Hello again: A sincere thank you to Jim, John and Christine for their help and information about Blaich. I appreciate it very much. - Joy in Canada __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Could someone please help me with the variations of "Saidie", also "Nancy"? Thanks for your help! Best regards. John & Betty Sheather [email protected] 2006-12-31 Created with Foxmail 5.0 e-mail client. You can get it at http://www.GoodFreeSoftware.netfirms.com

Thank you so much! Happy New Year to ALL! Harold Ralston Sarah Galbraith wrote: > MacNeill of Carskiey was a landowner in Southend in the 18th century, and he > kept a journal detailing the various transactions on his estate. > > The journal was transcribed and published in 1955 by Frank Forbes MacKay, a > descendant. The book makes wonderful reading, and copies occasionally turn > up on Abebooks, Amazon etc. > > The full details are: > MacNeill of Carskey - His Estate Journal, 1703 - 1743 > Frank Forbes MacKay > Publ M McDonald, Edinburgh, 1955 > > > To help researchers who might have relatives in the area, I plan to > transcribe and post five pages from the book which list all the personal > names and locations mentioned in the book. Mr MacKay's reasons for providing > such a list are delightfully expressed, and I've extracted them below: > > "... I am aware of numbers of people now scattered over all the Earth who > believe that their forebears come from the Mull of Kintyre. To such, should > it meet their eye, this table may be of help in tracing their ancestry." > > Over the next week or so, I'll post five more messages which give all the > details about the names mentioned in the summary. > > (Unlike last year, when I offered to do look-ups in another historical > document, my contribution this year is confined to these posted messages.) > > Sarah Galbraith > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

As described in my previous message, here is the first batch of names from the MacNeill of Carskey book. They are transcribed exactly as shown in the book, with the exception that some names had spaces between the 'Mc' and the remainder of the name. To help with searching, I've run the two parts together as is now the convention. The order is Name [My capitalisation]; Place; Year From/To; Status or Occupation. Neill Dow McNEILL; Lailt; 1710; Steelbow Tenant Malcolm McCALLUM; Kepragan; 1711; Tenant John McFFAILL; Glenadill; 1711; Tenant Charles O DRAIN; ffeorlin; 1711; Tenant Duncan McSPORRAN Archd WEER Donald McSHENOIG Donald McALISTER William McCLARTY Angus McMURRAY John McMURCHY (All above payers of rent, but no place names stated; 1711/14) Donald Bane McGEACHY; Drimnamucklich; 1712; "Man to Campbell", the laird Neill McQUALISKY; Gartvean;1712/17; Tenant Duncan McSPORRAN; Carskey; 1712/17; "my" Tenant Henry McNEILL; Carskey; 1712/17; "my" Herd John McEACHARN; Carskey; 1712/19; "my" Man John McMURCHY; Upperglenadill; 1712/19; Tenant Malcolm O DRAIN; Ballinacuisag; 1713; Tenant John McCAMROSS; ffeorlin; 1715/17/18/19; Tenant Margaret McSHENOIG; Carskey; 1716; Servant Donald McSHENOIG; Ballinacuissag; 1713; Tenant Malcolm McMILLEN; Borgadilmore; 1716/22/24; Tenant Lauchlan McNEILL; Glennadill; 1716/17; Brother-in-law & Tenant Hope that this is of interest to some of you. Four more messages will follow. Sarah

MacNeill of Carskiey was a landowner in Southend in the 18th century, and he kept a journal detailing the various transactions on his estate. The journal was transcribed and published in 1955 by Frank Forbes MacKay, a descendant. The book makes wonderful reading, and copies occasionally turn up on Abebooks, Amazon etc. The full details are: MacNeill of Carskey - His Estate Journal, 1703 - 1743 Frank Forbes MacKay Publ M McDonald, Edinburgh, 1955 To help researchers who might have relatives in the area, I plan to transcribe and post five pages from the book which list all the personal names and locations mentioned in the book. Mr MacKay's reasons for providing such a list are delightfully expressed, and I've extracted them below: "... I am aware of numbers of people now scattered over all the Earth who believe that their forebears come from the Mull of Kintyre. To such, should it meet their eye, this table may be of help in tracing their ancestry." Over the next week or so, I'll post five more messages which give all the details about the names mentioned in the summary. (Unlike last year, when I offered to do look-ups in another historical document, my contribution this year is confined to these posted messages.) Sarah Galbraith

