Hi Denice, The places you mention are farms, rather than towns. In the 18th century, and well into the 19th, spelling of both placenames and family names was at the whim of the person writing the record. The spelling you have for Clachanmore is the way it appears on the current OS maps. It is in the parish of Stoneykirk, just under 2 miles NW of the village of Ardwell. You find it from: http://www.multimap.com/ by searching on Clachanmore. (Depending on your location, you may first need to select Great Britain & NI from the Country drop-down menu.) Dergoals is in the parish of Old Luce, just under 3 miles ENE of the village of Glenluce. Multimap doesn't have it indexed, but you can search on Glenluce, magnify the image, and pan eastward along the A75. Dergoals used to be two farms, High Dergoals, and Low Dergoals. Laigh is an alternate form of Low. Once you know the area to look, you can go to the 1895 OS map at: http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/os_scotland_2nd_ed_list.html Select the Wigtown map, and keep clicking on that area, (the 'N' of WIGTOWNSHIRE), until you can read the farm names. Regards, Bruce __________________ I'm looking for the parents of Elizabeth McCraken. She was born 1727, Clachanmore, Wigtown, Scotland and died 23 Jan, 1781, Laigh Dirgoals, Wigtown, Scotland. I apologize upfront if I have spelled any of the towns wrong, I'm going off of some information from the family. Elizabeth McCraken is the daughter of Thomas McCraken, she married Thomas Leach and at some point before 1753 came to Massachusetts, USA. Where they had a son Andrew and then went back to Scotland. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Denice