In a message dated 22/05/00 11:06:34 AM Central Daylight Time, bmaycock@primus.ca writes: << Greetings from Nova Scotia. We have discovered that one of my wife's ancestors was confined to Reformatory school prior to joining the Seaforth Highlanders. 1881 Census: The Reformatory School, 46 Rose Street, Inverness,Inverness, Scotland. Film 0203420, GRO ref Vol 098, En Dis 6, Page 15. Robt Tait - unmarried - inmate -19 - born Cupar, Fife, Scotland Can anybody tell us whether it is possible to find out what crime had taken Robert Tait to the school? Thank you Bryan >> Probably the train took him there. OK sorry. He either committed a crime, or was not attending school or his family was disrupted. There will be some paper work somewhere. I don't know back then if they had to go through a family or criminal court, but there will be police records, in take and release forms etc. Hope this helps; DaveM