Hi Mildred, yes, Mary's right, the ralston site is very good. Jim & Muriel have spent many years photographing gravestones in Kintyre, before they crumbled away (the stones, that is!) Many of the smaller graveyards aren't maintained. If your ancestor died in Southend, he may have been buried at Keil? I was at Kilkerran in Campbeltown a year or so back, and the head attendant there was very helpful. They have their own books with lists of who originally purchased many of the lairs. The old part of Kilkerran had been fenced off and was not being maintained, it's quite hilly in parts, with sudden drops hidden by the long grass. Seems Health & Safety have decreed the slopes to be unsafe for the grasscutters, or something along those lines. But I entered 'at my own risk', if you're up to climbing the fence and don't mind having soggy shoes or trousers, for the grass was a couple of feet high when I was there. And shrubs and trees were growing wild and left unpruned, which made many of the stones difficult to find. Jim was very obliging in sending pics of gravestones I hadn't been able to find on my visit, Kilkerran is quite large and spread out over different levels on a hillside. Happy Hunting! Regards Flo Straker ----- Original Message ----- From: <sct-argyll-request@rootsweb.com> To: <sct-argyll@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 8:01 AM Subject: SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 63 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. thompson (Mildred Robson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:50:18 +0100 > From: "Mildred Robson" <mildredrobson@ukonline.co.uk> > Subject: [ARGYLL] thompson > To: <SCT-ARGYLL@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <6BE8C515FD0A46519B1FAAEF92C68999@5bae9cbdcef34e9> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I am new to this list and hope that someone can assist with my queries set > out below:- > My four times Great Grandfather,Richard Thompson [born 1726] of Tow House, > Henshaw, Haltwhistle, Northumberland and his wife Ann, reportedly moved to > Kilmichael on the Duke of Argyll's estate about 1774. > In Balston's book on John Martin, painter, it states that a granddaughter > named Ann Martin, was born at Kilmichael in 1783. > Richard Thompson died at Kilmichael between 1783 and 1813 when his widow > died at Newcastle upon Tyne. > Balston states that Richard is buried at Campeltown. > I have contacted the Duke of Argyll's office, a few years ago, requesting > information on the > tenancy of Richard Thompson at Kilmichael and if the tenancy passed to one > of sons on > his death, but unfortunately there is no archivist at the castle now and > the > previous archivist has been unable to search for me due to family illness. > Can anyone tell me where in Campeltown Richard would have been buried and > if > records exist of burials. > Another link to this area is my three times Great Grandmother Jane > Thompson, > baptised 24th August 1779 at Southend parish, Argyll,father Jonathon > Thompson, mother Janet Andrew. > Jane married John Elliot in 1803 at > Haltwhistle. > On census and marriage she says she is a native of Keel Collum > Sheel [sic] Argyll. > I can see no reason why Jane Thompson should leave Argyll and move to > Haltwhistle unless there is a family connection to Richard Thompson; I > suspect that Jonathon Thompson is one of Richard Thompson's sons. > One of Jane Elliot's [Thompson] daughters married a grandson of Richard > Thompson, just to add more confusion to the relationship.... > I would be grateful for any information about the Thompson family and > their > time at Kilmichael. > Regards, Mildred Robson > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SCT-ARGYLL list administrator, send an email to > SCT-ARGYLL-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SCT-ARGYLL mailing list, send an email to > SCT-ARGYLL@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ARGYLL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 63 > ***************************************** > >