<< have been searching in vain for about 5 years, to find any information, no matter how small on my grandfather, George Watt McCartney, born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 9th May 1888. >> Denise: Have you worked at all with the Church of the LDSaints (www.familysearch.com)? There are other sites out there on Rootsweb.com. Have you joined the McCartney list? Have you joined the Aberdeen list for rootsweb? I didn't realize how many sites rootsweb had until I went searching for someone else. A LOT! Have you tried the Google search engine? (www.Google.com) With the information and dates, have you gone directly to Scotland's records and archives. Genealogy is frustrating, and the brick walls many. The nice part about all of it, is the helpful people I have met along the way. Pam