This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//XeC.2ACI/1198 Message Board Post: I am looking for some information on my ancestors who according to family records lived in Haddington, East Lothian for some time. I have found some information But am unsure where to go to get information on the family before 1810. It seems a relative Robert Birrell was born about 1783 in Haddington, he was a shoemaker by trade and married a lady called Annie Dunbar but as for verification of this information I am unsure where I may find it. I am writing from Australia Can anyone help me Thanks very much for your help Sue Harris