Hi Don if you go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctroc there is a map there, but it doesn't show Avoch but has some interesting reading about the areas. I do have a small map I can send you by attachment if you would like. My Gr. Grandmother was born in Avoch. Anna (list admin.) averner@cybertap.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~annaverner http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctroc

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Avoch is north of Inverness, on the northern shore of the Moray Firth. It is on the land mass known as the Black Isle which sits between the Moray Firth, to its south, and the Cromarty Firth to its north. East Coast of Scotland. Lochs, I think, belongs to the Isle of Lewis, not a place but an area or parish name. Have just looked at Parloc and found two Lochs. 1st is in Ross and Cromarty, OS ref. NB which is Lewis. 2nd Moray, OS ref. NJ which is the area of the Grampian Mountains, north side. Head east from Loch Ness or west from Aberdeen. Hope that helps. Can recommend Parloc, came free on a magazine, probably downloadable. Tina

Could you please advise : where is Avoch and Lochs? Thank you Don

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I am certainly interested in your/ANY Dugald Mathesons around! OK Well, around 1790-1800 and before, as he was surely named after some ancestor. My Dugald appeared on Isle Tanera mor in the early 1800s. My Dugald married Catherine Maclean 22 Dec 1825, Lochbroom parish. (Isn't genealogy fun??> Marleen Van Horne) Only if you don't weaken................. Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marleen Van Horne" <msvnhrn@jps.net> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 6:42 AM Subject: [RossGen] Mathieson semi-scandle > Well, I thought I would liven things up a bit. > > > > Isn't genealogy fun. > > Marleen Van Horne > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > >

G'day Cobbers, Am researching the family below and would be pleased to hear from any descendants of this family. Descendants of Elspet McKENZIE & Roderick ROBERTSON Roderick ROBERTSON. He married Elspet McKENZIE. I. Margaret ROBERTSON, b. 17 Jul 1816 in Fodderty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. II. Janet ROBERTSON, b. 06 Jun 1818 in Fodderty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. III. Donald ROBERTSON, b. 01 Jul 1820 in Fodderty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. IV. Mary ROBERTSON, b. 09 Oct 1822 in Fodderty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, d. 06 Mar 1900 in Fodderty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. She married David McINTOSH, b. 27 Oct 1810 in Duncan, Cromdale, Moray, Scotland, (son of James McINTOSH and Jannet STUART) christened 06 Nov 1810 in Cromdale & Inverallan & Advie,Inverness,, d. 18 Aug 1882. V. Ann ROBERTSON, b. 09 Feb 1825 in Fodderty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. VI. Alexander ROBERTSON, b. 20 May 1831 in Fodderty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. Regards Greg Baldwin Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia Homepage: http://member.melbpc.org.au/~kennethb/ Email: kennethb@melbpc.org.au Helen's Stolen Generation Radio Program: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/history/hindsight/default.htm All incoming & outgoing files & emails checked by VET Anti-Virus software. AIGS 9842 A&NESFHS 9933 KFHS 7736 Researching Surnames: BIRCH - Yorkshire, Eng> Qld, AUS BRODIE - Parish of Boyndie, Banffshire, SCT CAMERON - Black Isle, SCT CLARK - Rhynie & Essie, Aberdeen SCT DEAN - Elgin, Elgin, Scotland GRANT - Rhynie, Aberdeen, SCT INGLIS - Banff/Moray, SCT LAURANCE - Banff, SCT LUMSDEN - Banff, SCT>New Zealand MASSON - Ross Shire>Ayrshire, SCT MacDONALD - Inverness, SCT MELVIN - Elgin, Elgin, Scotland McINTOSH - Inverness, SCT > Qld, AUS McINTOSH - Ross Shire, Scotland>Qld, AUS McKENZIE - Banff/Moray, SCT McLEAN - Garmouth, Moray, SCT>Qld, AUS McLEAVY - Jedburgh, Roxburgh, SCT>Qld, AUS OLIVER - Jedburgh, Roxburgh, SCT>Qld, AUS PROCTOR - Elgin, Moray, SCT RAFFAN - Banff, SCT ROBERTSON - Ross & Cromarty, SCT SIMPSON - Banff/Moray, SCT SMITH - SCT STUART - Moray, SCT SUTHERLAND - Moray, SCT WILSON - Ayr, SCT>New Zealand http://www.abc.net.au/rn/history/hindsight/default.htm

Plockton is covered, I suggest Stroma could be Strome which is a short boat trip from Plockton, at the narrow entrance to Loch Carron, north side. Cardanach and Ardmachin ring no bells. The only Ard.... name near is Ardaneaskan, on the point of land north east from Plockton. Is the lister struggling to read the parish register or is it a transcript that someone not familiar with the local names has interpreted? Tina

I agree! I could do with a bit of a laugh here too - (post hurricane, falling gutters, deadly slates etc etc)! Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Campbell" <glenappin@shaw.ca> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 2:57 AM Subject: Re: [RossGen] Re: ROSSGEN-D Digest V05 #8 > Lachie said > > " Well, it certainly livened things up a bit, I was about to invent some > salacious family stories." > > > Go for it, Lachie my man!! You could liven up an otherwise boring Thursday! > > Lynn > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > >

Well, I thought I would liven things up a bit. In the 1850 US census, my gg-grandfather, Robert Mathieson, was listed as having two son, George D. Mathieson, aged 3, and Kenneth Mathieson. aged 1. Robert Mathieson died in 1857, two more sons were added to the family in 1854, Robert Bruce Mathieson, and in 1857, Justice Mathieson. In the 1860 census, Robert's widow, Ann Wood, is listed with her sons, George D. Mathieson, aged 13, Richard Wood Mathieson, aged 11, Robert Bruce Mathieson, aged 6, and Justice Mathieson, aged 3. So the question is, why was Kenneth's name changed to Richard Wood, and was George baptized George Donald, or was he really baptized George Duncan Mathieson, after his two grandfather, George Wood and Duncan Mathieson. I recently found the estate documents for Robert's death. In these documents it states there is a loan, and it is not clear whether the loan was made to Robert by his brother, Kenneth, or whether Robert loaned the money to his brother, Kenneth. Which ever way it went, something must have happened over this transaction that caused Ann to definately change the name of her second son and possibly even the first son. We did not have any Donalds in our ancestry, only Dugalds and Duncans. Isn't genealogy fun. Marleen Van Horne

Lachie said " Well, it certainly livened things up a bit, I was about to invent some salacious family stories." Go for it, Lachie my man!! You could liven up an otherwise boring Thursday! Lynn

Who is this directed to? Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mim Aline" <mimaline@verizon.net> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:06 PM Subject: [RossGen] Re: ROSSGEN-D Digest V05 #8 > Where are our go-getter newsmen who dig out the dirty stories? We could use > some young Dan Rathers. And how come some stories come out and then just > fade away? Are they all afraid of retribution? > > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > >

You should have replied. L

Unfortunately, with my family I don't have to invent them! Angus -----Original Message----- From: Lachiemunro@aol.com [mailto:Lachiemunro@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 4:22 PM To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RossGen] Re: ROSSGEN-D Digest V05 #8 Well, it certainly livened things up a bit, I was about to invent some salacious family stories. Lachie ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm

Well, it certainly livened things up a bit, I was about to invent some salacious family stories. Lachie

I apologize all over the place. I thought I was replying to a friend but I seem to have hit the wrong button. Mim ----- Original Message ----- From: <ROSSGEN-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ROSSGEN-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:00 AM Subject: ROSSGEN-D Digest V05 #8

m researching the Bain, Greig and MacKenzie families which originate from either Lochcarron or Lochalsh, although Applecross does feature breifly in the family history. My website covering the above families has further information. Take a look at http://cmahoney.orcon.net.nz and follow the Scotland link near the top of the page. I would be interested in knowing more about these families and/or finding someone who is connected.

Where are our go-getter newsmen who dig out the dirty stories? We could use some young Dan Rathers. And how come some stories come out and then just fade away? Are they all afraid of retribution?

Hi Marleen, I suspect a problem with the timeframe of your Kenneth Matheson, merchant in Plockton c1750-1800. I learned from Dr Iain Matheson, a Plockton resident and researcher of both local and Clan Matheson histories, that Plockton first came into existence in 1804. Apparently the site was first surveyed in 1794 by the British Fishery Society, which had earlier established the village of Ullapool, but the absence of fresh water on the promontory delayed the start of settlement. It was only in 1804, after water supplies had been secured, that the village was laid out. There may have been some minimal settlement prior to 1804, given the safe east-facing harbour, but the absence of a spring must have made a village out of the question, and the absence of a village makes the occupation of merchant highly unlikely. The gaelic name for the promontory was An Ploc, hence the anglicisation to Plockton from 1804 onwards, but before that there was no Plockton. The oral history of my family talks of a forebear from Plockton, but my research shows that he was in Easter Ross by 1794 and in Glasgow by 1804, so it's unlikely that he had ever come from Plockton. The name normally used for the entire district in those days was the parish name of Lochalsh. If your Kenneth was really from Plockton, it suggest that the timeframe should be post-1804, but if the 1750-1800 timerame is correct, maybe you need to look wider in the Lochalsh area. Regards, Ken Mathieson, Uddingston LKS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marleen Van Horne" <msvnhrn@jps.net> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:15 AM Subject: Re: [RossGen] Re: Plockton > Plockton is on the north side of the Loch Alsh peninsula. Kyle is the > town on the south side of the peninsula that had the ferry to Skye when > I made the crossing in 1979. > > In 1999, I was fortunate to spend a week in Plockton. It is a lovely > town. I hope to visit again. > > By the way, is anyone researching a Kenneth Matheson, who could be > described as a "merchant" in Plockton between 1750 and 1800, and had a > daughter named Mary born about1787. > > Marleen Van Horne > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >

Dear Listers, Could someone please tell me where the places mentioned in the following OPR's are and if they are still known by these names or if not their current names. 1) 1821,January 15- Dugald Mackenzie, Plockton, Lochalsh to Mary Mackenzie in Stroma, Cardanach 2) 1831, 6 November, John, Dugald McKenzie, Ardmachin, and Isabella McKenzie. Also the marriage entry show Dugald's marriage to Mary MacKenzie but Johns birth shows Mary has changed to Isabella. Do You think Iff off the track??? Many thanks, Laraine -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/05