Our ancestor John Lawrence died on 22nd March, 1891 at Avoch and is buried there. His wife Janet Lawrence died 24th April, 1907 at 4 George Street, Avoch. (she was nee Janet More). I have two queries: Is it possible for me to obtain the information as to whether there is a tombstone for these two ancestors at the Avoch cemetery. and next: Does 4 George street still exist and would it be possible to obtain photos of both the above. I look forward to receiving replies. Joy Calder in Western Australia.

Dear listers Does anyone know if there exists an index for the 1851 census for Tain? If so would sks mind looking up for me: GAIR Alexander GAIR Elizabeth b abt 1808 MACKENZIE Mary Ann b abt 1812 MACKENZIE Kenneth b abt 1836 Br Guiana MACKENZIE Alexander b abt 1834 Br Guiana MACKENZIE Alexia b abt 1843 MACKENZIE Mackay b abt 1845 Many thanks Judy Meibusch Qld Australia

Hello Donald, Its a bit more of an in depth task than I was looking at, but if I happen to note any strays I'll pass them on. Janet > Janet that is a great offer! > > I'd be interested in any "strays" from Lochbroom Parish, especially if > the birthplace is listed as Coigach.

----- Original Message ----- From: "joy calder" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 1:32 PM Subject: [RossGen] Tombstone - name John Lawrence > Our ancestor John Lawrence died on 22nd March, 1891 at Avoch and is buried > there. His wife Janet Lawrence died 24th April, 1907 at 4 George Street, > Avoch. (she was nee Janet More). > I have two queries: Is it possible for me to obtain the information as to > whether there is a tombstone for these two ancestors at the Avoch cemetery. > and > next: Does 4 George street still exist and would it be possible to obtain > photos of both the above. > I look forward to receiving replies. Joy Calder in Western Australia. > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >Hello Joy, the Highland Family History Society have transcribed and published the Monumental Inscriptions of the Old Churchyard, Avoch, Black Isle. No. 216 in the Booklet is as follows- (Curves) In memory of John Lawrence died at Avoch 22nd March 1891 aged 70 yrs; also his beloved wife Janet More died at Avoch 24th April 1907 aged 82 yrs; their daughter Jessie died 25th June 1928 aged 68 yrs; also son David died in infancy. I lived near there many years ago and George Street is still in existence. I am sorry I cannot help with photos but maybe someone over there might be able to help. Cheerio, Donald.

Hi List Can anyone out there tell me what cemeteries would be in Urray near Balnain, and also what cemeteries are in Fearn by North Cadboll? And has there been any transcriptions done on them? Thank-You Robin

----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Meibusch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 8:47 AM Subject: [RossGen] Tain census 1851 index > Dear listers > Does anyone know if there exists an index for the 1851 census for Tain? If so would sks mind looking up for me: > GAIR Alexander > GAIR Elizabeth b abt 1808 > MACKENZIE Mary Ann b abt 1812 > MACKENZIE Kenneth b abt 1836 Br Guiana > MACKENZIE Alexander b abt 1834 Br Guiana > MACKENZIE Alexia b abt 1843 > MACKENZIE Mackay b abt 1845 > > Many thanks Judy Meibusch > Qld Australia > > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > Hello Judy, the Highland Family History Society Index for Tain, 1851, shows, Gair, Alexander 9 yrs, Landward Enumeration District 4 page 11. Gair, Elizabeth, 31 yrs, married, Landward ED 4/11 b. Fearn. Gair, Elizabeth H., 46 yrs., Head Widow, ED 1/24 born Perthshire. Other L E D entries are Christina age 5 Finlay 6 months Georgina age 7 Jessie age 14 John age 2 Malcolm age 38 Head Married born Tarbat. Mackenzie, Ken, age 14, ED 1/24 British Subject. Alexa age 8, ED 1/24 born England other 1/24 entries are Ann age 22, born Kiltearn. Isabella age 19 born Tain. Isabella age 18 born Rosskeen Margaret age 58 Widow born Lochbroom Do you want the full census entries for the above EDs?? Cheerio, Donald.

Hi all, just to let you know that the film I ordered (1891 Census for Tain, Kirkmichael (Resolis), Nigg, Rosemarkie & Rosskeen) has arrived. So last chance for any requests for look ups, and to those who have already asked... answers should find their way to you in the next week. Janet Connochie Christchurch, NZ

I'm searching for information and descendants of George M. ROSS, b. 1864 in Illinois; Jesse D. ROSS, b 1894 in Iowa; and Lloyd L. ROSS, b 1899 in Iowa. Please contact me off-list. Thanks. -- Pam

