I have the Kirkyard of Fettercairn MI booklet from which I will be more than happy to do look-ups. I don't believe I've seen any Fettercairn requests on this list. Is it still in Kincardineshire? Should I be posting to another list as well? Lynn in Baltimore marylindsay@worldnet.att.net

Could some with the 1881 census CD's do a quick lookup for us? We are trying to locate the following family: George Meikle about 68 born Stonehouse Margaret about same age + or - born Dalserf? May have been in Glasgow in 1881, but not sure. Thank you ahead of time, Don and Mary in USA

----- Original Message ----- From: Angus P. Robinson <scottyr@netnitco.net> To: <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 9:31 PM Subject: RE: What Time Is It? What Year Is It? > Good Evening, > I seem to recollect reading that when those 10 days were wiped > out there was massive rioting by the common people who thought they > had lost 10 days of their lives. Does anyone else remember reading > these stories? > Thanks Norman. I forwarded your explanation to my kids and a > few friends. Now I'll wait for any feedback > Have a good day and Keep Looking UP. > Angus > I believe it made everyone stop and think. I wish I had wrote it. We tried to find the author, but could not. There was another paragraph that was supposed to go informing everyone it was anonymous. It never went with the article. My penalty is to write "I did not write that article one hundred times." I must be over half way there by now. ( :o} Norm

Good Evening, I seem to recollect reading that when those 10 days were wiped out there was massive rioting by the common people who thought they had lost 10 days of their lives. Does anyone else remember reading these stories? Thanks Norman. I forwarded your explanation to my kids and a few friends. Now I'll wait for any feedback Have a good day and Keep Looking UP. Angus

Dear Norman, I thought your message was very entertaining and informative. Thank you. But I've heard that the beginning of the new millenium actually isn't until January 1st, 2001because, theoretically, we would have started our calendars with the year 1 not 0. People are getting all excited a year early. > The hype and nonsense around January 1st, 2000 AD is a bit daft as the first > day of the new millennium is completely arbitrary.

H.L.W. stands for handloom weaver. I have ancestors who were the same.

Norm, Loved this explanation. I guess we all missed the big party. Well, to all those doomsayers, I guess they don't have anything to worry about since the millennium already took place. Thanks again for the enlightenment. Judy

Hello Everyone, Have just subscribed to this list again after almost a year. Since last on list, I have found a little information about my grandfather Andrew William Ross born January 1, 1852. Father Murdock and mother Amelia Hangle. Does anyone have these people in their family who left Scotland and went to Nova Scotia in Canada? Betsy Ross-Voorhees Herkimer, New York (USA)

