Christine, I hope queries will still go on the list for all to see and answer if they can! Several of us have a bash at interpreting Gaelic names and phrases, for instance, and I think this is helpful. Sara Dictionaries and Word lists: Gaelic/English (6) Scots, incl. agricultural and for historians (4) Various other modern European (incl Welsh) Latin, Old French, also Fr placenames, etymologies, slang etc. English Placenames Grammars/Language Courses: Gaelic (4 - some of dubious value) Scots (2) Church History: Fasti of Sc Church in Middle Ages Major Reference books on Covenanters Seceders Disrupters (sp?) (plus lots of books about individual worthies) General Scottish History various, old and modern Genealogical Gazetteer of Scotland General Scottish Geography/Archaeology incl old and new guidebooks