I am looking for experiences of life and settlement in New Brunswick, Canada, as narrated by Scottish settlers throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This is part of a research project being undertaken by the University of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Provincial Archives. Do any readers have historic family connections that resulted in the survival of letters, diaries, photographs, etc. from Scots settlers in New Brunswick sent to their families back home during the long nineteenth century? There were strong links between Galloway on the one hand, and New Brunswick on the other, to do with the timber trade, but these broadened into other spheres. Ships brought timber from the New Brunswick forests to the Solway - and often returned to Canada with emigrants from Dumfriesshire, Kirkcubrightshire and Wigtownshire. For example, in 1817 a returning timber ship, The North Star, advertised for joiners, blacksmiths, tailors and farmers to apply to join embarkation at Kippford (Kirkcudbrightshire) for the voyage back to New Brunswick. If you do have such treasures carefully hidden away, I would love to hear from you. regards, Iain Hutchison