Mark and others, Thanks for the explaination of where Back belonged to. It makes my search a lot easier. Judith Judith, Back is a community on the Island of Lewis which was until 1974 part of Ross and Cromarty but is now in the Western Isles. There are also communities like Point, Lochs etc. Regards Mark -----Original Message----- From: Jude [mailto:syrah@caverock.net.nz] Sent: 22 August 2005 03:59 To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RossGen] Where is Back? Hello list, In the IGI, I have come across births where the location is 'Back, Ross and Cromarty.' Is there a place called 'Back" or do you think they mean Black, as in Black Isle? It is on all five of the birth/christening entries. Judith, Christchurch ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm

Thanks to everyone who replied to my request. Looking at the map, Back seems a long way from Ross & Cromarty -near the Isle of Lewis so I wondered why it was in the IGI as Back, Ross & Cromarty (Batch # 8409032). I was looking for my great-grandmother Isabella MCKENZIE birth in R&C, near Knockbain, c1846. Her parents were Roderick MCKENZIE and Mary FRASER.

Hello list, In the IGI, I have come across births where the location is 'Back, Ross and Cromarty.' Is there a place called 'Back" or do you think they mean Black, as in Black Isle? It is on all five of the birth/christening entries. Judith, Christchurch

Judith, Back is a community on the Island of Lewis which was until 1974 part of Ross and Cromarty but is now in the Western Isles. There are also communities like Point, Lochs etc. Regards Mark -----Original Message----- From: Jude [mailto:syrah@caverock.net.nz] Sent: 22 August 2005 03:59 To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RossGen] Where is Back? Hello list, In the IGI, I have come across births where the location is 'Back, Ross and Cromarty.' Is there a place called 'Back" or do you think they mean Black, as in Black Isle? It is on all five of the birth/christening entries. Judith, Christchurch ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm

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I too have a Margaret McIntosh who was born abt. 1798 in Croy Inverness who married a William Mann, no marriage dates, and had a possible 9 children, one being my great grandfather Alexander born June 1831, can anyone help with any information with this family. Jan and Rob. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gail" <gfin@telus.net> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:29 AM Subject: [RossGen] Mcintosh, Edderton and Redcastle Station >I am hoping that someone may be able to help me find a clue to the >following McIntosh family. > > ELIZABETH (Bessie) MCINTOSH, born May 17, 1890 in Edderton, Scotland and > died December 14, 1943 in Michigan. She immigrated in 1914 to the United > States and married John D. Thompson about 1920. > > An Ellis Island Record of September 1922 shows her father as JOHN MCINTOSH > living at Redcastle Station, Ross-shire. > > Any search ideas would be most welcome! > > Have a great day! > gail > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.10/73 - Release Date: 15/08/2005 > >

I am hoping that someone may be able to help me find a clue to the following McIntosh family. ELIZABETH (Bessie) MCINTOSH, born May 17, 1890 in Edderton, Scotland and died December 14, 1943 in Michigan. She immigrated in 1914 to the United States and married John D. Thompson about 1920. An Ellis Island Record of September 1922 shows her father as JOHN MCINTOSH living at Redcastle Station, Ross-shire. Any search ideas would be most welcome! Have a great day! gail

Sharon, Unfortunately there are no shops in Hilton now and only two in Balintore, the neighbouring village. Actually all 3 villages Hilton, Balintore and Shandwick just run into one another and if it wasn't for the street signs, you wouldn't know where one ends and another begins. Can you scan and email the picture to me personally rather than to the list as you can't send attachments through Rootsweb (it avoids virus attacks) and I will show it to my cousin Dolly who lives in shore street as she would have known your great grandfather. She is in her 80's and has lived in Hilton all her life virtually. I live 3 miles from Hilton at North Cadboll. Regards Mark -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Davage [mailto:sm.davage@ntlworld.com] Sent: 12 August 2005 02:23 To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RossGen] Shop in Hilton Hi, I posted a message on the list a few years ago about my Great Grandfather's shop in Evanton....I also had an old photo with Back Street, Hilton Of Cadboll written on the back, that's because his shop was in Hilton not Evanton as I was wrongly told! My Great Grandfather,George Davage, had a small shop and lending library at Hilton which he sold in 1959 to a Tom Macleod. I'm planning to visit Hilton next year and wandered if the shop is still there? Kind regards, Sharon -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 11/08/2005 ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm

