Welcome to Eleanor Strain who has joined this week, and welcome back to Kathy who rejoined us today. If you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** ADMIN As stated in the note over my copied Musings post sent yesterday, the server at RootsWeb that covers this list, had been down since 3rd July (late Saturday night at RootsWeb: GMT -7) until Friday 9th July. Posts sent in while RootsWeb was unaware of the problem should have been bounced back to you. However some, like mine, were delayed by intermediate Web Servers attempting to resend them for up to five days - before finally bounced them back. Any bounced messages will need to be resubmitted. Posts sent in after the problem was discovered, should have been stored at RootsWeb, then sent on in the last 48 hours - looking at Ayrshire-L which was another of the affected lists, posts from 4 July onwards have now appeared, so the backlog seems to have been cleared. So, if you have posted to an affected list during the last week, and your message has not come through by now, you will need to resend. If you find mail has 'dried up' on more than one of your lists, it's best to check out http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ for latest update. ****** ****** ****** One of our delayed messages was Ailsa's re Tighnabruaich. Sorry Ailsa, it's not in Bute, but close by on the arm of Argyll to the west of the island across the Kyles of Bute. The closest point on Bute would probably be either Kilmichael or Glecknabae. So try SCT-ARGYLL-L for help on your Samuel MILLAR. ****** ****** ****** Well we only have three weeks for this month's topic "Indexes or other publications on Microfilm, Microfiche or CD-ROM, or Websites that you have found helpful to your Buteshire &/or Scottish research." due to the server problems, so here are a couple to set the ball rolling ... Bute researchers are fortunate that the McKirdy's had Bute interests, as this means the McKirdy Death index on microfiche covers 1855 to 1875. This and other seta are now available by mail order from the NZGS - check out their website for a downloadable form and other details. Another fiche set for Bute is the County of Bute 1851 Census issued as part of the series published for it's post 1974 region of Argyll & West of Scotland. Probably replaced by the work of Bill's team on the Census transcriptions, but useful if held by a library without internet access. ****** ****** ****** Feel free to join in and present your own items. Peter Cook <cookfmly@bigpond.com> List maintainer and Co-host with Barbara <babrown12@comcast.net> of the ButeshireGenWeb mailing list.

Thanks for the welcome Peter. I joined the group for a while in the past and do keep track of things occasionally. I haven't gone through any archives recently however. I've likely posted much the same message in the past but here is a refresher. My Wallace ancestors moved around a little. They were foresters or gardeners as far as I can tell. The earlier generations seem to have been in Neilston, Renfewshire. James Wallace and wife Barbara Wark were married there in 1796 and the older children in their family were born in Neilston but they then had a daughter while in Dunoon and Kilmun and I'm told that a son David and a daughter Marion were then born in Rothesay, Bute in 1814 and 1817 respectively. I can find all the other birth records on Scotland's People but don't find David and Marion so far. My ancestor James Wallace was born 14 July 1802 in Neilston and married Margaret Currie in Foreland, Islay, Argyll in 1835. Their first 3 children James, Catherine and John were born on Islay (my great grandfather James was born 1836) and the family then moved to Rothesay in 1841 or 1842. Agnes was born there in 1842, Alexander in 1845, Barbara in 1847, Janet in 1850 and a census record for probably 1861 suggests that a son was born in about 1854. The name wasn't clear - looked like Dan but may be David. James Wallace (1802) died 30 May 1874 in Rothesay and a son David was listed as the informant. I haven't been able to find birth marriage or death record for him at this point though on Scotland's People I've now made contact with other descendants of the Wallace/Currie family - Catherine's and Alexander's lines but I'd be very happy to connect with anyone else searching Wallaces on Bute or neighbouring regions. Kathy Wallace Ottawa, Canada kathyw@magma.ca