Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/496 Surname: HAMILTON, DAVIDSON ------------------------- I have a John Hamilton who married a Grace Davidson. They had two children that I know of....Grace b. 1809 & William b. 1811. Since they are both listed as being born in Kilbride & Arran, I am assuming that this is where the parents were from.

Hi all. After a considerable wait I have finally got hold of the Rothesay 1851 census microfilm through the FHC. (Film 1042358) If anyone needs a look-up please let me know. Bill McKinlay Bill.McK@xtra.co.nz

--part1_95.671f6e7.27af265d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The message below was posted to the Lanarkshire list. I thought Buteshire=20 folks would be interested. ----- Sue Marcus <<=20 Groundbreaking Family Tree Project Under Way =20 Scots celebrating Burns Night at home and abroad will soon have more comprehensive access to their family histories, thanks to a cutting-edge computer project initiated by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). A Dingwall-based company, Highland CAD Ltd., has begun work on converting the historical records of Scottish births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and open census records to digital images, which will then be accessible on computer (including Burns's birth/baptism and irregular marriage entry to Jean Armour!). Over the next 2 years, these images will be linked to individual computer name indexes and placed on the GROS web-site, so they can be looked up at the click of a mouse across the globe. It is hoped that this will help to promote interest in Scotland from the Scottish diaspora, estimated at 28 million people world-wide, and will lead to an increase in tourism. Registrar General for Scotland Mr John Randall said: "I am delighted to announce that this pioneering genealogy project is now under way. There is growing interest in tracing family roots and this initiative will make it much quicker and potentially cheaper to do so. Once it is up and running, expatriate Scots anywhere in the world will be able to use a personal or laptop computer to research their family history, possibly as far back as the 16th century. I've no doubt that having done this, many will want to visit the places where their roots lie. To the best of our knowledge, this project makes Scotland the world leader in the use of information technology for genealogical research. As far as w= e know, no other country in the world is in a position to make such a comprehensive database about its people, past and present, so readily available." GROS was the very first government department in the UK to get involved in e-commerce. Currently, their pay-per view Scots Origins web-site makes available just the indexes to historical records via the Internet, so that customers can then order extracts on-line. Now the Scottish Executive has given =A33 million funding for the next phase, to be called the Digital Imaging the Genealogical Records of Scotland's People (DIGROS) programme. This will enhance greatly the genealogical searching service. The first priority of DIGROS will be to undertake the imaging and indexing of the closed 1901 census for Scotland. These census records will be released to the public by January 2002. NOTES TO NEWS EDITORS 1. The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS), headed by the Registrar General for Scotland, is a Government Department, established by Act of Parliament in 1854. GROS is an Associated Department of The Scottish Executive and forms part of the Scottish Administration. One of the functions of GROS is to make available its vast genealogical database to members of the public. 2. Highland Cad Limited, based in Dingwall, will convert several million records, currently held on microfilm and microfiche, to digital images. Morse Group has been awarded the contract to supply the hardware on which the digitised records will be stored and made accessible to members of the public. The contracts, with a combined value of around =A31.5million, have been awarded following a competitive tender exercise. 3. The project follows a successful pilot in which 250,000 pages of the 189= 1 Scottish census returns were converted to digital images and linked to 4 million individual computer index entries. 4. The Scots Origins site (www.origins.net) was set up in April 1998. By th= e beginning of its second year of operation, sales of historical records, suc= h as birth certificates, were running at double the previous level. GROS now averages over 800 extract certificate orders a week from the Internet alone= , which accounts for over 50% of all its certificate sales. Return to GROS Home Page =20 =20 =A9 General Register Office for Scotland =20 >> --part1_95.671f6e7.27af265d_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <LANARK-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (rly-yc02.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.34]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Sun, 04 Feb 2001 08:43:10 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (v77.27) with ESMTP; Sun, 04 Feb 2001 08:42:47 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f14Dcsr19273; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 05:38:54 -0800 Resent-Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 05:38:54 -0800 X-Original-Sender: Wm.Scott@btinternet.com Sun Feb 4 05:38:54 2001 Message-ID: <003301c08eae$dabc4880$2872073e@william> From: "William Scott" <Wm.Scott@btinternet.com> Old-To: <LANARK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 13:31:46 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Subject: [LKS] GROS News Release Resent-Message-ID: <P_4gaB.A.7sE.utVf6@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: LANARK-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: LANARK-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <LANARK-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/26620 X-Loop: LANARK-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: LANARK-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id f14Dcsr19273 Hi there, You may find this interesting it is from the GROS website. Bill Page last updated: 25th January 2001 Groundbreaking Family