Hello, Thanks for all of the suggestions. Niether of us thought of the possibility of a link back to Lachlan ................... shame on us ! Bill On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Michael Brock <mrbgen@optusnet.com.au>wrote: > Hi Bill > > You are east of Melbourne, and I am West of Sydney. Also I have the > privilege of being a guide with National Trust of NSW at Old Government > House in Parramatta, so have a great interest in Lachlan and all his > predecessors. > > I would suggest that you try the sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com mailing > list > which has a lot of info. I spent quite a while earlier this year discussing > the various Coats of Arms that about for Macquarrie. > > You should also try the website of Clan Macquarrie - they will give you a > lot of connections. > > And if you are in Sydney, please come out to Parramatta and visit where > Macquarrie planned a lot of the expansion of our country. > > Best Regards > > Michael > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Bill Wood" <steamingbill@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 7:43 PM > To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] McQuarries from Ulva > > > Thanks Ray, > > > > Yep sure thing - come on over - have reserved a cold beer for ya. > > > > If you leave right now youd get here just in time for the big day. > > > > We are approx 2 hours drive east of Melbourne. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> > > wrote: > > > >> G'day Bill > >> > >> There are Rootsweb MacQuarrie & McQuarry mailing lists but they are both > >> virtually inactive: > >> To join send mail to > >> MCQUARY-L-request@rootsweb.com > >> MACQUARRIE-L-request@rootsweb.com > >> with the single word *subscribe* in the message subject and body. > >> > >> There may be a Scottish list for the county covering Ulva. The full > >> Rootsweb Scottish Lists are at: > >> > >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/ > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> We have nearly a foot of snow in southern England! Any chance of an > >> invite > >> to yours? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best wishes > >> > >> Ray > >> > >> ********************************************************** > >> >From Ray Hennessy > >> Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > >> Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net > >> Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP > >> ********************************************************** > >> > >> > >> 2009/12/22 Bill Wood <steamingbill@gmail.com> > >> > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > One of the acountants at work is interested in chasing his tree. > >> > > >> > He knows that he is a McQuarrie and he knows that his forebears came > >> > from > >> > Ulva. > >> > > >> > I have heard that 99% of all known McQuarries trace their roots back > to > >> > Ulva. > >> > > >> > Before I start googling and possibly wasting time does anybody know of > >> any > >> > particular website or public domain tree that is a well known > McQuarrie > >> > "starting place" > >> > > >> > > >> > ............ and happy Christmas from down here - expecting a hot one > >> > tommorow and then mid to high 20s for the next week. > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > > >> > Bill > >> > > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >