remarried Helen Smith, July 1827, of Gigha in August 1849. They had 8 children, Isabella 7/1850, John 10/1851 (our line, but I can't find him in LDS, I can find all the others though?), James 2/1853, Alexander 5/1855, Helen 9/1856, Hector 3/1859, Peter 2/1861, & Archibald 1862. All born in Kilcalmonell &Kilberry, Argyll. I don't know what happened to the marriage with Janet Willison. I would love to find out about Alexander's parents or siblings if any of you find a link. This family ended up in Stirling. John McInnes's (1851) son John married there. PS (I apologize if any of you get this repeated through my other lists) Best wishes Carolyn McInnes mcinnes@net2000.com.au