My Scottish grandfather and family, and possibly his brother-in-law William Gillespie left Scotland sometime in 1846 to America. Came into Pennsylvania. Family lore has it they were miners in Scotland. At any rate, John ended up in Ohio working in coal mines. I had always assumed it was the Potato famine that impelled them to leave Scotland. But since joining the Scottish Mining list, wonder if there were mine closures that may have impelled them to leave . Name was John Carruthers, his father was James Carruthers, mother May Nichol. May died and James m. Janet Jardine. James father was also named James. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.