In a message dated 3/2/02 9:58:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, garphyl@telocity.com writes: > I hope someone can help me find information on the mother and father of > my GGGrandparent Malcolm McCourry who came from Scotland (supposedly > Islay). I have no information on him prior to coming to the US except he > was born in 1742. > How do you find who the parents were if you do no have a clue about his > life from birth until he settled in Morristown, NJ around 1765. > The name could have possibly been a different spelling then also. Maybe > SKS would be able to look him up and find something on his family and > the marriage date and I could order a certificate of his parents and his > birth certificate. I would like to know if he had any brothers or > sisters also if that is possible. I'm hope this information will be > enough to do a search on him. > Thanks, > Phyllis White (McCourry) Phyllis - I checked the IGI and found the following entry: ------------------------------------- Malcolm MCCOURRY Sex: M Event(s): Birth: Jan 1742 Island Of Ila, Islay Island, Argyll, Scotland Parents: ------------------- This is "Patron submitted" information, submitted by LDS Church members who are researching this family. There is also an "Ancestral File" which lists the names & addresses of the researchers who submitted this information. Go to their webpage (www.familysearch.org) and choose search. Unfortunately, they have not included his parents names and probably were unable to find a birth/christening record in Scotland. I have researched Islay for several years and unlike other areas of the Scotland, Islay records are not very good. For example, Kilchoman (one of the six Parishes on the Island) never kept any records at all until 1828. But there is a very active research community who have been very ingenious at finding early land records, etc. Steve Gilchist has a wonderful website where he has archived a great deal of information submitted by list members. (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/info.htm) You can also subscribe to the Islay list. Instructions are listed on Steve's page - just click "Mailing list" on the top of the page. Sheila