Sorry! In the second paragraph the date should also be 1855, not 1885. Lilian [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > ROSSGEN-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 26 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [RossGen] Search Tips [Lilian Campbell <[email protected]>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ROSSGEN-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > 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: [RossGen] Search Tips > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 19:17:48 -0500 > From: Lilian Campbell <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Have just been re-reading the GRO info leaflets and figured out one > problem that was keeping me from getting results! While the IGI will > pull up entries for e.g."Anne" when one enters "Ann" on the search > form, the GRO form will not without using wildcards. > > Another useful bit of info I found is that the year 1855 entries for > Births, Deaths and Marriages can have a lot of information e.g. names > and ages of surviving deceased person's children on the person's Death > Certificate; or names, ages and places of birth of the mother's previous > children on an 1885 birth certificate etc.I'm now planning to try to > find siblings etc if my direct ancestors didn't have anything happening > that year, to see what family history I can glean from these extracts. > > Lilian > > Lilian Campbell

Have just been re-reading the GRO info leaflets and figured out one problem that was keeping me from getting results! While the IGI will pull up entries for e.g."Anne" when one enters "Ann" on the search form, the GRO form will not without using wildcards. Another useful bit of info I found is that the year 1855 entries for Births, Deaths and Marriages can have a lot of information e.g. names and ages of surviving deceased person's children on the person's Death Certificate; or names, ages and places of birth of the mother's previous children on an 1885 birth certificate etc.I'm now planning to try to find siblings etc if my direct ancestors didn't have anything happening that year, to see what family history I can glean from these extracts. Lilian Lilian Campbell

anyone researching in this area of r/c? i would love to get some input on where to find inforamtion. i have reviewed the parish record with some results....but am at a loss for finding more. janet d. arizona

There is also a Strathnairn in Inverness-shire and Macintosh connections there. I am interested in Macintoshes from the Moy and Dalarossie areas.Strathnairn has a website. Lilian Campbell [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > ROSSGEN-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 23 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [RossGen] macintosh [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ROSSGEN-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > 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: [RossGen] macintosh > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:09:35 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hi, > I'm new at this trying to find a connection. Hector Mcintosh born abt. 1755 > in Elrig,Strathnaine, Scotland married Mary Mckay born about 1730 in > Scotland. Hector's parents seem to be William John Macintosh and Margaret > Monoe married abt. 1750 Parents probably from the same area of the country. > I could not find the Elrig or Strathnaine area on any maps. Where is that?. > What parish would they be from? Where would I find census and burial records > on line? > > William and Margaret had other children:Alexander abt 1753, > John abt. 1755 married barbara Mc Leod > Margaret 1758 who married Unk Osborn > Jannet abt. 1760 married Robert McKay > Thanks for the help Rev. Dr. Linda Line [email protected]

Hi I have found a Hector McIntosh who was born abt 1750 at Elrig, Strathnairn, Scotland. His parents were William and Margaret McIntosh. I found this information on the familysearch website at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp Not sure where exactly Elrig is but it appears to be in Dumfries and Galloway. Hope this helps you with your search. Regards Hester Smith. (Ross-Shire) ---- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 3:09 AM Subject: [RossGen] macintosh > Hi, > I'm new at this trying to find a connection. Hector Mcintosh born abt. 1755 > in Elrig,Strathnaine, Scotland married Mary Mckay born about 1730 in > Scotland. Hector's parents seem to be William John Macintosh and Margaret > Monoe married abt. 1750 Parents probably from the same area of the country. > I could not find the Elrig or Strathnaine area on any maps. Where is that?. > What parish would they be from? Where would I find census and burial records > on line? > > William and Margaret had other children:Alexander abt 1753, > John abt. 1755 married barbara Mc Leod > Margaret 1758 who married Unk Osborn > Jannet abt. 1760 married Robert McKay > Thanks for the help Rev. Dr. Linda Line [email protected] > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >

Hi, I'm new at this trying to find a connection. Hector Mcintosh born abt. 1755 in Elrig,Strathnaine, Scotland married Mary Mckay born about 1730 in Scotland. Hector's parents seem to be William John Macintosh and Margaret Monoe married abt. 1750 Parents probably from the same area of the country. I could not find the Elrig or Strathnaine area on any maps. Where is that?. What parish would they be from? Where would I find census and burial records on line? William and Margaret had other children:Alexander abt 1753, John abt. 1755 married barbara Mc Leod Margaret 1758 who married Unk Osborn Jannet abt. 1760 married Robert McKay Thanks for the help Rev. Dr. Linda Line [email protected]

In addition to my previous post the following parishes are on the same film. 079 - Kirkmichael 078 - Nigg 080 - Rosemarkie 081 - Rosskeen 082 - Tain -janet

Hello all, Time for another kind offer. I have ordered the 1891 Census Film for Tain from my local FHC. If anyone has someone they would like me to look up _and_ preferably have the index reference for them, just ask away (off-list) and I'll see what I can do. Also if they are from a different parish, but on the same film (film number 0208628) ask away. I'm not sure what other parishes are on the film. The person I am looking for on the film is Thomas Connochie, he was born in Berwick, but was up in Tain in 1891. His future wife, Janet Ross McLeod was from Tain, so I'm curious to see what he was doing up there. Janet Connochie Christchurch, New Zealand

