Kathy Bute is (was) both an island and a county. The COUNTY of Bute includes both the ISLE of Bute and the ISLE of Arran. Therefore your ancestors were born in the County (but not the Isle) of Bute. Martyn -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Tolman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: 10 November 2000 18:09 Subject: FERGUSON & HAMILTON >Hi- > >I am new to the list. I have recently found out that some of my >ancestors were born in Bute (Isle of Aran). This confuses me a little. >Aren't these two different places? <snip>

Hi- I am new to the list. I have recently found out that some of my ancestors were born in Bute (Isle of Aran). This confuses me a little. Aren't these two different places? The families I am searching for are FERGUSON & HAMILTON. Daniel David Ferguson was born abt 1800. He married Grace HAMILTON in Dundonald, Ayrshire Feb 12, 1833. Daniel was a shipmaster. I know that this is not much to go on, but it's more than I had before. Please reply if you think you might have a connection. Kathy Tolman Brentwood, TN USA

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/446 Surname: Scoullar ------------------------- I am only just starting to look into my family tree. I am getting hold of a family tree that has already gone back a fair way, from memory about the early 1700's. But I will have to enter this onto a web site. I am thinking that maybe I will try and link this to other family trees that are in progress to try and get a broader outlook on it all. I don't know if anyone will see this in the near future, but if any one would like to respond to this in the next six moths or so, I would look forward to speaking to someone on this subject. I also have a hotmail address... "[email protected]". I don't usually use this address, though will check it perodically, your best bet is my work email.

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/445 Surname: Hyndman, Findlay, Platt, Ritchie ------------------------- I am trying to trace knowledge of my ancestors.My great granny was Thomasina Ritchie Hodgens (nee Findlay) 1904 to 1978. She married Alexander Ritchie and they had 1 child Jean Hyndman Findlay Ritchie. Thomasina had a brother Johnnie Findlay d.o.b 1906? but i have no info on him at all. Her parents were Thomas Findlay and Jeannie Hyndman died 1940/41. Jeannie I understand had a second marriage to a Christopher Platt, a p.o.w. who im told had to sign in daily at the Rothsay police stn. Can anyone help me with info - i would be grateful to hear from you. GOOD LUCK TO ALL SEARCHING

Cheryl, The Rothesay OPR may be more informative so it would be worthwhile getting the film in to see what it shows. I have a copy of an OPR from Rothesay in 1836 which shows the fathers of both bride and groom plus place of residence. Hope this helps, Mary H

G'day, This is my first post to this list - I was wondering if anyone would have access to old parish records of Rothesay, Bute. If they do would they be able to see what information is listed for the marriage of William Boag to Elizabeth Scott - according to LDS sources on 21Jun1851. (The LDS ref.nos. are Batch M115588; 1820-1854 Source Call No. 1041086 film Printout Call No. 6900501) don't know if they are any help at all. I am trying to find out the parent names of the above... any ideas on how to track these down would also be gratefully received. Thank you for any help you can give or advise to steer me in the right direction. Cheers Cheryl _/--_/\ / \ \_.--. _/ <<<< Sydney, Australia v

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/443 Surname: Muir, Philp ------------------------- I am also researching Gt Gt Gt Grandmother who was born in Rothesay 1825. Her parents were James Muir and Margaret Bland. It would seem that your Thomas Bland Muir was a brother to my Margaret Muir. Margaret married in Rothesay 1847 to John Philp (my maiden name) Margaret and John sailed to Australia about 1856 and settled in Melbourne. Margaret had 5 children, Mary Muir Philp, Margaret Bland Philp, Eliza Jane, James Muir Philp, and William john Philp(my direct ancestor) Unfortunately Margaret died in childbirth to William John 1859. Its been great getting further information from your site. Regards Anne McCoy

