Thanks for that link, Sue. What a heart breaker! It must have been so hard for Elizabeth to wait so long for information about her son who was first "missing", then finally "killed in action". But what a wonderful archived collection of letters and documents! Speaking of "Johnston", I was corresponding with an Argyllshire researcher today who also had Johnstons in her family history (not Islay), and she wrote: one of my triumphs was to figure out why the McO'Heinens/Heynens/O'Heinens became "Johnstons" was to SOUND the word... "heyn" is like "Ian", ie, "John". This seems like an Irish translation, and might be something for the Islay Johnston researchers to look into. I think I recall that there is a Johnston dna project underway, but can't be sure. Toni > Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:46:23 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Attention Johnston researchers _________________________________________________________________ Live connected. Get Hotmail & Messenger on your phone. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9724462