Is there a kind soul out their who can supply the final piece of the puzzle. I am researching Elizabeth Irvine who married David Laird in 1814 in the Stirling area. I have certified copies of the proclamation of banns as follows. David Laird, in the Parish of Borthkenner and Elizabeth Irvine dated 13th February 1814. Elizabeth Irvine, in the Parish of Larbert and David Laird dated 29th January 1814. The banns would have been read out in the church on the 3 Sundays before the wedding. In the 1841 Census Elizabeth is listed in the census for Wallace-Stone-Muir. No Husband recorded, presumed dead. She has three children. Elizabeth is listed in the Census as being 50 years of age and Not Born in that County. She is not recorded in the 1851 census but her child James laird is with his wife Ann (Waugh) Laird. I need to know where Elizabeth was born or the name of her father to allow me to continue. I have a feeling that she was born in the Shetland Isles but I need to prove or disprove this theory. Can anyone out there help. Thanks Bill Hunter