Tree Project Under Way Scots celebrating Burns Night at home and abroad will soon have more comprehensive access to their family histories, thanks to a cutting-edge computer project initiated by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). A Dingwall-based company, Highland CAD Ltd., has begun work on converting the historical records of Scottish births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and open census records to digital images, which will then be accessible on computer (including Burns's birth/baptism and irregular marriage entry to Jean Armour!). Over the next 2 years, these images will be linked to individual computer name indexes and placed on the GROS web-site, so they can be looked up at the click of a mouse across the globe. It is hoped that this will help to promote interest in Scotland from the Scottish diaspora, estimated at 28 million people world-wide, and will lead to an increase in tourism. Registrar General for Scotland Mr John Randall said: "I am delighted to announce that this pioneering genealogy project is now under way. There is growing interest in tracing family roots and this initiative will make it much quicker and potentially cheaper to do so. Once it is up and running, expatriate Scots anywhere in the world will be able to use a personal or laptop computer to research their family history, possibly as far back as the 16th century. I've no doubt that having done this, many will want to visit the places where their roots lie. To the best of our knowledge, this project makes Scotland the world leader in the use of information technology for genealogical research. As far as we know, no other country in the world is in a position to make such a comprehensive database about its people, past and present, so readily available." GROS was the very first government department in the UK to get involved in e-commerce. Currently, their pay-per view Scots Origins web-site makes available just the indexes to historical records via the Internet, so that customers can then order extracts on-line. Now the Scottish Executive has given =A33 million funding for the next phase, to be called the Digital Imaging the Genealogical Records of Scotland's People (DIGROS) programme. This will enhance greatly the genealogical searching service. The first priority of DIGROS will be to undertake the imaging and indexing of the closed 1901 census for Scotland. These census records will be released to the public by January 2002. NOTES TO NEWS EDITORS 1. The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS), headed by the Registrar General for Scotland, is a Government Department, established by Act of Parliament in 1854. GROS is an Associated Department of The Scottish Executive and forms part of the Scottish Administration. One of the functions of GROS is to make available its vast genealogical database to members of the public. 2. Highland Cad Limited, based in Dingwall, will convert several million records, currently held on microfilm and microfiche, to digital images. Morse Group has been awarded the contract to supply the hardware on which the digitised records will be stored and made accessible to members of the public. The contracts, with a combined value of around =A31.5million, have been awarded following a competitive tender exercise. 3. The project follows a successful pilot in which 250,000 pages of the 1891 Scottish census returns were converted to digital images and linked to 4 million individual computer index entries. 4. The Scots Origins site (www.origins.net) was set up in April 1998. By the beginning of its second year of operation, sales of historical records, such as birth certificates, were running at double the previous level. GROS now averages over 800 extract certificate orders a week from the Internet alone, which accounts for over 50% of all its certificate sales. 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No new members this week, however if you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon - nothing ventured, nothing gained ****** ****** ****** Gordon Taylor had this to add about last week's message... "The subject of Genealogy and DNA is certainly creating a lot of fascinating discussion. Any of your readers who are interested in the topic might find the following mailing list of interest: GENEALOGY-DNA-D@rootsweb.com I have been following the posting for about a year and I have already filled a 1 inch 3 ring binder with the postings. There are also links to current literature and sources in the same way as your newsletter. DNA has a place in Genealogy. It will not replace more conventional sources but it may very well augment the information that we all seek as we attempt to trace our families as far back into the past as is possible." Well Gordon, as with all new resources DNA will no doubt settle into its place in the scheme of things, and thanks for the details on the mailing list. Gordon concludes ... "I have found ButeshireGenWeb to be very helpful and your listees are always willing to answer questions and help with problems." So take a communal pat on the back. ****** ****** ****** Thanks also to Ruth for the follow up info on the Statistical Accounts site. ****** ****** ****** On 28/12, Andy Walters (webmaster@isle-of-bute.com) posted a message to the Query Board which was as usual mirrored to the list, about the revised Isle of Bute Website at <http://www.isle-of-bute.com>, and the forthcoming Bute Sons and Daughters genealogy project to be based there. If you have Isle of Bute interests, and haven't taken the time to visit the site yet, then it may be worth a visit - just remember it is a commercially oriented information site. OK, so there is also obviously a commercial slant to the questionnaire, and some of you may have quit without reading down, but buried at Q 29 is the following: "Q29. For a reasonable annual fee, would you be willing to join and be a member of a Bute Sons and Daughters Family History Society, with free member access to certain records and other facilities unavailable to non members?" Comments ? ****** ****** ****** Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara <babrown@fast.net> of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.

