Hello Mike Researching early Scottish records is not easy from a distance. OPR films (Old Parochial Registers) are the main source but they vary greatly in how far back they go and how complete and readable they are. I am not sure how far back Roseneath goes - certainly as far back as mid 1700s. The films are ordered through your nearest LDS Family History Library - not sure what the hire cost per film would be in USA - costs about NZ$4.50 here. Registers in some places such as Falkirk, some of the Glasgow parishes and also Inverness go back well into the 1600s (with some gaps). Many of the Highland parishes have their earliest registers dating only from the 1780s. Another source may be Monumental Inscriptions but few would fo back as far as 1707 apart from some in major cities especially inscriptions inside major churches and cathedrals - many of the Dunbartonshire MIs have been transcribed and published in hard copy but again I am not sure how much of Roseneath's inscriptions were transcribed or how far back they go. The other source may be wills and sasines but this would depend on whether your ancestor was wealthy enough or owned land. I haven't so far gone into this source myself although I have received a couple of wills from connection to my CUTHILL and RUSSELL families in Stirlingshire - they can be very useful if there is one available. The OPR index is available on CD at your nearest LDS centre and is also available through Scots Origins on the Internet (but you need to have your credit card handy if you use this source). I haven't got back much past 1780s in Dunbartonshire with my CHALMERS, McCALLUM, McFARLANE families myself and am currently mainly filling out the family lines and sorting out cousins during the 1800s. Best of luck with your research. Lesley Instone Invercargill NZ > -----Original Message----- > From: esi@geotec.net [SMTP:esi@geotec.net] > Sent: Saturday, 11 September 1999 03:46 > To: Lesley M Instone > Subject: Re: DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-D Digest V99 #174 > > Dear Lesley Instone, > > I saw your posting on the Dunbartonshire Gen. Web site this morning. > > I am researching Peter McKinney born 1707, Roseneath on Campsail Bay, > Scotland. > If you would be so kind, please let me know what sources you are using > to research > early Scottish records. I am just getting into how the Scottish > genealogy system > works and could use some helpful hints. > > I have been to New Zealand four times and plan next year to return and > buy a > weekender for extended vacations. > > I hope to hear back from you with some good suggestions on where to > look for > Scottish records, especially as relates to Roseneath. I have not been > able to > find a single web site of any kind for government, business, or a > personal home > page for Roseneath. > > Regards, > > > Mike USA/TUL at: esi@geotec.net > > _______________________________ > > DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Subject: > > > > DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-D Digest Volume 99 : > Issue 174 > > > > Today's Topics: > > #1 RE: DALNATTER, West Kilpatrick [Lesley M Instone > <lmi@macalisters.] > > > > Administrivia: > > To unsubscribe from DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-D, send a message to > > > > DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > unsubscribe > > > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your > software > > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > > Subject: RE: DALNATTER, West Kilpatrick > > Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:47:44 +1200 > > From: Lesley M Instone <lmi@macalisters.co.nz> > > To: DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Hello Frank > > I see you are researching CHALMERS and NIVEN and wonder if there may > be > > a connection. I have John CHALMERS and Margaret NIVEN who married on > 28 > > June 1791 at Roseneath. Their children are proving very elusive. One > was > > my gggrandmother Christian (from her marriage entry in Row OPR 1939 > to > > Duncan McCALLUM) or Christian Mary (from her death certificate in > > Helensburgh in 1874 - registered by a cousin John CHALMERS of > > Helensburgh). She was born about 1804/6. Another was Margaret, > married > > 1829 Row to Alexander McAuslan, and a possible third was Catherine > born > > c 1794, died 1864 married to Robert McKinlay. I have no information > on > > parents of John Chalmers and Margaret Niven but noticed that there > are > > quite a lot of Chalmers people in Roseneath 1750 on. Hope to hear > from > > you if you can shed any light on my Chalmers/Niven etc connections. > > Lesley Instone > > Invercargill NZ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Frank McGonigal [SMTP:bankie@cedarwoods.com] > > > Sent: Friday, 10 September 1999 03:29 > > > To: DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Fw: DALNATTER, West Kilpatrick > > > > > > ---------- > > > > From: Frank McGonigal <bankie@cedarwoods.com> > > > > To: Wstjs@aol.com > > > > Subject: Re: DALNATTER, West Kilpatrick > > > > Date: Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:27 AM > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > The place is DALNOTTER,it's in the Old Kilpatrick area near > > > Clydebank.There > > > > is a Cemetery there by that name,it's in Dunbartonshire.I seem > to > > > remember > > > > a Castle by that name too. > > > > Frank McGonigal > > > > Researching, MCGONIGAL,Dundee,Glasgow--MCCOLL,Mull & East > Kilbride > > > .DEWAR, > > > > CHALMERS, Lothians & East Kilbride.LAWSON,BAIRD,East Kilbride. > > > > NIVEN,Glasgow & Co.Derry. GORRY ,KEENAGHAN, Dundee & Co. > > > > Westmeath.McGarvey,Co.Donegal > > > >