In a message dated 4/8/02 7:09:09 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Thank you for your assistance and allowing this intrusion. Jim, it's not an intrusion. Let's address the "doing research over there" portion of the question. I've e-mailed Jim a suggestion for travel in Scotland info. found here on AOL. If anyone on the list lives in the UK or has good experience conducting genealogical research while over there, please feel free to share your tips with Jim and your fellow listers. Also anything that relates specifically to East Lothian, for example: If you are physically able to, consider walking the Tyne from Haddington to East Linton. (It's about five miles.) Skip stones in the Tyne. Visit Hailes Castle (it's free) Climb the Traprain Law, if you're a good hiker and hill climber. Visit Preston Mill, just outside of East Linton. (You don't need to be in good shape to do this one!) Don't just drive the main roads, get out and walk around those ancestral towns and villages. Go to a church service on Sunday morning in one of your ancestral parishes. Visit the local libraries and museums, if any. (Check ahead first for times they are open.) Visit a local pub and talk with some of the locals. Not all families emigrated, obviously, but you'd be surprised what names may still be around or known by a few of the old folks! Believe it or not, these may all help you in your family research and will give you a bigger picture of what it was actually like to live in East Lothian. Jill Clark listowner, SCT-EAST-LOTHIAN researching COWE, BORTHWICK, LAMOND, HARKES, RATTRAY, NISBET, JENKINSON, SANDERSON, BURNS, GRIEVE, GIBSON, BROWN