> My GGG-grandfather James Harper married Mary Laing in Banffshire in > 1859 and had children: Mary (1859) Margaret (1861) Robert (1863) William > > (1865). Too many Harpers in 1841 census to determine James' parents. Go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and download the image of the 1859 marriage certificate. This will tell you the names of the couple's parents. You can also get the 1861 census entry and the children's birth certificates. HTH Anne