Yes I will send what I have on this family. -----Original Message----- From: mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdallega-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Sprowls Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:23 AM To: mdallega@rootsweb.com Subject: [MDALLEGA] MUIR family and coal mines Jeff stated: The Muir / Percy Family that I reference came to Allegany County around the 1840's. They owned / ran the coal mines around Lonaconing. They are connected to the Sloan family mentioned in Allegany history. They are buried in Percy Cemetery in Frostburg, Porter Cemetery in Eckhart and Vale Summit Methodist Cemetery JEFF - do you have info regarding this that you could send to me? My Hamilton - Allerdice - Kirkwood families came to the Lonaconing area between 1869 and 1871 - the Muir family was tied into one of these lines - and this may be a lead as to how/why the families came to Lonaconing to work in the mines. Grateful for any info - I think it was the Kirkwood family that was tied to the Muir name. Sicnerely, Ruth Sprowls Madison, Ohio (where it has been below zero with 2 ft. of snow for 2 weeks) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDALLEGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A long lost cousin (lost her 50 years ago!) is helping me search the McFarlane side of our ancestry. We noticed quite a few of our ancestors immigrated from Scotland. Someone stated (but it hasn't been documented - yet) that "Lonaconing mines were recruiting coal miners from Scotland." Does anyone know the circumstances? What was the draw for them to leave Scotland? Finding LIVE relatives is even nicer than finding the departed ones :-) Thanks very much ~ Chere