Hi, thanks for replying so quickly. My Carswells arrived in about 1818 to Ontario Canada. Shortly after their arrival the name changed in some to Cerswell, this is the last name of my line now. I am a direct decent of the Cerswell/Carswell from this area. They are still living in the homes, although up to date that were built in the few years after their arrival. I believe that some of the Carswells must have been earlier from Renfrew, then after a battle Donegal Ireland. The early papers they are said to have left for the new world from Donegal. As for the McKnight's, this is new to me. My Ggrandmother was daughter of William Speers b. 1818 and Sarah McKnight 1827 both out of County Down Ireland according to their obits. I have yet to look them up on my 1881 Census CD, that is the McKnight's, but will do so shortly. Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet H McKnight" <nuggetjm@juno.com> To: <SCOTLAND-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [SCT~ROOTS] Name Posting > Hi > I read your message and noted that your interests in the CARSWELL'S and > of the McKNIGHT'S > > I also am researching the Carswell's from Scotland and the McKnight's. > We may have some connections > > If you would let me know some of the Carswell's in you data base I will > check to see if we are from the same branch. Ours start from Thomas > Carswell and wife Janet Sloane > > In the McKnight I have a huge data base of the McKnights once they > arrived in Canada in 1816 but still working on the British branch, our > McKnight's came from SW Scotland . They could have started out from > Ireland > > Our McKnight's are Samuel McKnight and wife Elizabeth Halliday > > Please let me know your earliest Carswell and McKnight family > > Regards > Janet Burnie-McKnight > Researching: Burnie, Carswell, Dobie, Forrest, Halliday, Hyslop, > McKnight, > in S/W Scotland and the England's and Senior's of England > > > ==== SCOTLAND-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > The archives for the list are located here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/scotland-roots > and > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=scotland-roots > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.363 / Virus Database: 201 - Release Date: 5/21/02