Hello Bute Listers, After waffling for the better part of a year over the expence, I finally broke down and sent an order requesting a records search of the Maritime Museum Archives holdings of Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland, and have now received 15 photocopied pages of data. The pages are comprised for the most part of the "Agreement and Account of Crew" and a small portion of the "Official Log Book" of the voyage of the Merchant Marine vessel, the Brig "Glaucus", out of Greenock, Renfrewshire, registered tonnage 226, under sail, who departed Greenock, Christmas Day, 25 December, 1869. Her first port of call was to have been St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. On board were thirteen men, five of whom were natives of Buteshire, including the Master of the Brig, and one Ayrshire native. They had all signed on for a voyage "not to exceed" 12 months duration. Other ports of call were anticipated following completion of the voyage to Newfoundland. The ten log book pages, written in the direct, blunt entries of the authorized crew, were recorded in the main without benefit of capital letters or periods to mark sentences, making the reading a deciphering challenge, even with specs and magnifying glass. More akin to a Hollywood movie, these few short pages tell an awesome and awful story of Mid Atlantic winter gales, howling winds, heavy squalls of rain, hail, snow, a shifting cargo of iron, torn sails and shattered equipment due to heavy seas overwashing and flooding the ship and, finally, in the second to last entry provided, on 6 February, 1870, somewhere south of Greenland, the death of the Master of the brig when he and the ship's Mate were washed overboard from the deck by a wave, while attempting to take navigational observations. The Mate was saved. The Master drowned despite efforts by the crew to save him. The Master of the brig was my gg uncle, Thomas Todd Smith of Arranton Cottage, Lamlash, Arran, Buteshire. I am going to begin transcribing the log book pages, if anyone should be interested. I haven't quite decided how I should post them, perhaps on my personal website but, following is the Crew List of this dreadful voyage of the "Glaucus". The remaining crew, throwing the cargo of iron overboard, made it safely back to Greenock in the badly battered, damaged ship, 23 February, 1870, after a voyage that took 44 days sailing into the storms attempting the Atlantic crossing and 17 days running with the wind turning back for home. "February 7th 1870 - Lat. by Obs. 49* 15' N - Long. by Obs. 30* 57':45 W (sic) -10.30 AM" - ... "bent a main Topsail & set the fore Topsail & staysail & foresail & kept away for the North Channel" Alexander McMillan, Acting Master I hope you recognize an ancestor. -name (signature), age, place of birth, ship on which he last served and home port of same, date and place of joining this ship, capacity (rank) Thomas Todd SMITH, 34, Buteshire, "Lavinia" of Greenock, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Master Alexander McMILLAN, 30, Arran, "Assize"(sic) of Greenock, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Mate Thomas STEWART, 20, Arran, "Europa" of Glasgow, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Bosun Alexander HAMILTON, 25, Buteshire, none, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Carpenter & Seaman William LEITCH, 22, Lamlash, none, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Steward & Seaman Thomas McMILLAN, 27, Belfast, "Starfield" of Glasgow, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Cook & Seaman Christopher LAWSON, 24, Norway, "Glaucus" of Greenock, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Able Bodied Seaman William BROWN, 30, Norway, "Glaucus" of Greenock, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Able Bodied Seaman John UNDERWOOD, 20, Gloucester, "Wandsworth" of Glasgow, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Able Bodied Seaman William THOMSON, 22 Gottenburgh, "Wandsworth" of Glasgow, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Able Bodied Seaman Theodore WILSON, 22, Windsor, Nova Scotia, "McLeod" of Liverpool, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Able Bodied Seaman William KIRKLAND, 28, Ayrshire, "Lizzie Morrow" of St. Johns, Newfoundland, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Able Bodied Seaman Joseph LITTLE, 20, Isle of Man, "Research" of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 23 Dec.1869, Greenock, Able Bodied Seaman Regards to All, Pat McCabe [email protected] http://www.mccabeclan.com/scottish.html

