This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TeC.2ACE/219.1 Message Board Post: Hello Rowan, I do not know if we are related but I have a Malcolm Murchison in our family and in the 1851 census it lists. Malcolm Murchison age 59. farmer 4 acres Snizort. Mary Wife age 60 " Catherine Daughter age 29 " Donald Son. age 20 sailor " Mary Daughter age 18 " Flora Daughter age 14 " Donald McDermid age 6 Grandson. Our Malcolm Murchison's on his death certificate was born around 1790 and died 1872 and his father was Neil Murchison and mother Janet MacDonald. Was there ever a mention of a Dow in your family?. I hope that this helps in some way. Regards Pam.