The hype and nonsense around January 1st, 2000 AD is a bit daft as the first day of the new millennium is completely arbitrary. Our original calendar was known as the Julian calendar because it was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC. That calendar allotted 365 days for the year with every fourth year a leap year of 366 days. The problem with the Julian calendar was that it was too long by about 11 minutes. This amounts to a total of about one day every 128 years. This bothered the Christian church because they needed to compute an accurate date for the death and ascension of Jesus for their Easter festivals. Pope Gregory 8th remedied this problem by coming up with a new modified calendar which became known as the Gregorian Calendar. In 1582, he decreed that the day after October 4th should be reckoned to be October 15th. So in effect he wiped out 10 days, making up for all the extra 11 minutes per year that had gone past since the time of Julius Caesar. Pope Gregory must have been quite a complicated fellow because he also decreed that future years that had a number ending in two cyphers should not be a leap year unless the number was divisible by 400. Nobody could get their head around what the hell Pope Gregory was talking about, so things muddled along much the same with every fourth year a leap year. In England and Scotland, things were further complicated by the fact that the legal year began on March 25th not January 1st. So during the reign of King George II in 1751 the English and Scottish Parliament decided to adopt the Gregorian Calendar and they passed a law saying in future the legal year would begin on January 1st. So the Gregorian calendar became adopted around the English speaking world. The English Parliament decided that the day after December 2nd, 1752 should be reckoned December 14th. So they then knocked 11 days off and nobody bothered with Pope Gregory's complicated system of dividing things by 400. The other thing which is heaps of fun to think about is this: There are 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute. But how long is a second? In the olden days, they attempted to work it out astronomically. Since the invention of atomic clocks in the 1950's we have more accurately been able to determine how long a second is. In 1967, there was a general conference on weights and measures and it was agreed to base the definition of a second on atomic time. According to the Natural Physics Laboratory in Great Britain, a second is the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom. In plain man's English, it is this: caesium atoms can be made to flick between two possible energies by illuminating them with microwaves tuned to a specific frequency. In a caesium clock, atoms with one energy are sent through a chamber containing microwaves. The frequency of the microwaves is tuned until the maximum number of atoms flip from one energy to the other, showing it is equal to the value that defines the second as 9,192,631,770 vibrations to one second. The problem is even that isn't quite accurate enough. By international agreement in 1972, it was decided to use occasional leap seconds so that we could have a World-wide Co-ordinated Universal Time. In fact, there have been 21 leap seconds added to the calendar in the last 25 years or so. Now here's the fun bit. Most historians conclusively put the birth of Jesus Christ at 4 BC not at zero AD. If that is correct, you would have to subtract four years from our calendar. And as approximately 250 years have passed since the act of Parliament in 1751 which fixed English and Scottish dates and thus America's and the rest of the English speaking world, it would seem to me that our calendar is now approximately four year behind (Jesus' Birthday), plus two days ahead of itself (the 11 minutes per year over 250 years). Then because on January 1st 2000 we'll be three quarters of the way through a four-year span prior to the next leap year (2001), our calendar on the great day will be 3/4 of a day behind the correct date as the leap year will not have been added as yet. I reckon you have to subtract four years to adjust for the correct birth of Christ, then deduct two days because the calendar is going too fast by 11 minutes per year and then add a further 3/4 of a day for our position in the leap year cycle, as of midnight 1999, then knock off a few seconds for your atomic leap second adjustment, whatever that might be. And in the end I reckon January 1st, 2000 AD took place just before the end of 1996. In fact, 1 1/4 days (minus a few as yet not added leap seconds) before the end of 1996. In other words the great moment - the beginning of the next millennium actually took place at about 3 seconds before 6am on December 30th, 1996. So it looks like we all missed the party. Shame really. As to the Mayan calendar, they were very accurate in their calculations. Their fifth sun ends in the year December 23rd, 2010 AD at which point the Mayan's reckon the world is going to end. The problem with the Mayan's is they ended first, so none of them will be there to say I told you so. They may be right I'll let you know on December 24th, 2010 give or take a few leap seconds. I hope this clarifies things. The point is no-one's got a bloody clue what date it is, or what time it is, and in the end what does it matter as long as we are having fun in the meantime.

Hi, I'm trying to locate the birth date and place of my ggggrandparents. There names were Norman McDonald born c. 1848 son of Malcolm McDonald, farmer and Annie McKinnon. Christina McKenzie born c. 1848 daughter of Murdoch McKenzie, night watchman and Annie Beaton. I think Christina might have been born in Rosshire, but I have no idea where Norman could have been born. In the 1871 census it lists their son Malcolm at 5 Robertson Street., Glasgow. I would appreciate any help. Thanks Al

Hi, Was wondering in anybody out there could help me. I'm trying to locate the birth date and place of my great great great grandfather, his name was Norman McDonald born c. 1848 his parents were Malcolm McDonald, farmer and Annie McKinnon. The problem is I don't know where in Scotland he was born or even if it was there. thanks for any help Al

Hello Jim I'm a member of the Tay Valley Family History Society. TVFHS covers the Dundee area, Angus, Perthshire, and part of Fife. You'll find our web site at http://www.sol.co.uk/t/tayvalleyfhs/ It will tell you all about us, much better than I can! We have a small research centre in Dundee. The email address is tayvalleyfhs@sol.co.uk Stella Phillips, Dundee +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Stella Phillips + sphillips@sol.co.uk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: ClanDowill@aol.com <ClanDowill@aol.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 17 September 1999 20:17 Subject: Re: ( S.M.D.Phillips, Dundee? ) >Hello Stella Phillips , are you a member of Dundee Family history society? I >would like to research roots in Dundee, with Smith ,Somerville and Cameron in >Broughty ferry road ,Dundee with connections to professional football in >Dundee circa 1920s. > >Jim McPherson > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Hundreds of Scot Urls....... > http://celt.net/og/angscot3.htm > http://celt.net/og/angscot2.htm > http://celt.net/og/angscot.htm > >============================== >Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! > >

