Please forgive me if anyone should receive this more than once. I'm sending the same query to several Lists. I've been trying for a long, long time now to locate my maternal 3rd grt grandfather, Simon BELL. After exhaustively searching thru' many, many records the following is what I have come up with that I know for sure: 1. Simon BELL was born in "Scotland", about 1790-91, to unknown parents. 2. He is recorded on both the 1841 Lonan, IOM and 1851 Douglas, IOM Censuses showing place of birth as "Scotland". 3. He married Jane Clague in Lezayre, IOM in December, 1813 and they had 8 known children. 4. The Parish Register of Marriages for Lezayre only indicates "Simon Bell of the Parish of KK Michael (IOM)". This is probably only his place of residence at the time of his marriage. 5. Jane died 1848, 58 years of age and is buried in Lezayre, IOM 6. There is no record of death/burial/MI for Simon Bell on the IOM anywhere. I would like to discover who Simon's parents were, where in Scotland he was born and what date exactly. A burial record would also come in handy. Not asking for much, am I? The LDS IGI records have been thoroughly searched to no avail, and Scots Origins also led me nowhere! Also, a 4th cousin living in Scotland has been pouring through various records, and we are still at a dead end! If anyone recognizes this couple, or has any suggestions as to how to locate 'where' in Scotland Simon was born, I would be most grateful to hear from you. Thank you, Pat