I have a family who went to teh Flaklands too. The father also was a shephered, he was Thiomas Goodwin and he married Sarah McLean He started working there in 1870 I think and they got married there in 1887. they came home eventually as well,l as all the children died either in Dumfriesshire . or other parts of the world, and Thomas died in Dumfries. >From: "George Cullen" <george.cullen@btinternet.com> >To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [D-G LIST] Falkland Islands >Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:56:27 +0100 > >Does anyone have any information on emigration to the Falkland Islands from >Dumfries & Galloway in the late 1880s, my ancestor Robert Hunter who was a >shepherd went, but I see from records he came back and died in Dumfries, >but I think his wife may have died out there. >many thanks. > > >==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join >CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger