Hi All: Is there any hope??? My ancestors Sarah Thompson (1821) from Billy, Antrim & William Stewart (1817)from Campbeltown, eloped to Belfast Jan 1839. I have no idea where or how to look for the marriage record. Any suggetions? Melonie

Hello, I was wondering if some one cane help me with some of my Boyds, on looking at the IGI, I have found that a lot of them were born in Kilmallie, Argyll. I have also found that there are lots of repeated names in the families which make it even harder to find. I have a Ewen Boyd married a Ann Kennedy abt 1773-4 Children Jannett b. 21/11/1774 Stone Crigan Ewen b. 17/11/1776 Druimfern Allan b. 25/11/1781 Drumifern Alexander b. 6/9/1787 Drumifern I have Allan married to a Mary McMillan and several children,but there are three missing on the IGI, and one is the g-g-grandfather, is there parish records about or BDM indexs and is there someone who would look these up for me Any help would be appreciated Cheers, Sue from Victoria, Australia MITCHELL - Hopetoun Vic MOTT - Vic BOYD - Sth West Vic WILLS- Dover Kent to Aus BRENNAND - Yorkshire

Thanks to all who sent replies to my divorce question. Dennis

Dear Listers, I have recently joined this list in the hopes that somebody here can help with a couple of things. One of my husbands ancestors Peter SCUTTS was a taxidermist who was born in Aberdeenshire in 1863. He later became a laundry proprietor in Edinburgh from at least 1896, however prior to this he had a taxidermist shop in Oban. In the 1881 and 1891 census (when he was 27) he was living at home in Aberdeenshire with Naturalist shown as his trade. My questions therefore are: 1. We would like to determine when he had this shop in Oban (we believe possibly between 1891 and 1896) and hope that a trade directory or street directory would list him. Does such a thing exist? and 2. If so how would I access such information from here in Australia? We have a wonderful photograph of him standing in front of this shop in Oban and would very much like to add some additional information to it. Hoping somebody can help. cheers Maureen

At 02:00 PM 3/6/02 -0700, Dennis Reiter wrote: >Would someone with access to the 1881 Census please do a lookup for me. I >am looking for John Cameron and his wife, Flora. Ages - John 51 to 54, >Flora 47. From the 1871 census Flora was born in Kilmallie. John was born >in Inverneshire and was a blacksmith. The only child in 1871 was Allan age >one. This family lived in the village of Duisky in 1871. Hello Dennis, Below is a copy from 1881 Census, hope it is what you are looking for, Herb. ------------------------------------------ Dwelling: Census Place: Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0203558 GRO Ref Volume 520 EnumDist 16 Page 2 Marr Age Sex Birthplace John CAMERON M 49 M Kilmallie, Inverness, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Crofter Flora CAMERON M 46 F Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Wife Catherine CAMERON U 20 F Helensburgh, Dunbarton, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: General Servant Allan CAMERON 12 M Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Mary A. CAMERON 10 F Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar Jane CAMERON 7 F Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar Duncan CAMERON 4 M Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Son

Hi Dennis, This is the only John and Flora Cameron I could find in the 1881 census. Hope it helps. Sheena. Dwelling: Census Place: Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0203558 GRO Ref Volume 520 EnumDist 16 Page 2 Marr Age Sex Birthplacea John CAMERON M 49 M Kilmallie, Inverness, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Crofter Flora CAMERON M 46 F Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Wife Catherine CAMERON U 20 F Helensburgh, Dunbarton, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: General Servant Allan CAMERON 12 M Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Mary A. CAMERON 10 F Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar Jane CAMERON 7 F Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar Duncan CAMERON 4 M Kilmallie, Argyll, Scotland Rel: Son

Would someone with access to the 1881 Census please do a lookup for me. I am looking for John Cameron and his wife, Flora. Ages - John 51 to 54, Flora 47. From the 1871 census Flora was born in Kilmallie. John was born in Inverneshire and was a blacksmith. The only child in 1871 was Allan age one. This family lived in the village of Duisky in 1871. Thank you, Dennis

Keils is the name of a farm on the island of Jura. It is set back from the main road about a third of the way up small Isles bay. It consisted of several crofts and in my youth was still growing cereals as well as having cattle. Sadly with the passing recently of Archie Black (a relative of mine and the last native Gaelic speaker on the island) who had the main house in the settlement, I think almost all of the farming has ceased and many of the cottages are now holiday homes. Keils is on the road to Kilearnadil Cemetery where most of the south half of the island gets buried. It is also mentioned in the census records as quite a large community Roddy MacKenzie Hassall wrote: > Hi there > I have these places for baptisms and am unsure where in Jura or > Colonsay they could be. Is anyone able to help me with these places > listed here? Thanks Judy in Canada > > Kei(l)ls > Torranhouse > Dunans > Kilmeny Parish >

Hi Judy Kilmeny is a parish in Islay. The following site is brilliant for folk interested in family from there. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/info.htm Also everyone on the Islay list is extremely helpful : SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Hope this helps. Chris in Caithness, Scotland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hassall" <rhassall@axion.net> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:49 AM Subject: [ARGYLL] place names Keils, Torranhouse, Dunans, Kilmeny Parish > Hi there > I have these places for baptisms and am unsure where in Jura or Colonsay > they could be. Is anyone able to help me with these places listed here? > Thanks > Judy in Canada > > Kei(l)ls > Torranhouse > Dunans > Kilmeny Parish > > > > > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > ******************************************************************** > http://members.aol.com/theweeharp/argyll.htm is the Argyll GenWeb site > > >

