Dear All: A useful tool has been posted on the Burkes web site. It allows you to relate the family or Clan name to specific areas of Scotland. The Area map then has a connection to some brief history and bio's of the family that are contained in the Burkes registry. This then provides an incentive to join the various mailing lists here at Rootsweb for those specific areas as well. The Scottish districts are listed under the International section on the mailing list index. There is also Clan mailing lists and the Clan Message boards here at Rootsweb for more information as well. Thanks go to Alastair McIntyre for his posting of this useful hint in his weekly newsletter and to Burkes for their work to assemble this integrated map, names and genealogy information. Best Regards John A Hansen From the Electric Newsletter: NEW CLAN MAP Ever wondered where the main Scottish Clans held their lands? Burke's Peerage & Gentry have a new interactive Clan Map of Scotland, showing principal areas occupied by the Highland Clans and Lowland families at the time of James VI. Then click on the map to search for family records within the Burke's database. http://www.burkes-scotland.com/sites/scotland/sitepages/cmindex.asp For the Electric Scotland Newsletter: To subscribe or unsubscribe simply go to http://www.electricscotland.com/maillist.htm for complete instructions.