Does anyone have access to Births from 1904 in Buteshire, maybe Rothesay? I'm looking for HARRY COLLINS Jan.16,1904 father was WILLIAM THOMAS COLLINS and mother MARY MCINTOSH. He was possibly illigitemate. Carol

Can anyone tell me if there is a way of getting information as to > my grandfather, WILLIAM THOMAS COLLINS, who was a postman in Rothesay in > 1904. Is there anyway I can get any information about him from that > source? His address was 2 Mansfield Pl. Is that still there? Is/was it > a house or rooming house? > > Carol

Ian I can't help you directly, but I was intrigued by the coincidence that your Donald Campbell MURRAY lived at 72 Montague Street in Rothesay. When was this? My g.g.grandfather, Peter TAYLOR, was there at the time of the 1861 census and died there a few months later on 16 Jul 1861. I don't suppose the name TAYLOR rings any bells with you, but I would be interested to hear if it does. Unless the street numbering has changed since then, this address is, and has been for many years, the premises of James McINTYRE, purveyor of haggis, health foods and island cheeses (the adjacent properties have been demolished). Martyn At Brockenhurst, Hants -----Original Message----- From: Ian Murray <ian.murray@tesco.net> To: ButeshireGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com <ButeshireGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 18 March 2000 20:38 Subject: New list memeber - surname interests <snip> > >MURRAY, Donald Campbell b 18?? in Lanarks, m JOHNSTON Jane b 1853 at East >Free Church Rothesay on 8th December 1874. > >Lived at 72 Montague Street, Rothesay later Dundee when occupation of DCM >was School Inspector. > <snip>

Hello folks, I have just signed up so I thought I'd post my interests. MURRAY, Donald Campbell b 18?? in Lanarks, m JOHNSTON Jane b 1853 at East Free Church Rothesay on 8th December 1874. Lived at 72 Montague Street, Rothesay later Dundee when occupation of DCM was School Inspector. 3 Children - George MURRAY, 9 Oct 1875 Jane Lindsay Campbell MURRAY 26 Oct 1877 John Johnston MURRAY 22 July 1879 Jane moved to South Africa married someone whose surname was VAN AARDT and had a daughter Dorothy John moved to Australia worked as a postman and had two sons (names unknown) George being my GGrandfather All help greatfully received. Regards, Ian Murray Ross-on-Wye Herefordshire, UK

-----Original Message----- From: Bill McKinlay <Bill.McK@xtra.co.nz> To: Buteshire <ButeshireGenweb-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 16 March, 2000 07:40 Subject: James STEWART Greetings all. I would be interested to hear if anyone has any information on James STEWART, Baillie of Rothesay 1693 - 1710, 1712 Provost 1716,1719 m. Janet Stewart 1693 daughter of Archibald of Kilwhinlick. They appear to have had around 15 children. I am a descendant of the youngest of these, Robert b. 1723. Cheers Bill McKinlay

Try film No 1042722 or 101828 for Rothesay regards, Mary H. in NZ

Hello everyone, I ordered a film of the 1841 census for Bute from my local family history library only to find that it has Kingarth records, but not Rothesay (film 1042721). Does anyone know if there is a film with the 1841 Rothesay census on it. If so do you have the number, or can you tell me if/how I can find the number on the LDS site? Meanwhile, if anyone wants details of McFIES in Kingarth in 1841, let me know, Many thanks, Madeleine Wales

