Thank you for your responses re Isle of Islay. I don't know what parish I want to look in. The islands of Argyll are like a foreign land to me. Is anyone tracking the name McKAY there? I have Gilbert McKAY, who was probably born in the 1770s. I find him in Renfrewshire in 1798 marrying Janet SMITH, and I have informaton that says he came from the Isle of Islay. A son is named Dugald, maybe a family name . . . . Mary Try Kilchomen (515), Bowmore (536), Kildalton (541), Kilmeny (543) Oa (546) or Portnahaven (547) Iain > > I have an outline map of Argyll with parishes. It looks to me like Isle of > Islay contains parishes of Kilchoman, Portnahaven, Bowmore, Kilmeny, > Kildalton & Oa. If you know what part of Isle of Islay, Kilchoman is NW, > Portnahaven SW, Bowmore NE, Kilmeny south of that, then Kildalton most of > the SE and Oa the little tail/peninsula to the west off of Kildalton. > > > > > > Can someone help me locate the Isle of Islay in the 1791 Stat Acct. It > the > > Isle of Islay a parish? or what? Mary >