Greetings all. We /some appear to have been enjoying this slight change in tack while we check the common positions of our body parts. To go to the ultimate or "root" of the matter, our male side of the family have shown signs of baldness from a young age and we have photos going back to the mid 1800's which show the fellas when they were not wearing hats, to be quite bald. I was bald at age 22, my Dad waited until he had married Mum in his late 20's, my brothers have kept most of theirs, my son has a smooth patch like mine. But there is always a "BUT", I can see a GGGG Grandfather who has a good head of hair and he is not young when the photo was taken. How do you explain that? We are still to verify all his details, and that is the excitement of doing genealogy. My wife and I are coming to UK next month. If time is available and no Malls are around, we could attack our Birth area of Kirkmichael and walk the paths, sit in the church and generally get the feel of the area. We think we have found our direct lineage back to 1780's but at some stage 1850's one McIntosh came to New Zealand, his brothers and sisters disappeared from view. Can anyone tell us the most practical place to stop near Kirkmichael, where we could find a good B & B for a few days? Not the actual house but a Town. Thanks, Ross in cool, moist Auckland NZ

I understand that baldness is passed on thru the female side of the family Maybe that explains the descendant with a full head of hair!! Regards Pat Stedman Brisbane, Australia ******************************************** One-name study of Keillor/Keillar/Keiller etc http://www.users.bigpond.com/kiellor/index.htm and for Clutton families http://www.geocities.com/p_stedman/Index.htm ******************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Ross & Eileen McIntosh [mailto:ross.m@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 8:54 PM To: PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PERTH] Modifications to our personal appendages Greetings all. We /some appear to have been enjoying this slight change in tack while we check the common positions of our body parts. To go to the ultimate or "root" of the matter, our male side of the family have shown signs of baldness from a young age and we have photos going back to the mid 1800's which show the fellas when they were not wearing hats, to be quite bald. I was bald at age 22, my Dad waited until he had married Mum in his late 20's, my brothers have kept most of theirs, my son has a smooth patch like mine. But there is always a "BUT", I can see a GGGG Grandfather who has a good head of hair and he is not young when the photo was taken. How do you explain that? We are still to verify all his details, and that is the excitement of doing genealogy. My wife and I are coming to UK next month. If time is available and no Malls are around, we could attack our Birth area of Kirkmichael and walk the paths, sit in the church and generally get the feel of the area. We think we have found our direct lineage back to 1780's but at some stage 1850's one McIntosh came to New Zealand, his brothers and sisters disappeared from view. Can anyone tell us the most practical place to stop near Kirkmichael, where we could find a good B & B for a few days? Not the actual house but a Town. Thanks, Ross in cool, moist Auckland NZ ==== PERTHSHIRE Mailing List ==== -------------------------------------------------- Send all messages to PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com ONLY use the 'request' address to subscribe or to unsubscribe from the list. http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/PERTHSHIRE.html --------------------------------------------------