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Forwarded by list owner ... -----Original Message----- From: psnow@cadvision.com <psnow@cadvision.com> Date: Tuesday, 14 March 2000 7:06 Subject: British Home Children Perry Snow BA(Hon) MA, Clinical Psychologist 325 Market Mall Executive Professional Centre 4935 40th Avenue N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada Phone: 403-288-4477 Email: psnow@cadvision.com A NEW BOOK I recently published my book "Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search for a Stolen Identity" on the Internet. It is the first book to be published about the British Child Emigration Scheme to Canada (1870-1940) - by a Canadian - in the past 20 years. It is not simply a family history. My Father's lifelong search for his identity represents the lifelong yearning of the 100,000 British Home Children to find the families from whom they were separated, and in some cases, abducted. As many as 25% of these 6-15 year old children were "emigrated" without their parents' knowledge or consent. Half of them suffered from physical abuse and neglect. They were not welcomed in Canada as the older literature suggested, and did not automatically "have better lives" than they would have had in Britain. The book presents a critical analysis of the entire scheme - including the Australian Emigration Scheme (1947-1967) and focusses upon the difficulties people encounter trying to get personal information from the sending agencies. There are now 4 million Canadian descendants of the original 100,000 British Home Children who were emigrated to Canada by 50 British Child Care organizations (ie Barnardo's, Church of England). They may have as many as 20 million unknown British relatives. My Father, like thousands of other British Home Children wrote to the Waifs and Strays Society for over 50 years, trying to identify his parents and find his family. I, like thousands of first-generation descendants, also wrote to them following his death. The book provides documented proof of how the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society (now the Children's Society) withheld critical information, denied the existence of information, and presented false information to my Father and me. The Psychological trauma of "coming into care," living in the Boys' and Girls' Homes, being deported to Canada, working as indentured farm labourers, experiencing prejudice in Canada, and being abandoned by the sending agencies is examined in detail. The long-term Psychological effects of Depersonalization and Dissociation experienced by the British Home Children is but one legacy of the British Child Deportation Scheme. You can get a free sample download of the first 25 pages, a full download of the entire 284 pages, or order the paperback edition at http://www.upublish.com/books/snow.htm A NEW MAILING LIST The international response to the release of this book was immediate and strong. Because of this, I created a mailing list called BRITISHHOMECHILDREN to help people in Canada, the US, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand mend their severed family ties. You must be a subscribe to post messages to this list. To subscribe, send an email message to BRITISHHOMECHILDREN-L-request@rootsweb.com Type "subscribe" (without the quotation marks) in the subject and body of the message. Turn OFF your signature file when sending the email. A NEW WEB SITE I also set up a companion website to the British Home Children Mailing List at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren The primary purpose of the site is to list the names of the actual British Home Children to help people with their searches for their families. You do not have to be a subscriber to the Mail List in order to submit the names of your British Home Children relatives to the website. You might, however, find the Mail List useful and you might have information that could help someone else in their search. To submit your names to the British Home Children website, please mail to psnow@cadvision.com and use this format Surname, First Name, Birth, Place, Ship, Date, Submitter EG SNOW, Frederick George, 1909, Eng, Andania, 1925, psnow@cadvision.com PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE BRITISH HOME CHILDREN Perry Snow BA (Hons) MA Clinical Psychologist

Hi All, Because the list came from a usually reliable source I didn't fully check the links. The relaying poster has notified two more corrections ... Family Tree Maker User Pages should be, without the h making treemaker threemaker http://www.familytreemaker.com/ftm_uhp_home.html WorldConnect Project (RootsWeb) without the www. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com Apologies Peter

Welcome to Sam West and Chris Duffy who have joined this week. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** Do you know all the online sources for GEDCOM's or lineage linked databases? Here's a list shared by another list administrator : {with corrections - for those of you who have already seen this list the added "/" at the end of most addresses improves the connect time - [ NB this method can't be used where the address ends with a dot extension eg .htm or .html ] Some are totally free, others have conditions} Ancestral File http://www.familysearch.org/ This is the LDS Web site, and contains over 35 million names. Ancestry World Tree http://www.ancestry.com/worldtree/tree.htm Over 20 million individuals. Information can be downloaded, and submitter contacted. Family Tree Maker User Pages http://www.familythreemaker.com/ftm_uhp_home.html About 10 million names. GenTree http://www.gentree.com/ This database index contains links to all known genealogical databases searchable on the Web. WorldConnect Project (RootsWeb) http://www.worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Goal of 100 million names by the end of the year. Geneanet http://www.geneanet.org/ Over 5 million entries. Genealogy Online http://www.genealogy.org/~ajmorris/ Over 600,000 names World Family Tree Online http://www.familytreemaker.com/wftonline/index.html About 60 million names Ancestral Archives (Kindred Konnections) http://www.kindredkonnections.com/ Over 41 million names GenServe http://www.genserv.com/ Over 18 million names. ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List owner and Co-host with Barbara < babrown@fast.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list. List owner of the SCT-RENFREW and SCT-ARGYLL mailing lists.

