Thank you for sending this lovely and peaceful photo of the Old Kirk at Portpatrick. A number of my relatives, especially my GG-Grandparents are likely to be buried there. They were John ANDERSON and Sarah Jane (PARKS) ANDERSON. John was born in 1818 in County Down, Ireland, and died in 1867 at 49 in Portpatrick. Sarah Jane was born in Apr 1822 in County Derry, Ireland. She died in 1899 in Portpatrick at the age of 77. They had 7 children. Their eldest daughter, Elizabeth ANDERSON married James Brown LAWRIE in 1875 in St. Quivox Parish. He came to Illinois in 1882, and she came, bringing four sons (Jim, John, William, and Robert, ages 7, 5, 3, 1,) with her...and she was deathly ill for the whole trip. (William was my grandfather...Robert was my father...and I am Kristy.) The Andersons had 6 children: Elizabeth ANDERSON LAWRIE who went to Illinois in 1883. She died in Plano, IL, in 1910, at age 67. Jane ANDERSON moved to Manchester, England, before 1915. Susan ANDERSON died at age 10 near Sorbie, in 1856. Sarah ANDERSON RANKIN moved to Victoria, British Columbia, and died in 1915 at age 66. William ANDERSON died in Portpatrick at age 24, in 1877. John ANDERSON died in Govan, Lanark, at age 24, in 1876. James ANDERSON died in Sidney, (or Victoria), British Columbia at age 77, in 1934. Thanks for showing me what the kirk in Portpatrick must have looked like to them. Kristy Lawrie Gravlin in Plano, Illinois. > > There is a nice photo at > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Kirk_Portpatrick_-_geograph.org.uk_ > -_930886.jpg