Sharon There were various shops in Hilton, historically, however in recent years, to my knowledge, there was (1) the old Post Office in Back Street (probably No 15 as we were at No 16, adjacent to the North end of Braefoot and the bottom of the Car-merran (sp?) footpath). This was long closed by the time we arrived in Hilton in 1974, but it was still in use as storage for the then current village shop, and had a red phone box outside (2) the village shop, about 4 houses to the left of this, in the middle of the first rank of houses in Back St (3) a later village shop (around 1990) opposite (2) but in Shore St. So far as I know Hilton has no shops at the present day, and I believe that even Balintore may have fewer than it had in the early 70s, despite much increased population. You should be able to read about shops in Hilton in the illustrated history of the three Seaboard villages (Hilton, Balintore, and Shandwick), "Down to the Sea". It is available from Dingwall Museum Trust, Town Hall, High St, Dingwall, IV15 9RY, priced £3 plus postage. Tel 01349 865366. Kind regards Peter Reynolds www.peterreynoldsbooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Davage" <sm.davage@ntlworld.com> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 2:22 AM Subject: [RossGen] Shop in Hilton > Hi, > I posted a message on the list a few years ago about my Great > Grandfather's shop in Evanton....I also had an old photo with Back Street, > Hilton Of Cadboll written on the back, that's because his shop was in > Hilton > not Evanton as I was wrongly told! My Great Grandfather,George Davage, had > a > small shop and lending library at Hilton which he sold in 1959 to a Tom > Macleod. I'm planning to visit Hilton next year and wandered if the shop > is > still there? > Kind regards, > Sharon > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 11/08/2005 > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >

Hi, I posted a message on the list a few years ago about my Great Grandfather's shop in Evanton....I also had an old photo with Back Street, Hilton Of Cadboll written on the back, that's because his shop was in Hilton not Evanton as I was wrongly told! My Great Grandfather,George Davage, had a small shop and lending library at Hilton which he sold in 1959 to a Tom Macleod. I'm planning to visit Hilton next year and wandered if the shop is still there? Kind regards, Sharon -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 11/08/2005

Hi All, This is possibly off the topic, but I think very needed. This morning my postie arrived bearing a very large envelope. A few months ago, utterly desperate and all but out of options, I asked for some one to look up an MI for my wretched lot. Thinking "it won't be there it's too late" I received a reply from a wonderful man by the name of Kyle McAllister. Surprise, surprise (more like shock) she AND they were all there. YIPPEE a break, at last. Kyle didn't just send me her details he sent me a who page of MI's for all the other who were near her. He offered to take photos, even better I thought. Now you will all want to know what was in the giant envelope, well, Kyle bless him, had been to his local library ?? and looked for and photo copied oodles of other info on this family and sent me some post cards and as he calls them "padding", which was actually some local information (very interesting it was too) plus photos off the area. I am just so thrilled, I can't thank him enough. So the moral of this story is never give up, and remember fairy god mothers can also be men. Again THANK YOU Kyle, your blood is worth bottling. Regards Andrea in Melbourne Australia "Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as progress"

Hi Debbie, I found this for you I don't know if you had it. 1851 census for Tarbat ED#4 page 1 sch 2 Balbaha Cotter. Murray Donald, Head,45,farm servant, SUT Creich Clark Janet wife,41, ROC Logie Margaret,Dau,17,Tain Bell,dau,14, Tain Alexander,son10, SUT Creich Elizabeth,5,Tain. Hope this helps you find there Births. Julie. P.S. here is the death details: Catherine Munro died dec 31st 9.30 pm 1855 in Portmachamach, buried in Tarbat Churchyard. father William Munro (farmer) mother Isabella Murray( John Robb Doctor who saw deceased on 30th dec 1855 The cause is very hard to read but it looks like tabes Mesertirica Baby is 7 months old. ****

Hi i have a copy of 1. Catherine's death parents William & Isabella Murray. Tarbat R&C. 2.catherine Smart, parents david smart & catherine ? If you want details contact me. Julie

Being new I will put out my interests and keep my fingers crossed. I have Donald Munro son of Hugh Munro and Mary McGregor who married Isabella Macrae daughter of Colin Macrae and Mary Stewart in 1812 Dingwall. They had a large family and emigrated to Australia in approx 1839. Would love to make connections and share information Chris Farrow