Hope these may be of interest to someone. Cheers, Ruth Adelaide, South Australia 1851 Census DEV, WAR, NFK Head: FULLERTON, Archebald Neighbors 146930 Name Relationship Mar Age Sex Occupation Birthplace Archebald FULLERTON Head M 41 M Boatman Coast Guard Man Kilbride Isle of Arran-Buteshire Margaret FULLERTON Wife M 41 F Boatmans Wife Isle of Islay-Buteshire Alexander FULLERTON Son U 14 M Scholar Kilbride Arran-Buteshire Archebald FULLERTON Son U 12 M Scholar Kilbride Arran-Buteshire John FULLERTON Son U 9 M Scholar Kilbride Arran-Buteshire Adam FULLERTON Son U 6 M Scholar Cromer-Norfolk James FULLERTON Son - 2 M --- Trimingham-Norfolk Cheallottes FULLERTON Daur - 7m F --- Trimingham-Norfolk Address: Trimingham, Erpingham Census Place: Trimingham Erpingham, Norfolk PRO Reference: HO/107/1809 Folio: 223 Page: 2 FHL Film: 0207461 Head: STEWART, John Neighbors 173753 Name Relationship Mar Age Sex Occupation Birthplace John STEWART Head M 31 M Traveling Tea Dealer Isle Of Arran-Scotland Mary STEWART Wife M 33 F --- ----Scotland Perthshire William HUGHAM Lodg M 53 M Messenger & Labourer ----Scotland Address: Distillery Street, Norwich Census Place: Norwich Heigham Norwich, Norfolk PRO Reference: HO/107/1816 Folio: 365 Page: 18 FHL Film: 0207469

Seeking information on the McKinlaw or Kinlaw family. A Thomas McKinlaw first appeared in Bladen County, North Carolina, U.S.A. in 1763 as an adult. He later drops the "Mc" and becomes known as Kinlaw. Please contact me if you know of anything concerning these surnames. Sam West or E-mail: Sam_West@ncsip.duke.edu 556 Pittman Road Lumberton, NC 28358 U.S.A.

I did a quick search for a 10 year period (1795-1805) for Jean Wilson, and it came up with one: Jean WILSON Sex: F Event(s): Christening: 17 Apr 1794 Kilmuir-Easter, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland Parents: Father: William WILSON Mother: Isobel MC KENZIE LDS Batch C110692; Parish registers, 1738-1854 Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Kilmuir-Easter. Not sure if this is the correct person you're looking for, but it might give you a new start for searching if it is. There were no records specific to Kilmory, but there were several with names similar to this in several counties. I found this at the LDS site on line "http://www.familysearch.org". IF this isn't the right one, there were others, but I couldn't tell which was your's right off. If you know her husbands name, you could do a marriage search and decipher more from that. Good luck. -- Diane MacKenzie ------ "mailto:dianemackenzie@home.com" Personal Home Page URL "http://members.home.net/dianemackenzie/index.htm" Surname Web Host for MacKenzie URL: "http://members.xoom.com/diane_mack/mackenzie/index.htm" Surname Web Host for MacLennan, URL: "http://members.xoom.com/diane_mack/maclennan/index.htm" Researching MACKENZIE, MACLENNAN, MACLEOD, et al and Aurillo and Facciolo. -------

Hi, I am looking for anyone with a connection to a Jean Wilson born early 1800's at Blackwaterfoot Parish of Kilmory. Looking for Parents/Bros/sisters etc. I have come to a brick wall. Any help would be greatly appreciated. A.E.(Sandy)Brownlee edmonton,Alberta,Canada

Hi Paula and Rob, >From the 1837 Pigot's Directory - The Isle Of Arran. Post Office, Brodick, Mary SHAW, Post Mistress.- Letters from Ardrossan arrive every day (Sunday excepted) at twelve, and are despatched every afternoon at four. Gentry & Clergy. Hamilton the Duke of, Arran Castle. McKirdy, Lieutenant, Bennan. Grocers & c. Bannatyne, James, Lamlash. Shaw, Mary, Brodick. Inns. Bannatyne, James, Lamlash. Masons. Hamilton, William, Currie. Tailors. Hamilton, James, Brodick. Shaw, Archibald, Lamlash. Vintners. Bannatyne, Ebenezer, Blackwater. Hamilton, John, Brodick. Hamilton, William, Currie. At 03:08 PM 05/03/2000 -0500, you wrote: >We're new to the list and have the following information on ancestors from >Arran Island. > Cheers, - Dot Wells (nee Maclean) Perth, Western Australia. mailto:wells@wanet.com.au Research Names http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/research/wel02.html

We're new to the list and have the following information on ancestors from Arran Island. 1. John TAYLOR married Ann BANNATYNE, 1774, Kilmory Parish 2. Janet TAYLOR (siblings John, Mary, Robert, Ebeneezer, Ann, Thomas, Jean) married John McCURDY, 1817, Kilmory Parish 3. Ann McCURDY, born in 1827 in Kilmory Parish (siblings Donald, Mary, Janet, Robert, Christian, Lauchlon, William) 1. John HAMILTON and Mary SHAW 2. Peter HAMILTON, born in 1811 in Kilbride Parish (sibling John) Ann McCURDY and Peter HAMILTON emigrated to Megantic County, Quebec, Canada, where they subsequently married and had John E., James, David, Robert, and Peter J. We would welcome hearing from anyone with information on these folks. Thank you! Paula and Rob Petterson

