This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BrownB38 Surnames: Dalrymple Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.wig.general/2168.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Bruce, thanks for tthose comments! I since found this site that seems to have those Wigtownshire records transcribed: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ainsty/1000/wig-opr.html His age discrepancy is the 1841 census must be due to the rounding down, as you pointed-out. I noticed the informant on Samuel's death record was his youngest son, Archibald, so I imagine he quite probably got his father's age correct, which would, on it's own, mean that he would have been born anytime between 17 Sep 1776 and 17 Sep 1777. Seeing as he was given as aged 74 on census day 1851, I'm reckoning that narrows the window down to him having been born in 1777 - sometime between 31 March and 17 September. regards, Barry Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.