A big thank you to the person who sent the above web address! It contains a wealth of information on the Parishes our ancestors lived, and it is OK to print. I only looked at Kilbride & Kilmory and was most excited at what was there. Page 581 (old book page number) of the 1791-1799 Parish of Kilbride was missing as of last night (Thur 1st Feb) but Paula on the EDINA helpdesk has said that it will be fixed ASAP. Go and have a look and enjoy! The following is the letter they send out: EDINA is pleased to announce the launch on 25 January of a new and free web service - the online version of the old (first) and New (second) Statistical Accounts of Scotland, first published in 1791-9 and 1845. This service is provided by EDINA on behalf of the Joint Board for the Statistical Accounts of Scotland. Summary information about the database is given below. The EDINA Statistical Accounts of Scotland web service offers access to around 28,000 digital images of the pages and the facility to search all the text by keyword or phrase. More advanced facilities are planned for subscribing institutions. These developments might include improved access to the maps, tables and diagrams, and links to a gazetteer and other digital data sets. The two Statistical Accounts of Scotland, covering the 1790s and the 1830s, are among the best contemporary reports of life during the agricultural and industrial revolutions in Europe. Use this key source to study the emergence of the modern British State and the economic and social impact of the world's first industrial nation or simply learn more about the area in which you or your ancestors lived. Based largely on information supplied by each parish church minister, the old Statistical Account and the New Statistical Account provide a rich record of a wide variety of topics: wealth, class and poverty; climate, agriculture, fishing and wildlife; population, schools, and the moral health of the people. Login at URL: http://edina.ac.uk/StatAcc For further details please email: edina@ed.ac.uk Cheers, Ruth

This won't keep until Sunday : As quoted on other lists ... "Brilliant new FREE online database on the Scottish Statistical Account. View it at: http://edina.ac.uk/cgi/StatAcc/StatAcc.cgi " This is in fact the 1st "Old" 1791-1799 AND the 2nd "New" 1845. The "Front Page" is at http://edina.ac.uk/StatAcc/ - this contains the background info on the development of this section of the EDiNA site and leads to other sections (Note - all or some of these other sections may be pay for use - I didn't dig further but went hot foot back to the Stat Acc pages). To find out more about the Statistical Accounts Web Service, and how to use it to best advantage, go to http://edina.ac.uk/StatAcc/about.html Peter List maintainer.

If you have been unable to make an on-line connection to a Gen-Connect board, this is probably why ... -----Original Message----- From: Joan Young <joan@rootsweb.com> To: GC-ANNOUNCE-L@rootsweb.com <GC-ANNOUNCE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, 1 February 2001 10:35 Subject: GenConnect Server Down >The GenConnect server is down for maintenance. The NOC staff has built a >new RAID and is in the process of backing everything up to the new raid. >When this is completed they will put the server back online. > >Hopefully this will solve the problems we've been having with this server >recently. No word on exactly when the server will be back online. > >We'll let you know when that happens. > >Joan > > >==== GC-ANNOUNCE Mailing List ==== Please don't ask me what a RAID is, cos I don't know ! [Someone in the background is saying Random Access Inquiry Device ????] Peter Cook Western Australia cookfmly@bigpond.com http://users.bigpond.com/cookfmly/ or http://cookfmly.rootsweb.com/ for research names List maintainer and co-host with Barbara <babrown@fast.net> of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.

