Hi Chris, Thanks to a very kind list member, I have parents for my 4xgreatgrandmother, Margaret (nee BLACK) HAMILTON. When you mentioned BLACKs of Canongate, it meant nothing to me, in fact I did not even know where Canongate was located. But the new info. I got is this ... In the Register of Deaths for the Parish of Kilberry, County of Argyll, Registration District 516/2, in the year 1870, Entry number 1 concerns the death of Margaret HAMILTON or BLACK, married to George HAMILTON, farmer. Date of death: 1870, March 23 at 4 a.m. Place of death: Teretigan, Parish of Kilberry Age: 76 years Father: John BLACK, Farmer (deceased) Mother: Catherine BLACK, maiden surname LOCKIE (deceased) Cause of death: Palpitations of heart Informant: George HAMILTON, husband of deceased, signed Register in his own hand, but was not present at death. The 1851 Census return for the family in Kilberry gives Margaret's place of birth as Edinburgh. Possibly the entry reads "Edinburgh, Canongate" The 1841 Census for Carnwath, Lanarkshire simply indicates that Margaret was not born in Lanarkshire So you see Canongate is now a distinct possibility for my BLACKs' place of origin too. Did your BLACKs have any Argyll connections? Or perhaps Carnwath or Lesmahagow, Lanark connections? I might get lucky with the LOCKIE name I'm thinking - it seems to be rather uncommon, but quite a few to be found in Edinburgh. In genealogy, every answer comes with 10 more questions! lol Mary Fletcher Harris Barrie, Ontario, Canada > Hi Mary > I don't know if this is any help but we have some Blacks in our family > from > Canongate -