Hello to all. Thank you for welcoming "jim", [email protected] to the ButeshireGenWeb group. I am the remaining grandson to Thomas McCloy of Claggan, Londonderry who emigrated to Australia with his bride of day, Sarah Jane Millar, in 1884. Thomas eventually settled in Hornsby, Sydney, NSW and raised a family of three boys and five girls - he also had a brother John and sister xxx who followed and settled in NSW. I am the only son of Rowland Henry, married to Margaret Hilda Swales of Sydenham, London and we have four children spread over Oz - Rowena, NSW, Mackay, Queensland and two in Dowerin, WA - as you might guess, we travel a lot! (We also have six grandchildren) I am 74, retired, an ex design engineer and am back on line having rebuilt, I hope, my last computer, all of 15 Gb and 566Mhz - where are we going with our mad technology? My genealogy interests received a considerable boost when a remaining cousin suddenly became deceased several years back and the younger generation said that I had better commit "all" I knew before going the same way - nice types, relations! At present with the help of near Millar relations in Aghadowey, Derry, we have the family reasonably covered back to birth dates around the 1790's. My interest in the group stems from the possibility of firming up details of the McCloy name which is claimed to have originated from the corruption of Lewis, from Lewis Fullerton, who was granted lands in Arran for so called services to the Stewarts/Stuarts - I believe that the McCloys supported the cause and when everything went wrong, they fled to NI, and then emigrated nearly without exception to USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the odd one to South Africa. Obviously it is a bit of a deep subject and as I hold research (?) done by an aunt back in the 20's relating to Arran versus it's Roman name "Clota". I do hope everyone will bear with me in my diggings. As I use Pegasus mail which is not helpful with things like Email alias's, I can also be reached at [email protected] Regards to all, Roland James (Jim) McCloy PS We also have a family cat called Misty!

Looking for any information on the death of Mary osborne( nee Reid) on Arran around 1894. Her husband was John Osborne, he later remarried a Mary Kenna in Govan, Glasgow. I beleive Mary Reid and John Osborne lived in Govan also. Thank you Derek Osborne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/

Welcome to Jim, Alfred Lavigne and T. Kellythorn who have joined this week. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** I suspect most of us have used http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ to view our areas of interest as they were back in the mid 1800's. Often the old map does not have a road name where one's ancestors lived, hence when one is working from overseas, a modern map is needed to hopefully help out. Many posts to the Genealogical mailing lists recommend http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ as a source of current locations, however I have on occasion had difficulty getting down to a small enough map to find street names at this site. The alternative map site http://uk2.multimap.com/ seems to give the street names for a larger percentage of the UK including Scotland. This site also has aerial photos, although from my experience, these are only of new developments, ever the cynic - probably paid for by the promoting Real Estate companies. ****** ****** ****** Spotted on the Ayrshire list ... "Like anyone else with relatives from the Isle of Arran it is worth checking the Poor Applications at Ardrossan I've found many Arran born folks in the poor applications there as well as many Irish incomers." and on the Renfrew list ... "Are you aware of "Password Central"? It's part of RootsWeb, and simply by typing in your email address, RootsWeb will send you a list of all mailing lists you are subscribed to : http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ " ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook [email protected] List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara < [email protected] > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.

