No new subscribers this week, as always, if you haven't already contributed, we hope to hear from you soon. ****** ****** ****** There was a 24 hour delay with RootsWeb Mail last Monday, with Mike's main post on his "Visit to Bute" being the only casualty for this list. Fortunately it was not delayed for too long - thanks for sharing your experiences with us Mike. Some planning and early groundwork obviously paid dividends. Regarding Mike's addendum posted later in the week, the possibility of list members contributing to a fiche reader/ copier fund has been raised off list. While this has merit, with the current subscriber list numbers and the second hand price quoted in one response, that would be in excess of GBP 5 each - and that figure also assumes ALL subscribers have Isle of Bute interests. Therefore I suggest that if individual subscribers wish to donate, they send such donations direct to Rothesay Library, with the purpose clearly noted in the covering letter. I think that payment in Sterling would also be essential. ****** ****** ****** Another project mentioned during the week is also worthy of support, that is James's proposed booklet on "Emigrants from Isle of Bute" in the 19th & 20th centuries - quite a task - I wonder just how 'small' such a booklet might end up as. Please contact James direct at james@brandaneofbute.freeserve.co.uk if you have data. An example of a similar booklet is that compiled by George H. Cook of St John, NB in 1977 "Memorial to the Arran Clearances". This 80+ page A5 publication covered only the emigrants from Arran to Canada in the period 1829 to 1840. The booklet is now O/P, but the contents were used as one source for Donald Whyte's "A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation" Finally a reminder that there is still time for you to send your contribution on this month's topic: "Books & other written material you have found of use, enjoyable to read, that have given you an insight into village/family/working life within the communities your ancestors lived - or Genealogy books that you have found helpful to your research." ****** ****** ****** 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.