I don't know about Scotland's people, but this is a new site and the only Scottish county they have is Angus. As usual, you can get a surprising amount free but you have to pay to get everything. https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch Alison in Vancouver > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:57:27 EDT > From: BRUINSWOOD@aol.com > Subject: Re: [ANGUS] "Kirkstyle" Kinfauns? > To: angus@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <bce.4301d641.370abb87@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I had fun looking up the new burials added to Scotlandspeople. I have 53 new > Powrie burials which is quite a catch! Anyone hear new news on when Angus > county wide burials will be available? I have not heard anything since the first > "buzz" that they intended to computerize the burials. > > Mary in Oregon > > To my U.S. friends: Don't forget tomorrow is National Tartan Day! Show your > tartan off smartly friends, you know I'll be all "decked out". I recently > bought enough of my hubby's tartan (ancient Stewart of Appin) to make a full > length skirt to match my long sash. Bruce may have "stuck me" with the German > last name of Schacht, but he at least is Scottish descent on his Mum's side. His > tartan is very close to my own McInnes, to make the transition easier. The > ancient hunting McInnes is so lovely, I found it hard to want to "switch", but > we exchanged tartan, when we exchanged rings. (I gave my McInnes tartan to > my eldest daughter. We look very nice together, now that I match his kilt. > Bruce gave her (Jameela) a Stewart Clan badge in the same ceremony. None of our > four boys could make the trip to Fergus, Ontario for our 25th wedding > anniversary, where we renewed our vows in my great grandparent's church. > > Two sons are firefighters and one's in the Coast Guard. Very hard to get the > family together. Jeff (my eldest) started a non-profit which takes "old" > refurbished fire equipment, and gives them to the rural fire departments, and > just arranged to get two free ambulances for the rural town in Easter Oregon > where he lives. > > Sorry to be so chatty, and off subject, but I'm very proud of the man he's > become. Ben is in college but works in a forest fire "hot" crew that parachute > into large forrest fires in the summer months. All three of my sisters > children do the same. There's is the first generation of fire fighters, but my > grandsons want to follow suit when they get older. With all four uncles in > service, I'm sure at least one will follow. > > Mary in Oregon > > > In a message dated 4/5/2009 3:49:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > harviebarker@shaw.ca writes: > > the burial record for JEAN CHALMERS NICOLL 1847 age 82 says "at > Kirkstyle" Kinfauns. I cannot seem to identify "Kirkstyle" .tried > gazetteers and Statistical accounts to no avail. > > does anyone know what this might have been? > > thanks Liz of BC Canada > > >