Challenge for bored SKS's...please assist if possible I'll give you the run down and maybe you can help a bit. Al least add it to your files. William Fraser b. Abt.1863-ish m. Aug. 03, 1888, Church at Inverness, Invernesshire d. Abt. 1911-ish, Nairn Mary Ann Swan b. June 16, 1863 m. as above d. Abt. 1946, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Children: Alexander[have his birth extract], Jessie, Kattie [my g-m, and have her birth extract], John and Mary. Accept for Kattie and John, nothing is known of the other siblings. To the best of our knowledge, after William died in 1911, Mary Ann moved her family from Nairn, at 18 Acre St. and moved to Canada [about Nov. of 1920. John may have been born in Nairn. It is thought that Alex may have died young, as no evidence can be found about him. Jessie came over and married an Alexander Gill at some point in time. Nothing is known of Mary. Mary Ann Swan's family is under the aegis of a cousin in England. But he has not referenced her siblings beyond his own connection: Alexander, Daniel, Ernest, James, John, Niel and Mary Ann. His connection is up through Niel Swan. The other siblings are not known of, at this time. She attended the church in Nairn...I have a copy of a note of introduction from the Minister to whomever, about the upstanding "Sabbath Day Scholars" her children were. William Fraser lived and worked in the Nairn area. He was a member of "The Scottish Amalgamated Society of House and Ship Painters." Norman Fraser signed the sympathy letter from the "union" to Mary Ann upon the death of William. No connection of Norman to William is known. Another name, Donald Fraser, is noted. As I recall, he was the Clerk of Session for the Church at Inverness where they were married and had signed the marriage banns or certificate. I have asked for someone to check the cemetery at the church...but no response, and the OPR's for the area, or session minutes, if available for any ref's...no response. So, who William's father, mother, etc. are is a mystery. I have nothing to go by. And the fact that every Fraser family in Scotland has a Donald, William, etc. has not made it any easier. Therefore, any assistance would be more than I had before. The GRO has been no help, neither have the other generally used sites. So there ends my Fraser line...vertically and horizontally. Thanking you in advance, for any help a SKS can offer ... Al Dempster -- Visit us at The House of Dempster, [www.myfamily.com]. FORTITER ET STRENUE "God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change... Courage to change the things I can and... Wisdom to know the difference." The Book of Islam tells us: first with the example, then with the word and then with the hand...LEAD BY EXAMPLE, BY THE WORD AND THEN BY YOUR DEEDS! Be a goat, not a sheep.