Hello: We have ancestors who lived in Blaich, Kilmallie during the 1800's. I'm wondering if some one might be able to help me with information about Blaich, or direct me on where to look. - does Blaich still exist? - where would people be buried? My knowledge and understanding of Scotland's georgraphy is pretty limited, and I will be grateful for any help/assistance. The surname I am interested in is BEATON. - Joy in Canada. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Alma, I would suggest that you go to Google image and enter Bonhill. All the best to 2007. Ian Original Message: ----------------- From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:18:11 EST To: [email protected] Subject: [ARGYLL] Bonhill Dunbartonshire Hello I am intrested in old Bonhill home of my grand father and his family I would like to more about the town its self and area around it. Has any one got old photos or maps , or can tell me where its best to search My grand father played football for a local team and we have a cup winners medal from Dunbarton Any facts about the team old players or any points of intrest I would be very intrested in alma ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

Hello I am intrested in old Bonhill home of my grand father and his family I would like to more about the town its self and area around it. Has any one got old photos or maps , or can tell me where its best to search My grand father played football for a local team and we have a cup winners medal from Dunbarton Any facts about the team old players or any points of intrest I would be very intrested in alma

I am looking for proof that Angus Kerr born abt 1879 had a son Archibald born about 1825. The IGI lists 9 of his children but not Archibald. Angus and his family immigrated to Canada about 1832 Would anyone know anything about him. Thank you for any suggestions. Moria California

Dugald is not an alternative to Donald. Sometimes Dan or Daniel is used in place of Donald, particularly in Argyll, but not all Donalds are Daniels!!!! If I were looking for a Donald Cameron, I'd go for all the Donalds first. Sìne

Hi Morag, Is Dugald also an alternative to Donald? Oh dear me. Happy New Year, Mary >Thanks also to everyone who has emailed me regarding alternatives to Donald >when searching ie. Dugald and Daniel etc.. I haven't actually looked at >alternatives.

Hi, I think we have two issues here, one is names which really are alternative names, such as John for the Gaelic Iain, or Hugh for Ewan. The other issue related more to official records keeping. Since much of our information is from census returns, we are dependent on what the census taker wrote down. English census takers were dealing with Gaelic speakers. In this day and age, we are also dependent on the ability of transcribers to read the script from the old censuses. I have two children just entering university and I have come to realize that they cannot read cursive handwriting with any ease. Many of my ancestors came to Canada in the 1800's and, while available Scottish censuses show Donald, Canadian censuses show Don'l which seems some time to have been picked up as a short form of Daniel. I would not look for any deep meaning where Donald has been replaced with any other name. Having said that, I am still wondering why my great uncle put his mothers name down as Helen Cameron on his marriage certificate, as opposed to Helen McPhee as she was known legally. Cheers, Margaret in Toronto

Sorry for the delay in replying to people regarding the Cameron records I put up. As I have had a number of requests off list about the records I will transcribe them and post them to the list. I would have done so sooner, but for christmas getting in the way!! I will do them in the next couple of days. Thanks also to everyone who has emailed me regarding alternatives to Donald when searching ie. Dugald and Daniel etc.. I haven't actually looked at alternatives. I think my best bet is to go to Edinburgh and just search through the death records!! I'm in Sussex, England & a sassanach but my folks & all my rellies are Scot's - gives me a valid excuse to go up there for a holiday rather than just a self indulgent record search!! Hope everyone had a good xmas and here's to a Merry Hogmanay!!! Morag

