Hi List and Marion, You asked - Can anyne tell me where Newarthill and Motherwell are/were in 1840's Neither is listed in Lanark OPRs for Lanark. Newarthill is in the district of Holytown according to my ggfathers birth certificate. Finding it was always a deadend till I went to Scotland last summer. On most records (census) Bothwell was always listed. Don't know why. The OPR's (the 1995 Mormon list) only have 1 film for Holytown and its the Free Church. The other listing refers to and says See Bothwell. It is still a place, I went through there in late May. Small but its still there. It is NE of Motherwell. My names in that area are Russell, how about you? Motherwell is also still around, its a little north east of Hamilton on a road A723, if you have a map. Not sure what place it falls in on the OPR's. Judi Ferguson Sawyer email [email protected]