IS there a chance that's Canonmills? Judy On 6 Oct 2008, at 13:20, Peter Smith wrote: > Cassour Mills --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks very much - that fits (the hand-writing is a bit "Baroque", but I can now see what you mean). ================================================================ Scotlandspeople has a 'trust disposition' for Patrick Milne. I looked this up and it was a document recorded in life but recorded after death. Seems to have been for land mostly but might also mention moveable property. Perhaps worth spending the fiver on the off chance your man was mentioned in some way? Judy On 6 Oct 2008, at 13:20, Peter Smith wrote: >  have tentatively identified James Smith's employer to have been > Patrick Milne Esq. of Crimonmogate, a wealthy businessman and > politician, who died on 16 May 1820, i.e. about the time that James > Smith started his own business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I already had a look at the document with the same idea, but unfortunately he did not leave anything to his gardener! Patrick Milne had no children, so a cousin of his wife, Charles Bannerman (who became the 8th Baronet of Elsick in 1840 on the death of his elder brother Alexander), got the lot. __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.