Hi all My apologies. There should NOT be a space between '1911' and 'Census'. The correct URL is : http://www.1911census.info/ Must have had too much Christmas pud !! Regards Les

Thanks Les. Very welcome news indeed. We need a break like that for Scottish records. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Horn" <[email protected]> > Hi Listers > > For those of you also chasing your relis in England and Wales the following may be of interest. > > http://www.1911 Census.info/ > > Basically most of the information from the 1911 Census for England and Wales will be made available online in 2009 instead of 2012. > > Regards > Les

Hi Listers For those of you also chasing your relis in England and Wales the following may be of interest. http://www.1911 Census.info/ Basically most of the information from the 1911 Census for England and Wales will be made available online in 2009 instead of 2012. Regards Les

Thanks, Les. On the website, it discusses the 1901 and 1911 Irish Census. It should be noted that this is a project in cooperation with the National Archives of Canada to put digitized versions of these census online, as was done in the last couple of years with the Canadian census for 1851, 1901, 1906 and 1911. Other Canadian years are coming as well. There are volunteer projects underway to transcribe 1901, 1906 and 1911, and these are largely complete: www.automatedgenealogy.com I suspect that when the Irish census come online, that a similar volunteer effort will be launched. Eileen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Horn" <[email protected]> To: "Tiree Rootsweb" <[email protected]>; "Mull Rootsweb" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Argyll Rootsweb" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: [ARGYLL] Fw: re:1911 - Census England and Wales > Hi all > > My apologies. There should NOT be a space between '1911' and 'Census'. > The correct URL is : > > http://www.1911census.info/ > > Must have had too much Christmas pud !! > > Regards > Les > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, The Scotland BDM Exchange has undergone a face-lift. Do you like the new look? I have added a few hundred names to the database over the last couple of weeks and the site now holds: Banns 1624 records Baptism 3980 records Births 16574 records Burial 404 records Deaths 15510 records Marriage 12503 records TOTAL records: 50595 records Happy hunting Sue www.sctbdm.com

Re Morag's CAMERONs .. yes please. Any of them could fit some difficult CAMERONs in my MCEACHERN tree .. mainly Morvern but the comings and goings seem to have straddled both parishes. Anne Maye.

Have been having a sort out of old records that I have accumulated which are not relevant to me. I thought I might aswell offer up the details of them to the list, though they may not be of any use to anyone - with records being much more widely available. They are death records of Donald CAMERON's and one Sarah CAMERON nee HENDERSON. But do of course name other names. They might as well be of use to someone. If they belong to anyone, let me know and I will transcribe the full details of the entry. There are hopefully no errors in what I've written down. Parish of Strontian Donald Cameron d. 1893; aged 58. Parents: Archibald Cameron & Jean Cameron? Donald Cameron d. 1901, aged 95, Parents: Allan Cameron and Flora Kennedy Donald Cameron d. 1977, aged 83, Parents: Martin Cameron and Mary McMillan Donald Cameron d. 1883, aged 72, Parents: Hugh Cameron and Ann McKenzie Donald Cameron d. 1892, aged 81, Parents: Hugh Cameron and Jessie Cameron? Donald Cameron d.1875, aged 84. Parents: Not Listed Donald Cameron d. 1870, aged 75. Parents: Angus Cameron and Mary McMillan Donald Cameron d. 1885, aged 82. Parents: Duncan Cameron and Catherine McIntosh Parish of Acharacle Donald Cameron d. 1885; aged 91, Parents: John Cameron and Sarah Cameron Parish of Ardnamurchan Sarah Cameron (Henderson) who was married to Hugh Cameron. d. 1855, Parents John Henderson and Catherine MacEarchern. (Being a 1855 record this one contains slightly more info). You may have gathered by this point I was looking for a Donald Cameron! :0> I look him up now and again and these are the records i've accumulated over a period. Still no Joy..... *sigh* Best Wishes Morag P. S Still looking for any children of John Cameron and Sarah McEarchern / McKechnie in the above parishes incl. the ever elusive Donald!