My grandfather, WILLIAM THOMAS COLLINS, was a postman in Rothesay in 1904. Is there anyway I can get any information about him from that source? His address was 2 Mansfield Pl. Is that still there? Is/was it a house or rooming house? Carol

Welcome to AIVR@aol.com and Elaine Wilson who have joined this week. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** I have noticed on a couple of the lists to which I subscribe that a perennial topic has again surfaced : some complaints about the number of characters displayed by e-mail programs, and that some people are having to using their scroll bars to view message content. The following response covers two of the major players, the only note I would add is that the number of characters that you set for these options, is best tested by printing out some samples - set the value that best suits both your screen and printer. -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Stride <strideconnection@xtra.co.nz> To: SUFFOLK-L@rootsweb.com <SUFFOLK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, 27 February 2000 4:15 Subject: Re: E-Mails ,Length of lines. Here are a couple of suggestions that may help you, if you have Outlook Express as your email composer and reader try this: Whilst in your "InBox" scroll along the very top of your screen to "Tools" click on this and scroll down to "Options" you will see several tabs, click on the one that says "Send" go to the lower part of the box where it says set to plain text or HTML, it is far better for the list's to have plain text so ensure that is the box ticked then click on the wording to the right that says "Settings" and it will say "Automatically wrap text" here is where you can put in a number 90 is good! Click on OK and come out, remembering to click on "Apply" before you come out of the next part and that should ensure all your messages wrap whether they are going from you or being received by you. Now for "Netscape" just a little different: If you are using version 4.01 or above try this: Whilst in the Inbox scroll along the top to edit and from the drop down box select "Preferences" to the left of your screen should be a list "Category's" scroll down Messages this should be just below Mail groups and identity, click on "Messages, ensure that the box that says HTML is not ticked, tick the next box where it says "Automatically quote original message when replying and then it should say wrap long lines and here you can put 90 or even 72 but never any more than 90. Click Ok and that should sort that one out. Now I realise that there are other browsers people could be using and perhaps older versions of the above, but generally if you scroll along the top buttons of your screen you should get a choice of options or preferences or something similar, it really is just a case of configuring your program to do as you would like it to. >>>>>>>>>> If someone has the step by step process for any of these other browsers, please let the list know what they are. ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook cookfmly@bigpond.com List owner and Co-host with Barbara < babrown@fast.net > of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list. List owner of the SCT-RENFREW (one year old today) and SCT-ARGYLL mailing lists.

Hi Margaret You said ... >I think I'll have to wait until my next visit to Edinburgh to unravel this further as there seem to be many Ann Cooks all born within a few years of each other. I have the same problem :-( but at the next generation - three possible fathers for my 3g grandfather Donald COOK. However, using my COOK extractions from the McKirdy Death Index for Bute 1855-1875, I was able to compile the following entries for two of Ann's children. {} = my comments :- 1857 entry 28 Archibald CURRIE, 18, Farmer, spouse Ann ?JULM, son of John CURRIE, Farmer (Deceased) and Ann COOK Widower {sic}. Informant John COOK {possibly Archibald's Uncle} 1872 entry 38 {Child crossreference not located yet, but} child of John CURRIE, Farmer (Deceased) and Ann COOK. Informant {not found yet}. Then the pearl ... 1875 entry 27 Ann COOK, 76, Widow of John Currie, daughter of John COOK and Margaret McALISTER (both Deceased) . Informant Peter CURRIE brother-in-law. This in turn points to the following children of John COOK and Margaret McALISTER and thus possible siblings for Ann :- 1863 entry 48 Margaret COOK, 71,Widow of Alexander McGREGOR, Informant {not found yet} 1875 entry 36 James COOK, 80 Labourer, spouse Mary McALISTER {? cousin}. Informant son James. The reason for saying possible siblings, is that there is a family for John COOK and Margaret MacALESTER (married 1785) given in the OPR which doesn't quite fit. Two steps back, one forward :-( Peter Cook Rossmoyne Western Australia cookfmly@bigpond.com http://users.bigpond.com/cookfmly/dadmain.htm or http://cookfmly.rootsweb.com/dadmain.htm for COOK line List owner of the ButeshireGenWeb, SCT-RENFREW & SCT-ARGYLL mailing lists.