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/TeC.2ACE/1135 Message Board Post: A thought struck me, after perusing the Statistical Accounts of Glenelg for both 1791 and 1845. The population for the parish hovered at the 27-2800 mark throughout this period. If we were to make comparison to any small town of that population, there is a very strong possiblity that the people with the same family name would be related. I am still hoping for a response to my posting of May 29, 2003.