I was sorry to read in the JF & S Mitchell edition of Renfrewshire MI's pre 1855 that comparatively few stones remain in the Kilbarchan East Cemetery. The headstones of my family have been lost, and those ancestors do not appear on the Renfrewshire Deaths and Burials Index CD. Luckily, a family member visited the Kilbarchan East Cemetery in 1992 and copied the inscriptions from 3 of our headstones, otherwise I would have no clue as to what happened to those families. It brought home to me the importance of preserving our family history, and I thank all of you involved in this work. Without your dedication, it would be impossible for the rest of us to find our ancestors. Nyle James Blenheim NZ