Hi Toni: Thanks for the idea. I had looked before but gave it another try. There was one McNabb & one Currie in the townships of Victoria of interest. The McNab was Irish! Neither are the correct names. My folks were supposedly living with family- yet they show up in the census some distance away from anyone with a similar name. That's why I wondered if the census could provide some insight into location. I'll play around with this some more. I'm anxious to hear from KARA. They did some more Galloway research for me- she married my Islay man- but she was probably from England. This Galloway thing has been a great mystery. She should be emailing the information any time. It's too bad you can't go to the symposium. It sounds like it would be interesting-even though my Islay folks came through Ontario, not the US originally. Thanks again for giving my query some thought! Carolyn