Jim wrote: Can you tell me how you gain access to 1851 census data for Kincardineshire please. 1841 census for Strachan is now online at http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl If you choose Strachan from the "Census place" box then you can search this parish exclusively. I am happy to do lookups for the 1851 and 1861 census for anyone who is interested. Sharon researching GLASS EMSLIE COUTTS McKONDACH and GORDON in Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire special interests in parish of BIRSE, and the area of the FOREST OF BIRSE