>From Ancestry Dail New Letter: KEMBACK SCOTLAND PARISH CENSUS, 1841 One of the richest districts in the county, Kemback Parish is located in Fife County on the northeast coast of Scotland, directly south of Dundee. This database is a transcription of the 1841 parish census of the county and includes the names of nearly 800 persons. It provides information regarding the residence, age, and occupation of the parish resident. Additionally each entry reveals whether the person was born in the county or not. For researchers of ancestors from Scotland, this can be a helpful collection of records. Bibliography: Stuart, David M, ed. "Kemback, Fife County, 1841 Parish Census." [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999. Taken from: "Fife County Records," Microfilm #101844. Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, - . To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3992.htm

Couldn't bring up this site. Would you re-check the address, please? Lucille Richmond -----Original Message----- From: ClanDowill@aol.com <ClanDowill@aol.com> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 3:09 PM Subject: Re: Campbell >Try Gathering of the clans ( Clan Campbell ) for help <A >HREF="http://www.tartans.com/galleg.html">Gathering of the clans scottish >culture</A> . > >Jim McPherson > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Visit.. ScotlandGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctwgw/ > >============================== >Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! >

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Dave Wills, When I tried to access your page, I was unsuccessful. It said it was not found on that server. Do you have another URL, or could you please restate the URL. I did a cut and paste, so I did it exactly as you had it written. Thanks. Judy

Ancestry's free database of the day. Also a Scottish page follows...Happy hunting Brenda DATABASE OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ============================================================ KEMBACK SCOTLAND PARISH CENSUS, 1841 One of the richest districts in the county, Kemback Parish is located in Fife County on the northeast coast of Scotland, directly south of Dundee. This database is a transcription of the 1841 parish census of the county and includes the names of nearly 800 persons. It provides information regarding the residence, age, and occupation of the parish resident. Additionally each entry reveals whether the person was born in the county or not. For researchers of ancestors from Scotland, this can be a helpful collection of records. Bibliography: Stuart, David M, ed. "Kemback, Fife County, 1841 Parish Census." [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999. Taken from: "Fife County Records," Microfilm #101844. Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, - . To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3992.htm In regards Ancestry Daily News Sep 9, 1999 and Scottish Links (http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/09_09_99.htm#3). I understand you can't list every relevant link, but I wonder if you might consider my site worthy of note. I have a large amount of the LDS family history center microfilm and microfiche numbers for Scotland on my site. These include: all census film numbers by year and parish (1841-1891); all birth, marriage, and death microfilm numbers from 1855 through 194x by year (civil records); majority of pre-1855 birth, marriage, and death microfilm and microfiche numbers (OPR records); complete parish and county number list; a handful of relevant links; and a few instruction and explanation pages. All of these films and fiche can be ordered for a very nominal fee at any family history center worldwide. In my humble opinion, this is a significant amount of information. I'm quite sure that anyone doing Scottish research can save a tremendous amount of time with the help of the data on my pages, as I did when collecting it. Thanks for your consideration, Dave Wills Temple City, CA, USA Scottish Page: www.ktb.net/~dwills/scotref/13300-scottishreference.htm

I am not sure which list, but sometime in August a kind gentleman lister (I deleted his response that I was one of the few he would do a lookup for) acknowledged my request for a lookup of JOHN ORKNEY/JEAN ORKNEY married in 1763 for both sets of parents and possible first marriage for Jean. This gentleman stated he would be looking up information during the first week of September. As I have had trouble with getting some messages lately I wondered if any information was found. Betty Wintersteen in rainy Ipswich, MA where Hurricane Floyd left us with high winds and rain.

Would like to invite the List members who are doing Family Research on the MUNRO Name or any of it Sept Names:Dingwall, Foulis, Fowlis, Keddie, Kiddie, MacAdie, MacCullish, MacCulloch, MacEddie, MacKeddie, MacLullich, Manro, Monro, Monroe, Munro, Munroe, Vass, Wass. To come and have a visit to our website. http://www.homestead.com/munro/munro1.html Hoping that you will come for a visit and while you are there take a few minutes out and sign our Guestbook. We would be honoured to have you all visit us. James ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hello Stella Phillips , are you a member of Dundee Family history society? I would like to research roots in Dundee, with Smith ,Somerville and Cameron in Broughty ferry road ,Dundee with connections to professional football in Dundee circa 1920s. Jim McPherson