This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeC.2ACI/634.674.854 Message Board Post: While browsing/looking for uncommon surnames in a printout of a page from the 1841-42 Edinburgh PO Professions and Trades Directory , I came across the following entry which may or may not be of interest to your research. Hatters: Skirving & Co. 23 North Bridge