I can't for the life of me remember were I saw it on the web, but amongst my many searched into cairndow (cairndhu) in argyle, I came across a list which showed the place names in argyle and the parishes they represent. For example Cairndow is sometimes listed in the records as Kilmorich. Kilmeny is a parish name in argyle, but again, I can't remember which town or area it relates to and you will probably find the same applies to the other names on your list. Katrina Halsey Hassall wrote: > Hi there > I have these places for baptisms and am unsure where in Jura or Colonsay > they could be. Is anyone able to help me with these places listed here? > Thanks > Judy in Canada > > Kei(l)ls > Torranhouse > Dunans > Kilmeny Parish > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > ******************************************************************** > http://members.aol.com/theweeharp/argyll.htm is the Argyll GenWeb site

There is a Dunans near the north border of North Knapdale Parish. It is about midway between Crinan and Lochgilphead, a little south of Crinan Canal. I have an Ordnance survey map of that area. It looks quite small and probably wouldn't be on a lot of maps. There may be other places with the same place name. Seems to happen with some frequency. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hassall" <rhassall@axion.net> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:49 PM Subject: [ARGYLL] place names Keils, Torranhouse, Dunans, Kilmeny Parish > Hi there > I have these places for baptisms and am unsure where in Jura or Colonsay > they could be. Is anyone able to help me with these places listed here? > Thanks > Judy in Canada > > Kei(l)ls > Torranhouse > Dunans > Kilmeny Parish > > > > > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > ******************************************************************** > http://members.aol.com/theweeharp/argyll.htm is the Argyll GenWeb site >

Hi there I have these places for baptisms and am unsure where in Jura or Colonsay they could be. Is anyone able to help me with these places listed here? Thanks Judy in Canada Kei(l)ls Torranhouse Dunans Kilmeny Parish

------=_Part_161123_2601479.1015087516786 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resending request for help. > Hi, > > Seeking any details on John Taylor, > born 14 Jul 1918, Calton, Glasgow . > > Died 1976 in Brenacha Hospital, Lochgilphead, Argyll, buried in local cemetry, Lochgilphead. > > Believed to be a Farm Labourer. > > Hoping that someone may have known of him, and can supply some details of family, if any. > > Many thanks. > > Best regards, > > Alex Brown ------=_Part_161123_2601479.1015087516786--

Hi there I had MCCANNELLS in Colonsay and know of two MCCANNELL families from Islay and their descendants. I am wondering two things. 1. does anyone know of Gilbert McCannell born 1791 and Donald born 1786 were related? 2. does anyone know if either or both of these families were related to any McCannell families in Colonsay? Thanks for this Judy in Canada GILBERT MCCANNELL born 1791 Gilbert McCannell 1791 - 1888 b: 1791 in Sheneghael, Kilmeny Parish, Islay, Scotland d: Bef. 1888 in Egremont Twp .. +Mary MacCallum 1792 - b: 1792 in Sheneghael, Kilmeny Parish, Islay, Scotland d: in Egremont Twp DONALD MCCANNEL b.1786 Donald McCannel 1786 - 1848 b: 1786 in Kendrochid, Islay, Scotland d: 1848 in Nosbridge, Islay Scotland .. +Jean McKay 1791 - 1848 b: June 01, 1791 in Dullch Farm, Killarrow, Islay, Scotland m: Abt. 1814 in Scotland d: 1848 in en route to Canada on a sailing ship

Hi to all: We are back on line!!!! Keep in touch, Ross and Dorothy.

Hi Flora, If you leave a space between the Mc and the following part of the name I have found you get different results. Sheena.

My husband Hugh has just started adding North America to his IGI Batch Numbers facility. You can access this at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm So far he has done the batches in the 500,000-600,000 series. This is not necessarily complete at this point and if you know of any missing batch number sequences please let me know and he will be sure to add them. He is only looking at batches that begin with a letter ( eg: C for christenings and M for marriages) as these are part of the controlled extraction program and are therefore more reliable than patron submitted entries (which have numeric batch numbers) One thing we noticed last evening when I was looking at it is that the LDS site doesn't always notice "Mc's" or "Mac's ". In fact for Inverness County when I typed in the surname McDonald or MacDonald I got nothing but then I used "Donald" and got tons of MacDonalds and McDonalds. Happy hunting Flora

The only thing I can think of is when Church of Scotland rebelled against the patronage of the Lairds who claimed the right to appoint ministers to the churches and the members rebelled against this resulting in the disruptions of 1843 and the formation of The Free church of Scotland. But of course there are other religiouns to consider perhaps it's just a folk tale that may not be true, not all Oral tradition is acurate. Jim McPherson

Hi Listers, Has anyone come across the place "Oile Campbell" in North Knapdale. I have been doing some background research and I have been unable to find any reference to this location. My McAlpine ancestors were born/baptized there. Family stories relate that the McAlpines left Knapdale in 1818 due to religious persecution. Does anyone know of any resources that outline what this might do about? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Anne Mt. Albert, Ontario

In answer to Alan Greenhouse The 1891 Census (and the 1901 Census also) is available on computer in New Register House in Edinburgh. In both cases it is possible to bring up an image of the exact page required on screen. Consulting these however does have an attached cost - 17 pounds per day for a day ticket. If you want a free service you will need to persuade someone to look up the details for you. Frank Bigwood