Hi, I'm a new lister and am trying to locate the whereabouts of my great-grandfather's family pre 1881. They were all coalminers in various parts of Scotland. Known facts are: 1881 census, Parish of Slamannan in Stirling: No. 44 Lochside: William McINTYRE Head Married aged 54 Coalminer born Pollockshaws RFW Mary McINTYRE (nee GRAHAM) Wife aged 53 born Pollockshaws Charles McINTYRE son aged 18 Coalminer born KilmarnockAYR Thomas McINTYRE son aged 16 Coalminer born Kilmarnock Hannah McINTYRE daur age 14 Servant born Kilmarnock [Elder son, William McINTYRE (my gt-g'father) was married by this time, aged c28, and living in Kilmarnock with wife and 3 children.] Charles died 17 Nov 1893 at Muirend, Dalgety, Fife, and the rest of the family werealso in Fife by then. Where were these people pre-1881? I have searched 1871 Census films for all coal-mining areas in the counties of Ayr, Renfrew, Lanark, Stirling, Dunbarton without success, and am about to tackle the Lothian coalmining areas. I have also been unable to find birth/baptism records for either parents or son William (all supposedly born Pollockshaws) and cannot find other three children's births in Civil Reg. indexes. If anyone finds any "odd" McIntyres who are coalminers, please contact me. BTW, I have transcribed all McIntyre entries from 1871 Census films for counties mentioned above, if anyone would like me to look for their McIntyre ancestors. -- Jill Smith on the beautiful North Coast of NSW Australia Researching: in SCT- McIntyre (Ayr,Renfrew, Fife); Sangster (Fife & Midlothian); Bowman, Burt, Cunningham, Ferguson, Gibson, Nicol, Penman, Simpson, Stenhouse, Yule (Fife); Thomson (Glasgow, Lanark); in IRL - Burke (TIP); Reilly (LIM); Thompson, McGrath (LDY); in WLS - Evan, lewis, Jenkins, Jones (GLA)