This book is a framework compilation of genealogical research data for Matthew Spratt and Elizabeth Chirnside, centred on Northumberland and Durham, England. It includes background material and significant details of their children and descendants to assist researchers with related family trees. The book also contains a picture of Matthew Spratt and one of Elizabeth Chirnside, both in the Carte de Visit format, taken about 1858. Altogether there are approximately 380 individuals, a span of six generations and 60 different surnames. Included surnames are Baird, Banks, Baston, Bell, Bennett, Bowman, Brown, Bruce, Burns, Cairns, Carruthers, Chirnside (133), Chrisp, Cobb, Cromarty, Davison, Deans, Dougall, Dunn, Edmond, Elliott, Embleton, Emery, Ford, Fryer, Glass, Gordon, Harris, Hay, Hedley, Heslop, Hills, Hindhaugh, Hindmarsh, Johnson, Lindbloom, Moore, Morrison, Nichol, Omen, Peacock, Purvis, Robson, Rogers, Scott, Smith, Spratt (100), Stephenson, Stones, Symm, Tait, Thayer, Thirlwell, Tough, Wanless, Watson, Weatherhead, Wilson, and Winter. Some individuals recorded are located in the United States in Illinois, Ohio, and Iowa.