Hi Ian I have run into this too and the answer is very simple....in the older writing you will find that colin and john look very similar. I had one of these cases and it took a while to figure out the problem! Hope this helps! Cheers Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Phillips" <ian.phillips@ukonline.co.uk> To: <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Currie - McDougall Kinlochspelvie. > Hi Tricia, > > I have just checked the original film for 1861 Kinlochspelvie which > clearly shows Colin as aged 13. > > The strange thing is that Ancestory.co.uk shows Colin as John. > > I'm real puzzled as 1851 shows a John aged 3 that would fit with John > being 13 in 1861. > > John appears in the 1871 census as 23 so the balance of probability > would have it that Colin is John but what an error. > > Might I ask the source of John's birth. > > Ian > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message