>My gg Grandfather was James GALLOWAY, son of a collier in New Monkland. The >family seemed to move between Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire: >William GALLOWAY married Christina BAXTER 2 Dec 1852, Muiravonside. >William was born in Polmont, Stirling about 1832, I am stuck on his parents, >Any help would be appreciated. >Jim Jim, If William died in Scotland after 1855 his parents should be on the death certificate. Here in Christchurch (NZ) we can look up the indexes of Scottish briths deaths and marriages at the LDS family history centre. Then the full record for the years 1855-1875 also 1881 and 1891 can be ordered in on microfilm at a small cost. If it's outside those years you have to get it from the official records office in Scotland which costs more - but there are probably people local to you who order them in bulk at less cost than you ordering a single certificate. I believe you can also do this all on line at the web site of the Scottish Records Office. To search costs 6 pounds payable by credit card, but you can get a lot of searches (30 pages of results) for this cost. Then you can order the certificate for an additional cost. Catherine [email protected]