I believe that Grace Stevens is a member of this genealogical group and I would like to make contact with her. Please send me an email Grace if you are part of this group. Thank you. _dmacrae333@aol.com_ (mailto:dmacrae333@aol.com) Dan MacRae Brookfield, CT USA

G'Day Bronwyn, I have a Christina Munro who married a John McGregor in 1862 and they had 5 children,Donald, William Isabella, Charles and Jessie, are they any of a match. Janet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bronwyn" <brhowell@bigpond.com> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:05 PM Subject: [RossGen] Munro family from Rosskeen > Have just joined this list - hoping someone may have connections to my > family. Their details are as follows: > > Alexander Munro born c1796 son of David and Christina/Christiana (nee > Evans) and his wife, Jane, born c1807, daughter of William Fraser and > Christiana ( nee Ross). > > Alexander Munro and Jane Ross Fraser were married in Rosskeen in 1825. > They had a family of six - Christiana b:1826, David b:1828, William > b:1831, James b:1832, Jane b:1834 and Margaret b:1836. > > The family emigrated to Australia on the "Lady McNaughton," arriving in > Sydney in 1839. The settled in Singleton N.S.W. where Alexander died about > four years later. Jane remarried in 1844 to Englishman Richard Nichols. > She died in 1877, also at Singleton. > > Christiana Munro married Francis Belfield in 1845, William married Lucy > Ann Warren in 1855, then Emma Lovatt in 1893; Jane married George Joss in > 1855 then John Cooper in 1878. Marriages of the other children are not > known at this stage. > > Regards, > > Bronwyn > > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 28/07/2005 > >

Hi Bronwyn, I cannot help you directly but I am the Clan Munro (Association) representative in Australia and as such I put out a newsletter 3 times a year. In it we have a "Can You Help" section in which I put ancestor requests from members & non members - this has had a degree of success. If you would like me to include yours in our next issue, just let me know. About half our members are on email & half on snail mail so that second group is a virtually untapped source. Unfortunately our latest newsletter has just gone out but I will be happy to send your details to our email members in advance of the next newsletter. If you or anyone else reading this reply would like a copy of our newsletter so that you can see what we do, I will be happy to email copies. Regards, Don Munro -----Original Message----- From: Bronwyn [mailto:brhowell@bigpond.com] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:06 PM To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RossGen] Munro family from Rosskeen Have just joined this list - hoping someone may have connections to my family. Their details are as follows: Alexander Munro born c1796 son of David and Christina/Christiana (nee Evans) and his wife, Jane, born c1807, daughter of William Fraser and Christiana ( nee Ross). Alexander Munro and Jane Ross Fraser were married in Rosskeen in 1825. They had a family of six - Christiana b:1826, David b:1828, William b:1831, James b:1832, Jane b:1834 and Margaret b:1836. The family emigrated to Australia on the "Lady McNaughton," arriving in Sydney in 1839. The settled in Singleton N.S.W. where Alexander died about four years later. Jane remarried in 1844 to Englishman Richard Nichols. She died in 1877, also at Singleton. Christiana Munro married Francis Belfield in 1845, William married Lucy Ann Warren in 1855, then Emma Lovatt in 1893; Jane married George Joss in 1855 then John Cooper in 1878. Marriages of the other children are not known at this stage. Regards, Bronwyn ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm

Thanks to all who replied to my quest for the parish in which to look for my Gr Grandfather Alexander MACLENNAN - " URRAY" Jean Levins British Columbia, Canada

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Have just joined this list - hoping someone may have connections to my family. Their details are as follows: Alexander Munro born c1796 son of David and Christina/Christiana (nee Evans) and his wife, Jane, born c1807, daughter of William Fraser and Christiana ( nee Ross). Alexander Munro and Jane Ross Fraser were married in Rosskeen in 1825. They had a family of six - Christiana b:1826, David b:1828, William b:1831, James b:1832, Jane b:1834 and Margaret b:1836. The family emigrated to Australia on the "Lady McNaughton," arriving in Sydney in 1839. The settled in Singleton N.S.W. where Alexander died about four years later. Jane remarried in 1844 to Englishman Richard Nichols. She died in 1877, also at Singleton. Christiana Munro married Francis Belfield in 1845, William married Lucy Ann Warren in 1855, then Emma Lovatt in 1893; Jane married George Joss in 1855 then John Cooper in 1878. Marriages of the other children are not known at this stage. Regards, Bronwyn