thanks for that, i just came back from canonbie and i trecked round the grave yard and found nothing, but they were very difficult to read. I think its possible that canonbie was not the place the macintosh's got buried, but not sure where they could be buried then. Were married in arthuret, charles and margaret nee teasdale, and lived in alston, or their children did anyway. I found some teasdales burials, weddings and baptisms in alston, but no sign of any macintosh's at all. its a difficult one.