Hi all, Just wanted to say thanks for the info about the name McCallum and let everyone know my McCallum connection in case of any cross-matching (or whatever it's called!). My grandmother was a McCallum (Mary Anne Murray McCallum born 1881 in Dunfermline, Fife) but until relatively recently I hadn't really thought about where her family originated. Once I had found her parents (John McCallum and Janet Hutchison) via Scottish Origins, it was possible to find her father's family on the Inverkeithing census records, from which I discovered that both her grandfather and great-grandfather (James and Archibald) had been born in Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll. I haven't yet been able to get back beyond Archibald McCallum (born c 1776 at Kilmichael Glassary, no sign of any birth record but I have his death record, he lived to be 90) - I have names for his parents but can't find a record, but as someone else has already noted, there are so many McCallums around that this is a difficult one. However now that I've narrowed down the geographical area a bit, I am planning to do some research on the ground next. If nothing else I would like to get a better idea of what the place looks like! One last point is that by a huge coincidence (or is it?) there were several stone workers in this branch and I see this part of Argyll is famous for its old stone carvings etc! If anyone thinks they have a connection to my McCallums I would be glad to hear from them! best wishes, Sheila (McCallum) Perry