Hello List, I am searching my great grandmother, born on Isle of Lewis, about 1814. She was Margaret McLennan. I have looked through Bill Lawson's site, and sent a request to his research service, but have not gotten a response. What experience have others had with this service? Her husband was Angus McNaughtan, from Perth. I have found one marriage record from Dec 1844, (location Uig) but I am not sure this would be them. Any help in my search would be most appreciated. Is there a website I could find the parishes in Isle of Lewis? I have the list for Ross, but cannot identify the locale from this. Many thanks for any suggestions. Lynn in Michigan
Lynne: From the "Gazetteer of Scottish Places" Lewis & Harris: A group of islands in the Outer Hebrides. The main island of Lewis consists of Lewis on the north and Harris on the south. Between 1845 and 1975 the island Lewis contained the civil parishes of Barvas, Lochs, Stornoway, and Uig, all in the county of Ross and Cromarty; and the burgh of Stornoway. The south part of the island, Harris, was a civil parish in Inverness-shire. Lewis is sometimes spelt Lews. David Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lynn55407@aol.com> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:21 AM Subject: [RossGen] Surname McLennan search > Hello List, > > I am searching my great grandmother, born on Isle of Lewis, about 1814. She > was Margaret McLennan. I have looked through Bill Lawson's site, and sent a > request to his research service, but have not gotten a response. What > experience have others had with this service? Her husband was Angus McNaughtan, > from Perth. I have found one marriage record from Dec 1844, (location Uig) but > I am not sure this would be them. Any help in my search would be most > appreciated. Is there a website I could find the parishes in Isle of Lewis? I > have the list for Ross, but cannot identify the locale from this. Many thanks > for any suggestions. > > Lynn in Michigan > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm >
Lynn wrote: <I have looked through Bill Lawson's site, and sent a request to his research service, but have not gotten a response. What experience have others had with this service?> I am not sure what email address you are using to contact Bill Lawson or which site - Bill Lawson Publications or Seallam Visitor Centre - but here are a couple of email address which may of help in contacting him. seallam@aol.com lawsonbil@aol.com Here is a list of Historical Societies. I noticed that Uig is included. http://www.rootshebrides.com/resources/societies/ This page includes Adobe Acrobat PDF showing Historical Society Contact details. http://www.rootshebrides.com/resources/contacts/ All the best, Angus Macleod WEBSITE: www.torquil.net EMAIL: info@torquil.net -----Original Message----- From: Lynn55407@aol.com [mailto:Lynn55407@aol.com] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:21 AM To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RossGen] Surname McLennan search Hello List, I am searching my great grandmother, born on Isle of Lewis, about 1814. She was Margaret McLennan. I have looked through Bill Lawson's site, and sent a request to his research service, but have not gotten a response. What experience have others had with this service? Her husband was Angus McNaughtan, from Perth. I have found one marriage record from Dec 1844, (location Uig) but I am not sure this would be them. Any help in my search would be most appreciated. Is there a website I could find the parishes in Isle of Lewis? I have the list for Ross, but cannot identify the locale from this. Many thanks for any suggestions. Lynn in Michigan ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm