Hi there,

Thanks for the reply- very interesting! I think I am going to have to revisit my Bolt research soon as have left it lie for a while- seems like more information has become available since I last looked.

It's an interesting hint of a connection with the Dorset Bolt line. I always suspected there MIGHT be as most lines I looked at seemed to lead to Dorset in one way or another but could not tie my wife's ancestor into any of them. Certainly, the name Bolt is rare here in Scotland and the only distinct family set other than my wife's ancestors in Perth were from, of all places, Shetland! Dorset to Shetland - about as distant as you can get! Hehehe.

Thank you for the info, I will start my Bolt research again in earnest.