Please use only plain text when sending messages to the list, also remember that attachments are not permitted. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, 4 November 2000 12:40 Subject: Re: Bute Landowners MIME header SNIPPED Duane made enquiries on this subject and I thought others may also be interested. N.B. despite the fact that I have proof read it, it may contain some typos. Extracts from "The History of Bute" by John Blain circa 1817/20 Pages 193-196 "In 1498 King James IV. leased the Crown property in Bute for the insignificant sum of £141 18s 6d to the Lord Montgomerie, but I do not find any trace of his possession under it. By the 90th Act of the Parliament, 1503, a personal power was given to the King to set all his proper lands, both annexed and unannexed, in feu-farm, provided it should not be done with diminution of the former rental, grassums, or other duties; whereupon His Majesty gave commission to John, Bishop of the Isles, one of his Privy Council; David Hamilton, Bishop of Argyll, natural brother to James Earl of Arran; and James Redhagh Burges of Stirling, Comptroller to the King, for setting, in such lands in Bute as belonged to the Crown; which trust they executed, and made such a general distribution of property, that no fewer than 78 additional landholders were constituted. The subjects of their respective feus were made over to them by the King in one general charter, whereon infeftment was given by the sheriff to each in so far as related to his own particular interests. The following were the original feuars :- John Stewart had the lands of Kerrycroy and Kelspokes assigned to him; James Stewart, the lands of Kilquahattan Bay, Kilquahattanmore, and the third part of the lands of Achintarve; William Stewart, the lands of Largobrechtane; Alexander Bannatyne, senior, the lands of Kerelawmond; Alexander Bannatyne, the lands of Loupasbeg and Loupasmore; Walter Bannatyne, the half of the lands of Brothog; Gilchrist Mackwrerdy, the other half of Brothog; Malcolm Macferson, the lands of Keretonlia; Donald Mackwrerdy, the lands of Langilculcathla; Gilchrist Mackwrerdy, the lands of Bransyer; Malcolm Makonochy, the lands of Kyngawan; Gilnew Makkaw, the lands of North Garachach; Gilpatrick Makkaw, the half of the lands of South Garachach; John Makkaw, the other half of South Garachach; Donald Makonochy, the half of the lands of Dunguile; Patrick Mackeoe, the other half of Dunguile; Alexander Glass, the half of the lands of Langilealirech; Finlay Mackwrerdy, the other half thereof; Donald Macalister, the half of the lands of Langilvenach; John Macintallor, the other half of Langilvenach; John Mackwrerdy, the half of the lands of Stravanan; Finlay Makallan, the other half thereof; Duncan Makonochy, the lands of Kerrymenoch; John Glass, the younger, the lands of Ardynhowe and Barmore; Ewgen Makonochy, the lands of Almorusbeg; John Glass, the half of the lands of Brigadilknock; Neil Jameson, the half of the lands of Barnald; Alexander Glass, the other half of Barnald; John Glass, the lands of Keretressach; Gilchrist Mackurich, a 22s 3d land of the five merk land of Barone; Gilchrist Makwerich, junior, an 11s 5d land of the said lands of Barone; Archibald Stewart, a 16s 8d land of the same lands; Donald Makeany, an 11s 1d and a third part of a ld land of Cowan (Quien); Ginen Makjlwoody, the remainder of Cowan; John Makilkeran, the half of the lands of Scalpsey and one half of the lands of Ardscalpsey; John Makkay, the third part of Ardscalpsey; John Jameson, the lands of M'Kenach; Robert Jameson, the lands of Kilmory, Chapelton, Over Kilmory, and Keryfern; Archibald Bannatyne, the half of the lands of Cogach ; Alexander Stewart, the lands of Kilquhenlik John Mackwerich, the half of the lands of Nether Dunallerd; Mulden Makgillemichell, the half of the lands of Dunallerd; Finlay Makeaill, the third part of the lands of Dunallerd; Gildon Macinteir, one third part of Dunallerd; Finlay Makgillemichell, another third part thereof; Alexander Banachtyne, the lands of Over Dunallerd; Archibald Magillespy, two third parts of the lands of Achintarve; Donald Spens, the lands of Estragan; Alexander Banachtyne, the half of the lands of Drumacloy; John Stewart and Alexander Banachtyne, the other half thereof; David Stewart, the lands of Achawolik; Richard Banachtyne, the lands of Scarrael; Ferquhard Makneil, the lands of Lepinquhaill, the half Clackinbeg and Kilmichell; William Banach-tyne, the other half of Clackinbeg; Eogen Mackyme, half of the lands of Lepinquhaill; John Mackyme, the other half thereof; Donald Makkane, the lands of Row; John Macgillquhynich, the lands of Tawnich; Moris Maknachtane, the lands of Bronach; Donald Makewin, the lands of Boloqubreg; Donald Banachtyne, the lands of Shawland; Robert Stewart, the lands of Cloneschamerag; John Spens, the half of the lands of Stouk; John Banachtyne, the other half thereof; John Stewart, the lands of Knaslagwerady; Robert Stewart the lands of Nether Kilmory and half of the lands of Scalpsey; George Kelso, the third part of the lands of Brigadill; Donald Makwrerdy, the two third parts thereof; John Banachtyne, the half of the lands of Cogach; Robert Kyninburgh, the north half of the lands of Gallachan; John Douglas, the other half thereof; Finlay Makwrerdy, the half of the lands of Kerrymanach; Finlay Makilmore, the other half thereof; John Makonochy, the half of the lands of Cowlenig; Alexander Makwrerdy, the other half thereof; Ninian Stewart, sheriff of Bute, the lands of Almorusmore. The feu-duties which were payable for the lands thus given over amounted to 264 bolls and 3 firlots of here, 158 boils 1 firlot and 1 peck of oats, 50 mart or fat cows, and £163 15s 2d Scots in money. These duties were for some time in use to be levied by the family of the sheriff of Bute, in consequence of temporary commissions from the Crown, hut in 1549 James the Sheriff, who had sacrificed much in Queen Mary's interests, was for his faithful services rewarded with a hereditary right of chamberlainry over Her Majesty's revenues and feu-duties in Bute, for which he was allowed to account at the rate of 8s 4d for each boll of bere, and 4s for each boll of meal or oats, and £1 4s for each mart cow, with three merks yearly of augmentation of the rental. These were certainly far below the real value, as may be discovered on a comparison with the prices of wild and tame fowl as regulated by Parliament much about the same period. The Act is dated 1st February,1551." Pages 216,217 "The landholders in the island in 1657, as appears by Cromwell's valuation (being the first authentic list to be found of them since the reign of King James IV.), were :- Sir James Stewart, sheriff of Bute; Bannatyne of Kames, Ninian Stewart of Kilcattan, Ninian Stewart of Ascog, Robert Jameson, crowner; John Stewart of Gallachan, John Stewart of Ardinho; John Stewart of Ambrismore, Ninian Spence of Wester Kames; Ninian Bannatyne of Kerrylamont, James Stewart of Kilwhinleck, Archibald Bannatyne of Lubas, Donald More MacCaw, of the half of North Garrachty; MacCaw, of South Garrachty; Stewart of Largizean; John Macwrarthie, of Kerrymenoch; John Macpherson, of the half of Kerrytonley; McKirdy, of Bruchig; Allan MacConachy, of Quochag; Robert Stewart of Scarrel; Ninian, Fier portioner of Barnauld; Donald MacConachy, of Ambrisbeg; John Glass, portioner of Mid-Ascog; Archibald Stewart, and Robert Macilcheran, of Ardscalpsey; Donald Macneil, of Kilmory; Mr Patrick Stewart, of Roseland; Duncan Campbell, of Stuck; Robert Campbell, of Tawnie; Robert MacNeil of Lenihall; John Bannatyne, portioner of Glecknabae; Allan, of Eskechragan Robert Stewart, of Achawilling; Hugh fBoyd, of Kneslagloan, (an encumbrancer); Edmond Stewart, of Mecknoch; Jamieson, of Lenihulline; Donald Campbell, of Kilmichael. In about 50 years after this period, there remained of the foregoing, only the Earl of Bute; Bannatyne of Kames; Stewart, of Ascog; Stewart, of Kilwhinleck; MacCaw, portioner of South Garrachty; Macpherson, portioner of Kerrytonley; Macwrarthie, of Kerrymenoch; MacConachy, of Ainbrisbeg; Glass, portioner of Mid-Ascog; and MacNeil of Kilmory." > MIME Section two & Rootsweb message SNIPPED

