Georgena from Las Vegas also from Scotland writes: "I just thought I would correct an error mort clothes were over the coffin and were of various sizes and also various prices they were not shrouds." Quite right, Georgena. My comment reflects the problem of sending a message in the middle of the night, when one is half asleep, as I was, and not thinking carefully. ;-) In fact, the mortcloth was rented from the parish for funerals, which resulted in many of the poorer people not able to have this burial. The dues were given to the parish for the hire of the mortcloth or pall, as it was sometimes known. One writer suggests, another reason for the difficulty of finding persons in the few of these records that exist, may be the custom of carrying deceased persons to their native parish or burial place of their ancestor. However, he also has said the mortcloth was not used for children under the age of ten. This apparently was not the case in this parish. A tip of the hat to you, Georgina, for picking up on an error that shouldn't have been made. Cheers Don Wilson