Hi Marilyn, To answer your last question - Yes, these are very common Scottish names. Have you checked Scotlandspeople.gov.uk for the 1855 marriage of Ewen & Mary? If you do find one you're in luck. The records for that first year (and only that year) of Civil Registration in Scotland contain an unusual amount of information. On that same fee-based website you'll also be able to access the OPRs (Church of Scotland Old Parish Registers) for the other pre-1855 events. These last records are also available to search free of charge at your local LDS (Church of Latter-day Saints) family history center, if there is one near you. If you succeed in determining a locale for the family, you can also order microfilms (for a modest fee) of the 1841 and 1851 Scottish censuses from their main library in Salt Lake City to examine at the local center. Good luck! Maureen -------Original Message------- From: Marilyn Bulkeley Date: Thursday, September 25, 2003 2:38:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SCT-INV] Fw: Reposting interests Hi all Just reposting my interests Thanks Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Marilyn Bulkeley To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 7:33 PM Subject: Reposting interests Dear everyone, Reposting my interests I am wondering please if anyone can help me with tracing some of my ancestors. My information is very sketchy I 'm afraid but it is all I know at present. My ancestor's name was EWEN CAMERON born 2/1/1794 in Lochaber. Maybe this exact date may be a clue for someone out there to be able to find some record of him for me so I may learn more about him and wife MARY MCDONALD. eg When and where married etc. He married in circa 1855 in Lochaber to MARY MCDONALD who was born 1831 in Inverness. I don't know whether this was Inverness the shire or Inverness the city. He was in his 60's when they married and she was in 20's. The couple moved to Australia in circa 1857. MARY MCDONALD was born in Inverness - not sure if this was the Shire or the city. Her father's name was ANGUS MCDONALD and her mother's name was JESSIE surname not known. She had a brother ARCHIBALD MCDONALD born circa 1826 and a sister CATHERINE "KITTY" MCDONALD born circa 1824. As these are common Scots names I am finding much difficulty in researching them and any help would be very much appreciated. Thankyou, Marilyn.