Dear Avril, Many thanks for your e.mail and the certificates. My gggg grandmother was AGNES PINKERTON who married ADAM HAY in 1790 in Neilston. Their daughter was DOUGLAS HAY who married GEORGE BARR. There is on the IGI a Gavin Pinkerton who married an Elizabeth Barr in Abbey, Paisley in 1780. I am floundering amongst Pinkertons and Barrs!!! I also have a MARY MCKINLAY ARBUCKLE, daughter of THOMAS ARBUCKLE and AGNES GALT who married a relative of mine MATTHEW HOUSTON HAY (descendent of Adam Hay and Agnes Pinkerton) in 1900 in Dreghorn. Can you see any connections? Best wishes, Jeannette