Thanks for this Eddy, my 2x great granduncle is the Neil HENDERSON mentioned and when we visited Arran for 2 days in May I did not know about the memorial. Cheers, Ruth Adelaide, South Australia > It's November and once more it's time to remember our War Heros. > > I have photos of the War Memorial to the Sons of Shiskine and District who > fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918. > You can view them along with some photos of the area in my on-line photo album > at.... > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=10408 > "Isle of Arran 2000" > > Below is the list of the "Unreturning Brave" > John CRAIG > Ronald ROBERTSON > Neil HENDERSON > Donald McINTYRE > Patrick McCRANK > Archibald McALISTER > Alex CURRIE > William ROBERTSON > Archibald KELSO > Alexander WATSON > William McPHEE > William HAMILTON > Hugh HYNDMAN > Duncan ROBERTSON > James McDAIRMID > John McCALLUM > Archibald CURRIE > Alexander THOMSON > > Happy Hunting > Eddie Dowds > [email protected] > > Researching ROBERTSON, SILLARS, BANNATYNE, and just about all names from the > Shiskine area. > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > ______________________________

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/442 Surname: Mac Kirdy ------------------------- Does any one know where I can find the orginal farmsteads , baronies , held by the Mac Kirdy's on the Isle of Bute. Thank you, Duane

