A while ago a lister posted a query concerning a Robert Kelton (bn 1814)married to Rosana Mclean at Old Luce (?) on 24 May 1836, and a son Mathew born 6 July 1836. (Unfortunately the posting has disappeared from my system, too efficient at deleting!) This family is part of my heritage also, and I am wondering where these 2 went. I found their son aged 4 in the 1841, and aged 4 in the 1851 census for Old Luce, both times with his maternal grandmother, but no sign of his parents there, or on the 1841 census either. If the previous lister has any further information about where they went (I even wondered whether they might have died in some accident or illness etc.) I would love to learn more about this family if anyone can help. I am also interested in any early information about John Kelton (bn 1811, Kirkgunzeon, eldest son of Matthew Kelton and Elizabeth Clark,) older brother of Robert, who married Margaret Patty at Kirkmaiden 1837. They had 2 sons born (1838,1842)in Kirkmaiden and 1 born 1840 in Barony, Lanarkshire, before moving to south Africa in the mid-1840s. I posted a query about him last year and had a reply which filled in many gaps in my researching. I know that he had an illegitimate son (William, my ggg-grandfather) by Isabella Reid (maybe Reed?), at Windmill (?wentmill?), whose christening is an entry for 1833 in the OPR for Kirkmaiden, but he does not appeared to have married her. How can I find out what happened to her? I wondered whether she died of puerperal fever, which happened to many women in those days, and I have certainly found such tragedies occurring often in searching my Kirkmaiden forebears. Thank you for all the interesting snippets of history that appear from time to time, and the WFP BDM lists that are being posted are just fantastic. The efforts are really appreciated. Sue Broad (nee Kelton)