Hi Jim If you ever find a wild and wonderful item to seach, do let the list know. The oldest record I have found on Isle of Skye was 1838 for my line. I was really trying to find some death records for North Uist (Arbuckle) but was told there were no records before 1820. Do let us know. Thanks Lorraine Ottawa, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Graham" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 15 October, 2001 9:58 Subject: [RossGen] Black Hole for Isle of Skye > Dear Listers > Has anyone else suffered from BLACK HOLE mania for > Isle of Skye??? How if possible did you get past it > if you did, Parish of Snizort did not begin to keep > records until 1823 and 1st Census returns was not > until 1841. Have tried the Clan Donald centre @ Sleat > no luck! I have been pointed in direction of National > Archives for Scotland (yet to try) has anyone any > more suggestions they would be most welcome. I have > reached as far back as Donald Graham b.14/10/1825, > Snizort, INV, Father Farquhar Graham b.1799, this is > where I have hit the BLACK HOLE!!!. Help Please!! > Regards > Jim Graham > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >