This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rennie, Rannie, Pirie, Geddes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReC.2ACI/2461.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I take it the 'he' who went to US is John not George? I've found, as no doubt you have already, everybody in 1881 at various places, with the only candidate for 'my' George being 'your' George - it all ties in nicely. Interestingly, George gives his birthplace as Boyndie - I can't remember offhand exactly in which parish Culbeuchly is. George's place in Alvah is Kiltryknock. >From the 1861 census, wife Jessie Morrison had a child Jessie Ann Troup age 11 b Alvah; she married John Murdo 6-1-1870 and turns up in 1881 at Drywells (next door to Kiltryknock) with husband and family now known as Murdoch. I can give you the details offline if you like, but it's all in the IGI and 1881 census CDs. I'm now satisfied as to 'my' George Rennie's identity which I may eventually confirm at some date in the future.