This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Woolston and Scott Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DFC.2ACE/1872.1.1 Message Board Post: Many thanks John for your message. Since my posting I have confirmed that these people are in fact "my family" but your message has left me reeling somewhat. I have the birth of Mary Jane Woolston in Scotland, 10 Jan 1972, and had also deduced that Mrs James Scott was indeed the sister of Jane Ellen Woolston. However, the 1880 census for Portage shows the entire Woolston family (parents and 5 children) with the remaining children being born in Scotland. (Copies of birth entries obtained). So, if poor baby Mary Jane died in Plover in 1872, then William and Jane Ellen Woolston must have returned to Scotland straight away as their next daughter was born in April 1873 in Glasgow. After having 5 children, the family must then have returned to Plover. Can't see any other explanation. Wonder if the Plover Times may have more details. Any further information on the Scotts would be most welcome also. Thank you very much. It may be over 3 years since I posted my message, so it obviously pays off!!