Is anyone researching the above named family? Helen was the wife of Hugh McDOUGALL, and died April 27, 1922 at Kilchattan Bay, Kingarth. Her last address, however, was 22 Oakfield Terrace, Glasgow. Her death certificate was signed by a son, A.M. McDOUGALL. His name could have been Archibald or Alexander MARTIN McDOUGALL. She was the daughter of Archibald HALL and Helen MARTIN, who are collaterals of mine. Helen MARTIN apparently married a McDOUGALL after Archibald's death in 1858, as her name appears as "Helen McDOUGALL, previously HALL", on another daughter's death certificate in 1884. (That daughter was Jane CRAWFORD HALL McNAIR, sister of Helen MARTIN HALL.) I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who is researching the McDOUGALLS or HALLS mentioned above. Lynn in Baltimore marylindsay1@home.com

>Hello list >I would like to trace the descendants of a MACKENZIE family who were living >at 76 High street Rothesay in 1881. >Colin Mackenzie age 27, a steamboat fireman, born in Stornoway >Lilnas (Lilias?) age 25 his wife born in Glasgow >Murdo age 1 born in Rothesay. >Any info on this family would be very welcome > >from Alastair in Essex. > > >

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/495 Surname: McKirdy ------------------------- Hi Merv--I am trying to find 'my' Alexander McKirdy born in Buteshire c.1810-15 moved to Quebec, Canada c.1849-51 and then to Owen Sound, Ontario (date unkn) and then to Michigan, U.S.A. c. 1865. He was married to Jane McMurchy and they had several children born in Canada including my great grandfather John McCurdy born 1854 in Quebec. There are several Alexander McKirdy's born about the same time and I am unable to find the right one. I wanted to ask you if you have info on Agnes Hyndman who married Alexander McKirdy 23Nov1850 in North Bute? Do you know if she died in Buteshire before 1852 or moved to Canada and died in Canada before 1854? If this is the 'right' Alexander, he may have a son named Alexander, born in Scotland, and then son John and the rest of his children were born in Canada and their mother would have been Jane McMurchy/McMurchie... Any info on this Agnes, would be appreciated...there seems to be several Agnes Hyndman's born, christened, married different times in Buteshire-area, so she may be as difficult to track as Alexander... Thanks, Carol U.S.A.

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/494 Surname: ------------------------- So far have not found any connection between Hyndmans of Bute and families in Ayr. but I keep a note of all Hyndmans I come across so I will save your message. Regards Merv Hyndman

Just to let you all know that a direct link has been placed on the homepages section of the Buteshire site http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctbutes/homepage.htm to Pat's "Scots and Scots/Irish Families" page (there is a link at the bottom of this page to get back to Pat's home page if you need to) Peter Cook Rossmoyne Western Australia cookfmly@bigpond.com http://users.bigpond.com/cookfmly/ or http://cookfmly.rootsweb.com/ for research names Maintainer of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list, and of the Buteshire pages of the Scotland GenWeb site. -----Original Message----- From: McCabeClan <mccabe@istar.ca> To: ButeshireGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com <ButeshireGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, 23 January 2001 21:44 Subject: McNeish/McNish - Arran, Buteshire >Hello Listers, > >I have finally created a webpage for my McNEISH/McNISH family of Arran, Buteshire. > >It can be found at http://www.mccabeclan.com > >Follow the "Scots and Scots/Irish Families" link > >Please do visit if you have a moment and perhaps we'll be lucky with a connection. > >Kind Regards, >Pat >mccabe@istar.ca > >______________________________

