On 03/30/2015 02:45 AM, Mike Boyd via wrote: > I think that most of us have heard about the Irish Potato famine if the late 1840’s. However, in my “grey cell’s” I think I have heard that Scotland was also affected but do not know which areas were affected. > > So does anyone know which Scottish Counties were affected by the Potato famine and over what period? > > I have a Boyd family from opposite Fort William arrive in Australia in 1852 – and had the thought this may have been due to a famine. I also know form a friend in Fenwick that a great number of people form that village moved to a town in Victoria. But I do not know recall when this migration started. > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane, Aust. This is a very good explanation of what took place, Mike. http://www.scotlandmag.com/magazine/issue64/12010418.html -Bob