Last month I made friends with Greg ARCHBALD and his wife, Connie, who live in Santa Barbara, California. Greg is a descendant of the historian Mary Ann Wodrow ARCHBALD who used to live on the Isle of Little Cumbrae. Little Cumbrae is now a privately owned island and we arranged with the owners, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Kaye, to have access to come ashore to visit a small burial ground on the Island, which they gave. Mary Ann's sister was the first to be buried there, she was aged 14 and according to Mary Ann's diaries she died of a broken heart waiting for her sailor love to return from the sea. The year was 1774. Mary also buried her first son on the island in 1790. The MI's are as follows.... 1.This stone is erected to perpetuate the memory of John WODROW, daughter of Mr Rob WODROW and Ann, his wife. She died the 17th of April 1774 in the 14th year of her life and was interid heir at her own desire. Death is the crown of life, death denyed pour mortis, live in vain. 2. R.W. ARCHBALD born 28 June died the 4 July 1790. Tis God that calls our comforts high or sinks them in the grave. He gives and blessed be His name. He takes but what he gave. I have put a collection of photos of the visit in my On-line photo album which can be viewed at .... http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=10408 In the album "Little Cumbrae" I would like to thank Mr. & Mrs. Peter Kaye for their kind hospitality on our visit. P.S. The Island is up for sale ! I wish I could afford it! Best Wishes Eddie Dowds [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

Hi Listers, It's November and once more it's time to remember our War Heros. I have photos of the War Memorial to the Sons of Shiskine and District who fell in the Great War 1914 - 1918. You can view them along with some photos of the area in my on-line photo album at.... http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=10408 "Isle of Arran 2000" Below is the list of the "Unreturning Brave" John CRAIG Ronald ROBERTSON Neil HENDERSON Donald McINTYRE Patrick McCRANK Archibald McALISTER Alex CURRIE William ROBERTSON Archibald KELSO Alexander WATSON William McPHEE William HAMILTON Hugh HYNDMAN Duncan ROBERTSON James McDAIRMID John McCALLUM Archibald CURRIE Alexander THOMSON Happy Hunting Eddie Dowds [email protected] Researching ROBERTSON, SILLARS, BANNATYNE, and just about all names from the Shiskine area. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

Thank you to all who replied to my travel question - much useful info and a great web page for Bute. DH 'cleaned out' my email before I could reply individually but my thanks are no less! Peta-Anne, Aussie in Arizona

1) If you have more than one e-mail address please remember to use the one you subscribed under to post to the list, thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Jennie Macfie <[email protected]> To: Buteshire List <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 29 October 2000 20:02 Subject: {not a subscriber} Travelling to Rothesay >dear Peta Anne (and everyone) >http://www.isle-of-bute.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.html >is the Isle of Bute bulletin board, a mixture of local island chat and >genealogy requests. If you post your request there, you may find >everything you need. >I was having trouble deciphering the name of the farm on one of my >ancestor's marriage certificates, posted my guesses there and connected >with someone who told me the name, where it was, has since sent me >photographs of the farm today, newspaper cuttings connected with it, >extracts from the censuses (censi?) of 1871 and 1881 - random acts of >kindness, senseless acts of beauty indeed. >Jennie >

If you have more than one e-mail address please remember to use the one you subscribed under to post to the list, thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Joanne Cowie <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 30 October 2000 03:47 Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: Travelling to Rothesay >Hi all, > >Just a quick reminder for those who do know, and info for those who don't there is a Bute website with links to Caledoinian MacBrayne and some of the hotels and guesthouses. It also has a bulletin board and lots of pictures. > >http://www.isle-of-bute.com > >Joanne > >

Greetings from the 'Land Down Under', Ancestors, siblings, and descendants are sought for respective GRAHAM line and spouses. Duncan (1779- ?) was born at Kilbrandon and probably moved to Colonsay after his marriage. He was a miller. m. c1800 to Ellen JOHNSTON (c1770- ?) of County Argyle. Only known child so far is: Duncan Nelson (1800-1885). Born on Colonsay m. 1825 Ann BUCHANAN (1806-1885) of County Stirling. Born in Campsey parish and married at East (New) Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire. Couple may have worked on dairy farm of James BUCHANAN and Elizabeth KERR (parents of Ann) in Stirling or Dunbartonshire before emigrating to Australia in 1838. They had six children; five born and baptised at Westertown near New Kilpatrick; and the sixth born in New South Wales. Duncan Nelson GRAHAM and Ann BUCHANAN and their five children sailed for Australia as 'assisted bounty immigrants' on 11 January 1838 from Greenock on the sv 'Duncan'. They arrived in Sydney, New South Wales on 20 June 1838. I know that these are 'common' Scottish surnames - but her's hoping that someone knows of these families. Many thanks. Dean Newman of North Queensland, Australia. [email protected] Message also posted to lists for Argyll, Dunbartonshire, Islay.