Thanks to Barbara Brown who has been looking after you while I've been away, and welcome plus a belated Happy New Year to all who have joined in the last six weeks. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. Now a contribution from list member Charles McCormick, which is nicely timed, as it will allow me to gather my jet lagged thoughts in time for next week's message ... ****** ****** ****** "HOW NAMES ARE IN OUR GENES What you are called is closely connected to your genetic makeup, say scientists - and this surprising link reveals a lot about infidelity. Robin McKie reports Sunday January 14, 2001 What's in a name? The question has puzzled writers and thinkers for centuries. Now scientists have provided an answer: our names reveal the nature of our genes and our biological past. Oxford researchers have discovered that names are more than labels. They reveal critical information about our natures and our roots. The discovery is being exploited by individuals who are using their DNA to reveal key information about their family trees. One day it might even be possible to name a criminal simply from the DNA that he leaves behind at the scene of a crime. 'We have found that a person's genotype and surname are incredibly closely connected,' said Professor Bryan Sykes, of the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford. 'It is really quite startling, and very informative.' The Oxford group's discovery is the result of a remarkable investigation into Sykes's own family tree, a lineage that he has traced back to around AD1300. Surnames were first introduced at this time, when laws were changed to allow farm tenancies to be inherited, forcing people to be able to prove their identities. Nicknames, local geographical terms and - most often - professions were adopted for surnames: hence the plethora of Smiths and Millers in Britain. The name Sykes, however, was taken from a Yorkshire word for boundary ditch - which explains why distribution maps of Sykes's produce a cluster in villages around Huddersfield. Surnames are inherited through the male line - and so are Y-chromosomes, the packages of genes responsible for conferring maleness on a human. The question Sykes asked was simple: Were the two linked in any way? 'I got the idea for researching the two when I agreed to give a Glaxo Wellcome lecture on genetics and genealogy,' Sykes said. 'I knew its chief executive Sir Richard Sykes would be in the audience, and so I suggested that we should try to find out if we were related.' With a DNA brush, used to slough cells from a person's cheek, samples of their genes were analysed, along with those from several dozen other Sykeses who had been selected from the electoral register. Both men, and more than half the sample of other Sykeses tested, were found to have the same Y chromosome. 'It was a wonderful discovery, one of those things that shows how exciting science can be,' Sir Richard said. 'Bryan and I now know we have a common ancestor with all those other Sykeses.' In other words, for the past 700 years a lineage of Sykes' genes has been spreading like a web through generations - and in the majority of cases has remained unbroken. And what is true for the Sykes clan applies to the rest of the country. Research on other surnames has also shown more than half of their possessors share the same Y chromosome. Chromosomes are shuffled from one generation to another - except for the Y-chromosome which is passed from father to son like a surname. 'What is remarkable is that both name and Y-chromosome have remained linked for more than 20 generations,' said Bryan Sykes. 'It would only take a single act of infidelity to break this link, after all. Yet after 700 years, surname and Y-chromosome remained connected in more than 50 per cent of the men. That indicates an illegitimacy rate of less than 1 per cent a generation.' Such a figure flies in the face of studies which have claimed that - due to mothers' infidelities - between 5 per cent and 10 per cent of people are unrelated to the person they call dad. 'Our work flatly contradicts those figures, and indicates that family life in Britain has been a lot more stable and trusting than it has been given credit for,' he said. Individuals sharing a surname can now send off to the professor for a set of DNA brushes and sample pouches and so find out if they share the same Y-chromosome. Launched last month, the £120 test has proved popular with people researching their family tree, particularly Americans. In cases where two unconnected branches of a surname exist - for example, one from Essex and one from Cornwall - a DNA test can reveal to which group an individual belongs. 'This test only works with men because it relies on the Y-chromosome, of course,' Sykes said. If a woman wants to find out such information she will have to find out via her father or brother.' Sykes is an expert at tracing lineages - including those of pet hamsters, shown to be all descended from a single female found in the Syrian desert 70 years ago. He has used this knowledge to set up Oxford Ancestors, a private company that now operates his Y-chromosome analysis service under the commercial label Y-Line. It also offers another service - MatriLine - which does for female DNA what Y-Line does for the Y-chromosome. 'There is a packet of genetic material called mitochondrial DNA that is inherited through the female line,' Sykes said. 'We can use that to trace back a whole web of relatedness among individuals.' In one case mitochondrial DNA was extracted from a 9,000-year-old found in the Cheddar Gorge and linked to a local schoolteacher. Much more is known about mitochondrial DNA than the Y-chromosome. As a result, Sykes has been able to trace the webs of family links back to seven women, whom he calls the founding mothers of Europe. He has named them Ursula, who lived in Greece 45,000 years ago; Xania, Ukraine 25,000 years ago; Helena, from South-west France 20,000 years ago; Velda, from northern Spain 17,000 years ago; Tara, from northern Italy 17,000 years ago; Katrine, from eastern Italy 15,000 years ago; and Jasmine, from Syria 10,000 years ago. 'Think of them as Eve's daughters,' Sykes said. 'Soon, we will use our Y-chromosome studies to build a similar picture for Europe's fathers. Then it will be possible to find out from which of Adam's sons you are descended.' " Useful links: The Oxford Ancestors project The Science Museum's new Wellcome Wing has a interactive display showing the geographical distribution of nearly every British surname Genuki provides help on tracing your family tree Genealogy.com and Ancestry.com give access to massive databanks of surnames " ****** ****** ****** Thanks Charles. Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara < babrown@fast.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/491 Surname: MacKinnon, Cook ------------------------- Loking for information on Donald MacKinnon and Mary Cook who were married in Rothesey 1801 family mary,margaret,james, duncan, donald and john. donald worked as a clark of cotton. I have information on the son donalds decendents Link: Eddie MacKinnons Homepages URL: <http://www.turningwood.fsnet.co.uk>

