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I had been thinking all night about some of the points you told me. I was wondering if Barbary could have left from Dundee and not be from there...and you posted that thought this morning.

I will check on the Scotlands People. I never even thought about typing that in. Most of your other suggestions I have either tried or belong to.

I know a couple (now divorced) in the UK with the last name of Love. I think I will contact the ex-husband and see if he has Scottish roots.

Thanks for all your help and enjoy your rest....I have taken a few of those from my family name as well.

Yes, I have just done that with a branch of my own family. When you are brought up in a family that doesn't speak to each other or doesn't talk of the dead, it is hard to do the research.
However, thanks to my father's death (not that I am glad he died), I found memorial cards in Bibles that belonged to his mother from the U.K.
At the same time, as my mother & I were driving by a road we had driven by a million times, she told me I had a great aunt that lived on the road. One I never heard of but turns out to have been her fathers baby sister he hadn't spoken to in over 40 yrs.
I finally got to meet her 9 yrs ago and she was and is quite helpful in that side of the family history...including why my grandfather stopped talking to her.
I always thought I came from a no-where family until I started digging. Now I have to say I am quite proud of all my family heritage.
Thanks againg for your help!!

Barbary came to the US in or before 1849. Unfortunately, I have the paper at home from the historical society that says what year she came here. In the 1850 Connecticut census she has already had 1 yr of schooling in the US.

I don't have a marriage certificate. I do have the date and town of where they were married thanks to the Historical Society. I knw the marriage cert would tell teh names but I would think the death cert as well (which is what I am waiting for).
Checking on the Scottish census using her parents same name, I know they outlived her, but don't know where or when they died.

This is the same census, I found. Also the names you gave me are the same parents as what I found on familysearch.org.   Peter Alexander was a common name in that area. Any idea where I can find who his parents were? Also I noticed you have the Alexanders as McDonalds. I have read they can either be McDonalds or MacAllisters. This part of my family has been the hardest ones to research. Even my U.K. Wilson  wasn't so difficult  .
Any info greatly appreciated