Christine: A while ago you asked me to let you know if I find them. I'm just back from Sutherland. Great trip and met lost lost relations there and can fix some of my records now. But, to let you know, the cemetery records are kept by the Highland Council office in Dornoch for the whole of Sutherland from what I could tell. Phillippa is the archivist there and her assistant Ray (female) are both immensely helpful. They will haul out the maps of cemeteries to find lairs; go through or let you go through the books kept for each cemetery. They have all the records because all the cemeteries are maintained by the Highland Council workers now. The one shortcoming in that is they dont touch the stones, and I noticed in two years quite a deterioration in many stones in Helmsdale area. If stomes fall over or break, it is up to the family to fix them. Fat chance that is going to happen on 100 year old stones. So, that's the answer to another question! Regards to all and friends, go to Scotland; the bell heather is blooming in the highlands again. Forget the weather worries; I had great weather everywhere I went in Sutherland and Caithness. Glasgow was brutal. Ron "Ancestors Plant Trees to Shelter Future Generations" URL: http://www.geocities.com/rpatrickca really-big-mail to: PO Box 247, 353 William St., Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Canada L0S 1J0 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.264 / Virus Database: 136 - Release Date: 7/2/01