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/490 Surname: MacKinnon, Cook ------------------------- Loking for information on Donald MacKinnon and Mary Cook who were married in Rothesey 1801 family mary,margaret,james, duncan, donald and john. donald worked as a clark of cotton. Link: Eddie MacKinnons Homepages URL: <http://www.turningwood.fsnet.co.uk>

Hi Listers I have changed email address and thought I would repost my names. Looking for information on James DAVIE, Silversmith who married Elizabeth HALLIDAY in Greenock on 21 June 1816. They had two sons, James (b 2.4.1819) and Samuel Ewing (b 14.7.1824). James DAVIE, Silversmith was apparently born in Glasgow, although I cannot confirm this. He is not listed in the 1841 Census and Elizabeth was listed as a Widow in the 1851 Census. Any clues on how to trace this man would be much appreciated. jcmch@cyberone.com.au Researching Davie, Halliday, Barr, Taylor and Menzies

This looks a really interesting and informative site - I have not had time to go through it yet, but look forward to doing so. Thanks very much Wendy Morton Christchurch, NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Galliard <peter@galliard.freeserve.co.uk> To: <UK-NORTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 1:17 AM Subject: [UK-NE] Scottish Research > Hello all, > > This may be considered "Off Topic", but there must be many researchers covering the Scottish Borders-and even further north. This site http://www.edina.ac.uk/index.shtml gives, in full, the text of the Statistical Account for Scotland for 1845, and the first account taken in the 1790s, parish by parish. Its a wonderful tool for local history, and some names are included. > > Have fun! > > Ann Galliard > > > ==== UK-NORTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Get your free uk-northeast.com address at:- > http://uk-northeast.mail.everyone.net/email/scripts/loginuser.pl > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > >

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/489 Surname: Hyndman, Gracie, Hunter, Weir ------------------------- My gr. gr. grandmother was Jessie Hunter Hyndman Wilkerson. Her father was born in Dalry , Ayreshire Scotland. ( So was she.) SHe had a sister Aggie, and several brothers. Samuel hunter Hyndman, William Hunter Hyndman. Her father was Thomas Hyndman and mother was Mary (Hunter) Hyndman. They left Scotland in 1863, lived in Canada for several years then moved to Missouri then Illinois. I have photograghs of some of the family. Don't know if there is a connection or not. Sincerely, Cheryl McNarie Stackhouse

Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/488 Surname: McKirdyMcCurdy ------------------------- Hi Chris I am looking for Jane McMurchy born c.1810-20? She was married to Alexander McKirdy. He was born in Buteshire (Isle of Bute, I believe) c.1810-15 He moved to Canada c.1849-51, first Quebec and then Owen Sound, Ontario. Their son, John (my gr.grandfather) was born in Quebec in 1854. I believe John had an older brother named Alexander, possibly born in Scotland. I had not found any McMurchys in Buteshire, until I saw your message, I assumed Jane and Alexander met and married in Canada--now I am wondering if they were married in Buteshire...if you can shed any light on this mystery, I would appreciate it...Thanks, Carol, USA

i need help in finding imfo on William Morrison Bowles.D.O.B 11-10-1884 at 7am. he's parents were Richard Bowles a Missionary. and Mother was Catherine Bowles Nee Morrison. Thay Married 20-1-1874 Glasgow. so if anyone can help that would be great. julie allen.