Donna Lou's question and George's response have solved a problem that has puzzled me for years. Thank you both. When my great-great-grandfather, John MacDonald, was baptised in 1809 in the Isle of Tiree, his mother's name was recorded in the parish register as Marion Campbell. When he died in Australia in 1888 his mother's name was recorded as Sarah Campbell. After searching in vain for Sarah Campbell in the Tiree records and finding only Marion I had assumed that there was an error in the Australian record. Keith Dash Sydney, Australia