Hello all, A note to thank you all for your help and to let you know that I've found the beginings of my Murray line in Canada. It appears that I'm not related to James Murray of the "Hector" after all (at least not directly), as I was told. I found my GGgrandfather in the 1871 census of Pictou county and it shows him as being born in Scotland in 1793 or 1794. If anyone out there is related to: John Murray, b 1793 / 1794 in Scotland married in 1835 to: Jane Irvine, b 1814 / 1815 in Scotland children: James, b 1837 in N.S. Mercer, b 1840 / 1841 in N.S. Margaret, b 1845 / 1846 in N.S. Charles C., b 1846 / 1847 in N.S. John D., b 1848 / 1849 in N.S. William, b 1851 / 1852 in N.S. then please contact me. I even have a photo of James and also one of Mercer. This is just the beginning. Ivan