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Janet Connochie wrote: > Hello all, > > Time for another kind offer. I have ordered the 1891 Census Film > for Tain from my local FHC. If anyone has someone they would > like me to look up _and_ preferably have the index reference for > them, just ask away (off-list) and I'll see what I can do. Also if they > are from a different parish, but on the same film (film number > 0208628) ask away. I'm not sure what other parishes are on the > film. Janet that is a great offer! I'd be interested in any "strays" from Lochbroom Parish, especially if the birthplace is listed as Coigach. No Connochies in Coigach I am afraid, but anyone else with roots there feel free to browse my webpage at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~coigach On my webpage are now all the 1841 and 1851 Coigach censuses, missing a few Households for 1861, have most of 1871, and a smaller but growing number of 1881 and 1891. Biggest gap is communities that some documents refer to as in Coigach, but others refer to as in the rest of Lochbroom, such as Isle Martin, Drumrunie, and Strathcanaird (Achendrean). > The person I am looking for on the film is Thomas Connochie, he > was born in Berwick, but was up in Tain in 1891. His future wife, > Janet Ross McLeod was from Tain, so I'm curious to see what he > was doing up there. Hope you find him! > Janet Connochie > Christchurch, New Zealand All the best from the icy brink of Niagara, Donald.

Mark, Thank you for your reply. I have checked Tarbat Churchyard on a couple of occasions for my ancestors while on holiday in the area but without success. As you know some of the stones are very difficult / impossible to read. We will have to hope that those running the New Tarbat Centre find some resources to turn up some more information. Thank you again for taking the time to respond. Mary.

Hi Barbara, I have the same problem as you do...a lack of information. >:) This is my line with Alexander Cross being my gggf. He married a Margaret McKenzie. I have a bit of information but always looking for more. . Just thought I'd join you hoping there might be a Cross or McKenzie searcher out there. Maybe our McKenzies are cousins of a sort. >:) Lynde Randall in Maine, USA Descendants of James McKenzie 1 James McKenzie b: Abt. 1780 in Scotland .. +Catherine Tolmie Ptolemy b: 1784 in Scotland d: December 11, 1859 in Madoc Twp., Ontario, Canada West ........ 2 Murdock McKenzie b: Abt. 1803 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ........ 2 Alexander McKenzie b: Abt. 1805 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ........ 2 Kenneth McKenzie b: Abt. 1807 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ........ 2 Annabelle McKenzie b: Abt. 1809 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ........ 2 Margaret McKENZIE b: June 1811 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland d: July 26, 1884 in Madoc, Hasting, Ontario, Canada ............. +ALEXANDER (SANDY) CROSS b: March 08, 1797 in Dingwall, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland d: May 12, 1893 in Victoria, B.C., Canada ........ 2 Mary McKenzie b: Abt. 1813 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From Barbara, > I have just joined this list as I found that my 4xGreat Grandparents > came from Ross and Cromarty. They were Alexander Mackenzie and Isobel > Allan and lived in the Tain area at the beginning of the 19th century. > Their first five children were born at Tain and were James b. 1808, Ann > b. 1810, Margaret b. 1814, George b. 1816 and Elizabeth (Betsy) b. > 1818. They then moved to Kilmuir Easter parish and lived at a place > called Heathfield where Alexander was a shoemaker. They had two more > children, Gustavus Aird b. 1822 and Isabella (Bell) b. 1824, who was my > 3xGreat Grandmother. Some time between then and about 1840 the family > moved to Aberdeen as I have found four of the family there on the 1881 > census and three of them married in Aberdeen. > > If any of you have come across any of these MacKenzies or any Allan > family I would be very pleased to hear from you. I have not found the > marriage of Alexander and Isobel on the IGI or at Scots Origins (or > their births as far as I can tell - there seem to be several Alexander > MacKenzies around there of suitable age) so appear to have hit a brick > wall at the moment. > > Any clues or suggestions greatly appreciated. > > Barbara King > Cambridge UK > >

Mary, I check them regularly for clients, especially since I only live 4 miles from the graveyard. As far as I know, there are no printed MI's of Tarbat. Regards, Mark Mark Sutherland-Fisher Genealogist: Clan Sutherland Co-Genealogist: Clan Mackenzie Professional Genealogist specialising in the Highlands and 18th century see my web-site: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Chandler <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 3:16 PM Subject: [RossGen] Burial Records for Portmahomack Churches > I have several ancestors who lived in and around Portmahomack in the first half of the 19th century. Has anyone come across any burial or MI records for churchyards in Portmahomack? > > Any help on existing records would be very much appreciated. > > Mary. > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >