Greetings. Here is an email, as per below, that just came in from David Sharron - Archivist - Bruce County Museum & Archives - Southampton, Ontario. Thank you very much David! David's email includes a number of websites that are of interest. No doubt www.ourroots.ca will be of benefit to everywhere in Canada. The "search" feature on each publicaton is amazing! In some cases "Tiree" pulled up a number of responses as did "Malcolm Cameron" - my, gr. gr. grandfather http://www.ourroots.ca/e/viewpage.asp?ID=894361&size=2 > first clerk of the North Bruce Baptist Church on the 10th of Bruce of Township! . . . Aye, I do come by my angelic qualities honestly! Everything is running along smoothly with respect to the "Tiree Trip to the Bruce" on Sunday, July 25, 2004. If you have booked your seat great, if not, get booking! Let me know. I have 20 seats left! Just in today .... Bonus > En route plans are underway from the wonderful folk of the Bruce Township Historical Society to put on a luncheon at one of the Community Centres. Let's keep our fingers crossed on this one! Details to follow! ..... "known for their famous luncheons and pies!" A visit to the Bruce County Museum & Archives is also on the agenda. Pertaining to the bus trip details are coming together pertaining to an "expert" from the Bruce to join us on the bus and / or informative information to be provided to work with in tandem to the information we have already at hand to go along with "Archie and Scott" tour guides! Aye, you don't want to be left out on this memorable bus trip! Let Scott know today how many seats you will require. Cheers, bye for now, Scott . . . see you soon . . . 9 weeks to go! www.tireegathering.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:07 PM Subject: RE: Isle of Tiree Gathering Hello Scott, Here is the address for Norman Robertson's History of the County of Bruce - http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=2914. It is an excellent source for information on the early settling of Bruce County and the table of contents is divided by towns and townships. So it should be easy to find locations along your travel route. Use the search field at www.ourroots.ca to find other digitized books on Bruce County that may hold info on the areas that you are interested in. http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=2910 - Is a book called "Incidents of pioneer days at Guelph and the county of Bruce" by David Kennedy. http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3467 - Is a book on the Knox Church in Tiverton. Here are some other websites that may help you further: http://www.brucecounty.on.ca/museum/ - Museum and Archives page. http://www.chantryisland.com/ - Chantry Island and lighthouse information. http://www.sunsets.com/ - Tourism site for Kincardine, Paisley, Port Elgin, Southampton. http://www.brucecounty.on.ca/ - Bruce County webpage, includes maps. http://www.naturalretreat.com/ - Bruce County's tourism page - very good. I hope that this helps. David ________________________________ David Sharron Archivist Bruce County Museum & Archives P.O. Box 180 Southampton, Ontario N0H 2L0 519-797-2080 dsharron@brucecounty.on.ca --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

21 seats left on the bus! If you want a seat let me know ASAP please. Thanks, Scott 1 - Donna Ezsol 2 - Marj McLean Skulmoski (Moosomin) & Merilyne Brown (Thunder Bay, Ontario) (cousins) 2 - Fern McPhadden Booth & Glenda McPhadden Franklin (sisters) 2 - Marcy, Barbara Humphrey (cousins) tentative 2 - Sam Cameron and Phyllis Brown (son and mother) 2 - Jack and Allana McLean 4 - Margaret (Micki) Meechan, Irene Robinson, Cathie Reeve, Helen Jurizin 1 - Allison McKinnon 1 - Eleanor Lillico 2 - Mary and David Johann 1 - Mary MacLean (Tiree) 2 - Wallace (re: McLean) & Jeanette Robertson, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 - Ian and Jocelyn McKinnon (brother / sister) 1 - June Gentray (sister of Donna Ezol) 2 - Ellwood & Pat Mckinnon 2 - Gordon and Bunnie MacFarlane (Guelph) 2 - Betty Benson and Marge Garnier (Saskatchewan) 3 - Mary MacDonald Davies + grandson + sister Peggy Cameron (Tiree) 34 + 1 (Scott) = 35 56 seat bus - 21 left

Great meeting last night into the late hours with Leanne, Archie, Ross and myself. See you soon. 24 seats left on Sunday's "Tiree Bus to the Bruce". Let me know ASAP how many seats you want....don't tell me "0"...hahahaha. Scott Cameron www.tireegathering.com

Hi Scott, I too, know that Tirisdeachs were coming to Canada before 1847. My McPhaden ancestors came between 1820 and 1825. They brought a family of 6 with them, the youngest born on Tiree in 1820. They had a 7th child born in Canada in 1825. I have been unable to locate any other information about their travels - boat they came on, dates of travel, where they landed, who they knew in Canada, when they settled, etc. Usually the new immigrants went to stay with relatives or friends from home until they could establish their own homes, then served as hosts for those coming afterward. I'd like to ask if anyone can identify "Indian lands" and why immigrants would settle there. I'm assuming that it would be somewhere along the present Quebec/Ontario border, which would be close to the home settlement. One of this family was living on Indian lands. Could this be for a fur trading purposes? I certainly would like to be at the gathering but it just doesn't seem possible. I'll be thinking of you and hoping to hear all about it from some who are going. Vicki Morgan rmvm@mb.sympatico.ca

Barbara - please check out the website below where you will find links to a full accommodation list as well as some featured B & B's. Gordon D. W. Scott www.isleoftiree.net gordon@isleoftiree.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara" <bmcnish2@mts.net> To: <SCT-ARL-TIREE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 2:43 PM Subject: [SCT-ARL-TIREE] B & B's on Tiree PLease > I am going to UK in March of next year Plan to go to Triee about 15 of march > can you help by sending me addresses of B & B on triee I want to go to > Kenovay area to look for my BLACK/CAMPBELL/MCINNES/MACFARLANE families I > aslo would like to know what I should wear so what is temp and weather like > at this time of year > Thanks > Barbaara > bmcnish2@mts.net > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I am going to UK in March of next year Plan to go to Triee about 15 of march can you help by sending me addresses of B & B on triee I want to go to Kenovay area to look for my BLACK/CAMPBELL/MCINNES/MACFARLANE families I aslo would like to know what I should wear so what is temp and weather like at this time of year Thanks Barbaara bmcnish2@mts.net

As a result of Catriona Smyth's email to me who will be attending the Gathering. Catriona is coming from Edinburgh, Scotland. To those with stories to tell at the ceilidhs, here is an idea to get the ball rolling! Cheers, Scott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have given a lot of thought to the suggestion of putting something together to mark the Gathering. After being in Tiree at Easter it dawned on me. Before I launch into my idea I need to tell you that I think that it has already been discussed, but I did not keep an eye on all the discussion, so I may well be not be up to date on what has been decided,so bear with me. The number of people I saw in Tiree and all the friends I saw reminded me that the oral tradition of story telling is still strong in Tiree (although there are not so many people who remember the stories). To mark the ocassion I think a collection of stories about Tiree or Tiree related things from the children of the emigrants would show the oral tradition did not dissapear. It can mean different things to different people just what you mean by a story telling. There are the stories of how the families left Tiree and settled, what things they did,said etc in Canada, how hard it was etc. Louise MacDougall could tell me that Sarah MacDougall her ancestor could only speak Gaelic. The family had the Oban Times sent out to them every month but someone had to read it and then translate it for her so she could get all the news from home. You get the idea. If there is to be a Gathering in Tiree then the other side of this could be done. All the Tiree families who had family emigrate could tell the stories from The Tiree point of view. You get the idea. Have you read the "Crofters Trail" it was written by a journalist who went round the Islands collecting stories about emigrtion and then went over to Canada and did the same there. He was able to put several families in touch with family in Scotland they did not know about through their telling of stories. I have not read "Crofters Trail", but expect I should. I did read Louise' story of her family....very amazing. The ceilidhs should include time for Louise and others so fortunate to share the stories of their ancestors pertaining to their lives on Tiree and emigration from Tiree to destinations beyond. (Scott) Let me know what you think and if I am several paces behind everyone else as I have a feeling you may already be organizing something like this. Catriona --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

www.tireegathering.com <<<< Register today! 71 families registerd so far! Fantastic = 130 people +++. No doubt more to register in the week(s) to follow and the weekend of. Final numbers 200 - 300 ?! Exciting! Wow, not to shabby for a bunch of amatuer event organizers! It is truly amazing what has been accomplished in 15 months! Thanks Leanne, Ross and Archie! . . . and to the inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, sho has been awarded a knighthood for his pioneering work. Sir Tim says his invention was 'just another program'. Dubbed the "Father of the Web", he came up with a system over 10 years ago to organize, link and browse net pages. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3357073.stm "Ceildhs at the Gathering!" Don't forget to pack your talents, whatever they may be ....song, dance, instruments, skit, mime, pipes, story telling, humour, poetry etc., etc. "Photographs and Memories" . . .pack them all to be displayed at the Gathering. Photocopying will be done for all documents to be shared with all. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- re: Bus > 24 seats left . . . let me know ASAP re: "Tiree Bus to the Bruce" on Sunday, July 25, 2004. The more the less expensive it will be. Fill the bus $ 25.00 per person! Bus List - Isle of Tiree Gathering - Sunday, July, 25, 2004 1 - Donna Ezsol 2 - Marj McLean Skulmoski (Moosomin) & Merilyne Brown (Thunder Bay, Ontario) (cousins) 2 - Fern McPhadden Booth & Glenda McPhadden Franklin (sisters) 2 - Marcy, Barbara Humphrey (cousins) 2 - Sam Cameron and Phyllis Brown (son and mother) 2 - Jack and Allana McLean 4 - Margaret (Micki) Meechan, Irene Robinson, Cathie Reeve, Helen Jurizin 1 - Allison McKinnon 1 - Eleanor Lillico 2 - Mary and David Johann 1 - Mary MacLean 2 - Wallace (re: McLean) & Jeanette Robertson, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 - Ian and Jocelyn McKinnon (brother / sister) 1 - June Gentray (sister of Donna Ezol) 2 - Gordon Campbell Scott 2 - Ellwood & Pat Mckinnon 2 - Gordon and Bunnie MacFarlane 31 + 1 (Scott) = 32 56 seat bus - 24 seats left -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers, Aye, Scott !

Aye, thanks for the words of encouragement Margaret which also must be shared with Guelph's Isle of Tiree Descendants Leanne Piper, Archie MacKinnon and Ross McLean! The four of us have been busy over the past two years with more meetings yet to be had prior to 10 weeks from now. Cheers, Scott www.tireegathering.com <<< register today....come on I know there are many of you out there who have yet to register and live so close to the Royal City. Do I have to name names? With respect to your question Maraget . . . no doubt the Island of Two Harvests will be available for sale at the Gathering. I believe copies will be coming forth via someone from Tiree attending the Gathering. The four Guelphites are not involved in selling the books as we have enough tasks at hand. The lovely book which I highly recommend can be ordered via www.tireearchive.com . Check the website for all the details. Thanks for the gaelic update too Margaret, as per below! Hey folks, if you have not registered for the "Tiree Bus to the Bruce" please let me know ASAP. You can pay the day of. If we fill the bus, and it is a great big comfortable, fun filled memories bus trip of a life time!!!! the cost will be $ 25.00 CDN. I have room for about 30 more. "Hurry hard" as we Canadian curlers say! Aye! . . . of to coach my son David's baseball team now . . .current standings 1-0-0 (last year's city champs at that!) By the way....it is sunny and hot in Guelph today! ....great day for a Gathering! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Scott - Thanks many times for keeping us up to date with all your news items for the forthcoming gathering in Guelph. What is the price of the book on Tyree that is going to be made available at the gathering? I have just received a message from the Secretary of the St. Andrew's Society in Las Vegas to which Fred and I belong. Apparently at their last meeting they had Dr. Margaret McKinnon as their guest speaker. In this most recent message they gave the members the site for the preservation of the Gaelic language and other items as well. www.savegaelic.org The e-mail for the Secretary of the St. Andrew's Society in Las Vegas is Marie Cormier scotsldy@ix.netcom.com You are doing a great job along with your helpers, so hang in there, not long to go now. Blessings Margaret Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Greetings, as per below is information as it relates to A' Bhuain (The Harvest) - Isle of Tiree, Scotland Gathering - May 2006. Cheers, Scott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A' Bhuain (The Harvest) - Isle of Tiree, Scotland Gathering - May 2006 www.isleoftiree.net It has been estimated that there are around 38,000 people of Tiree descent around the world. Thousands of islanders emigrated from the mid-18th Century onwards, spurred on by the hope of better opportunities in Canada and many other countries including Australia and Patagonia. They represent a largely untapped source of strength for the island. Recently, aided particularly by the internet and facilities such as the Isle of Tiree Online News, there has been a surge in international interest in the island. This has been demonstrated by events such as the Tiree Gathering in Guelph, Canada this July 2004. www.tireegathering.com An Iodhlann, through its membership and website, has had an enthusiastic correspondence with over a hundred Tiree descendants, mainly from North America, Australia and New Zealand. www.tireearchive.com An Iodhlann aims to build on this interest by staging a major new exhibition entitled A' Bhuain (The Harvest) in the summer of 2006. This will focus on the stories of these emigrants' families who and where they are now, how their families got there from Tiree, and who can trace relatives still on the island. We aim to contact people of Tiree descent in one quarter of the world's countries. If we collect enough strong material we hope to publish a small book containing these stories. To run alongside this project we want to involve the Tiree community, its businesses and organisations in our own Tiree Gathering, also called A' Bhuain in 2006. This would be focussed around the third week in May and it would include ceilidhs, lectures, tours, regattas, and other festivals on the island. The island now has the necessary infrastructure -increasing amounts of quality accommodation a new hall, sea and land tours, activities like riding and sand yachting, and museums- for an event like this. Tiree Community Business have secured funding through the Seedcorn Fund on behalf of Tiree and Coll Gaelic Partnership and Marketing Tiree and Liz Lapsley has been employed to carry out a feasibility study from 4th May until August 31st 2004. This study will assess the viability of the project and seek to access and secure funding for a Project Officer to work from autumn 2004 to summer 2006. Anyone who has contact with any Tiree descendants overseas who feel they may have an interest please get in touch with Liz in order that she can assess the viability of holding a gathering on Tiree. She can be contacted at Tiree Community Business, Crossapol, Isle of Tiree PA77 6UH Tel No 01879 220520 or email at lizlapsley@aol.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Greetings everyone, as per below are the details pertaining to Isle of Tiree's An Tirisdeach "Tiree Community Business" isleoftiree@hotmail.com An Tirisdeach up-date Hi Scott, Thanks for your interest in An Tirisdeach. The cost of a years subscription to the newsletter is £25 plus postage @ £17.68 pence making it £42.68 in total. The newsletter is printed every 2 weeks and according to the Royal Mail website it should reach Canada in 5 days! The single price for a copy of An Tirisdeach is .50 pence so if you wiould like some for the Gathering let me know and maybe we could arrange something. Good luck with the Gathering! Lesley McLean -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~onbcgs/ Bruce County Genealogocial Society Scottish Roots Review Workshop, Saturday, May 8th, 2004. Speakers are: Borders - Allan Scott, Colonsay - Mary McKay, Isle of Lewis - Diane Simpson, and Isle of Tiree - Scott Cameron. I attended the meeting with three other excellent speakers. I presented Isle of Tiree during a 45 minute presentation, table top display and question and answer session during the meeting which ran from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. I covered many topics of interest including the Gathering, History of Isle of Tiree, emigration arrangements, immigration, settlements and personal reflections of the Tirisdeach immigrants to Canada. There was much interest generated from those at the meeting about attending the Gathering. En route I visited the Lovat Cemetary where my gr. gr. gr. grandparents are buried. On the tombstone reference is made to "Native of Tyree, Argylshire, Scotland". I make mention of this as a comment was made to me recently that there was thought that Tyree / Tiree was not included on tombstones. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheers, Scott Cameron www.tireegathering.com www.isleoftiree.net

Here is the June 2004 update of the Tiree Surnames List. Please let me know if there are any errors or omissions. New entries are welcome at any time - just send them to me at <dashjk@ozemail.com.au>. Surnames and addresses: BEATON herbert@westserv.net.au BELL tobermory@sympatico.ca BLACK bmcnish2@mts.net bvymarshall@earthlink.net dashjk@ozemail.com.au rm.black@sympatico.ca BROWN edmd1970@yahoo.com gmbrown60@rogers.com pdunc@sympatico.ca valerie@richardscott.co.uk CAMERON alan.cameron@snp.org BabsFayth@aol.com cameron9817@sympatico.ca dawnsmith@primus.com.au grant-liz.barrick@sympatico.ca kmaccall@snet.net mcleanrd@telusplanet.net meggiwhite@aol.com M.Redward@xtra.co.nz j.scottcameron@rogers.com CAMPBELL 2licata@telus.net bmcnish2@mts.net dashjk@ozemail.com.au donald.crone@sympatico.ca gmcconnell@xtra.co.nz gsilver@together.net heburrow@cogeco.ca herbert@westserv.net.au home@piper.ca judyweb@gil.com.au JWAlthorpe@aol.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com therewasalad@earthlink.net CLARK Catrionasmyth@hotmail.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca russmcgillivray@hotmail.com suzannef@optusnet.com.au CURRIE/CURRY john-val.read@paradise.net.nz GILLIS lahirtle@nbnet.nb.ca HUNTER edmd1970@yahoo.com KENNEDY canavan@es.co.nz fitzw@rogers.com genny@ngamba.plus.com gsilver@together.net herbert@westserv.net.au JWAlthorpe@aol.com stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com LAMOND/LAMONT adkins@lisp.com.au bryson.wilson@bigpond.com cjf78@hotmail.com heburrow@cogeco.ca les.rudrum@sympatico.ca macdougallclan@shaw.ca Markiegene@aol.com suzannef@optusnet.com.au McARTHUR archie.mcarthur@btopenworld.com jura1@juno.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca McCALLUM kmaccall@snet.net MacDONALD/McDONALD allanamcl@rogers.com ancestry@kooee.com.au ann@ebtech.net Anthony.Williams@ccc.govt.nz dashjk@ozemail.com.au edmd1970@yahoo.com ericamckellar@talk21.com gmcconnell@xtra.co.nz JWAlthorpe@aol.com kmaccall@snet.net leeannb@teleport.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca mauclarke@yahoo.com MCDUCKS@aol.com mcperlich@hotmail.com meggiwhite@aol.com minusone@alumni.princeton.edu pcarpenter@iprimus.com.au russmcgillivray@hotmail.com stoutd@shaw.ca therese_caudell@lineone.net therewasalad@earthlink.net tobermory@sympatico.ca MacDOUGALL bvymarshall@earthlink.net Catrionasmyth@hotmail.com jhbrake@alphalink.com.au macdougallclan@shaw.ca mcdogl@sympatico.ca pdunc@sympatico.ca raffbet@acr.net.au McEACHERN/MacEARCHERN/McECHERAN cjf78@hotmail.com dashjk@ozemail.com.au heather_stacey@hotmail.com linda.teather@rogers.com maxwells@pcug.org.au pdunc@sympatico.ca McFADDEN/McFADYEN/McFAYDEN/McPHADDEN/MacPHADEN/McPHAIDEN 2licata@telus.net alan.cameron@snp.org BabsFayth@aol.com birdie03@shaw.ca chmartin@zapcom.net E.K.McF@btinternet.com glenda.franklin@sasktel.net joanne.bradbury@sympatico.ca john-val.read@paradise.net.nz minusone@alumni.princeton.edu russmcgillivray@hotmail.com search@mcfadyen.capdunc.@sympatico.ca stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com McFARLANE pdunc@sympatico.ca McINNES/McINNIS bmcnish2@mts.net mauclarke@yahoo.com mckgen@yahoo.com McINTYRE cajamc@pacbell.net grant-liz.barrick@sympatico.ca joanne.bradbury@sympatico.ca john-val.read@paradise.net.nz linda.teather@rogers.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca stoutd@shaw.ca McKAY dpoulton@optusnet.com.au MacKINNON/McKINNON angus@angusmckinnon.com cameron9817@sympatico.ca chmartin@zapcom.net cmck@westgov.org donald.crone@sympatico.ca edmd1970@yahoo.com elainer@stn.net genny@ngamba.plus.com gsilver@together.net heather_stacey@hotmail.com home@piper.ca isfind@telusplanet.net jhbrake@alphalink.com.au JWAlthorpe@aol.com kmaccall@snet.net macdougallclan@shaw.ca mckgen@yahoo.com MeggiWhite@aol.com M.Redward@xtra.co.nz russmcgillivray@hotmail.com sandraj@lindsaynet.com smyth@email.unc.edu stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com therewasalad@earthlink.net McKINVEN heather_stacey@hotmail.com MacLEAN/McLEAN 2licata@telus.net alan.cameron@snp.org allanamcl@rogers.com ancestry@kooee.com.au archie.mcarthur@btopenworld.com arlie@rogers.com BabsFayth@aol.com Cbneil@webtv.net cjf78@hotmail.com dashjk@ozemail.com.au DavidGMurphy@socal.rr.com dawnsmith@primus.com.au dpoulton@optusnet.com.au genny@ngamba.plus.com gmcconnell@xtra.co.nz gsilver@together.net handh@logan66.fsworld.co.uk heburrow@cogeco.ca herbert@westserv.net.au john-val.read@paradise.net.nz j.scottcameron@rogers.com jura1@juno.com kmaccall@snet.net macdougallclan@shaw.ca mauclarke@yahoo.com mcdogl@sympatico.ca mclean@yp-connect.net mcleanrd@telusplanet.net mcperlich@hotmail.com mgroth@mydiax.ch minusone@alumni.princeton.edu M.Redward@xtra.co.nz Pataunt@aol.com rmahone1@rochester.rr.com russmcgillivray@hotmail.com therewasalad@earthlink.net valerie@richardscott.co.uk McLEOD MeggiWhite@aol.com russmcgillivray@hotmail.com McLUCAS Catrionasmyth@hotmail.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca MacMILLAN camdan1@shaw.ca minusone@alumni.princeton.edu rmahone1@rochester.rr.com tobermory@sympatico.ca wickscraft@shaw.ca McNEIL/McNEILL colin@colingoodwin.com mgroth@mydiax.ch M.Redward@xtra.co.nz McPHADEN/MacPHADDEN/McPHAIDEN/McFADDEN/McFADYEN/McFAYDEN 2licata@telus.net alan.cameron@snp.org birdie03@shaw.ca chmartin@zapcom.net E.K.McF@btinternet.com john-val.read@paradise.net.nz russmcgillivray@hotmail.com stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com tobermory@sympatico.ca MacPHAEDRIUS/McPHETRISH RKMPIMA@aol.com MacPHAIL alan.cameron@snp.org colin@colingoodwin.com dashjk@ozemail.com.au heburrow@cogeco.ca McPhee66@aol.com rmacphail2@shaw.ca wickscraft@shaw.ca MacSWEEN wickscraft@shaw.ca MUNN alan.cameron@snp.org stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com MUNRO ancestry@kooee.com.au PATERSON/PATTERSON carolsal@rogers.com ROSE therewasalad@earthlink.net SINCLAIR valerie@richardscott.co.uk SPENCE colin@colingoodwin.com STEWART dpoulton@optusnet.com.au THOMPSON LT66A@email.msn.com WATSON crowhunt@bellatlantic.net -end-

Greetings everyone. Here is some information as it relates to becoming a member of Isle of Tiree's "An Iodhlann". This is a "thrifty" deal! Thank you for the update Catriona. Furthermore, if you wish to subscribe to Tiree's newspaper "An Tirisdeach", please contact Tiree Community Business Ltd., Tiree Business Centre, The Island Centre, Crossapol, Isle of Tiree. PA77 6UP email: isleoftire@hotmail.com "An Tirisdeach" has a print run of 700 and a subscription world wide of 281. Many of the subscribers being Tirisdeachs who despite being on the other side of the world ,like to keep up to date with what is happening at home. Lesley McLean(Editor) Cheers, Scott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Scott. Thank you for your e-mail. I'll certainly pass on your thanks to Duncan and Alasdair. The daffodils are finished now and we're enjoying glorious sunshine. Don't know how long it will last though! The annual subscription to An Iodhlann is £5.00 which entitles members to free admission to the summer exhibition (usually £3.00 entrance fee). Members also are sent our newletter twice a year. Cheques should made payable to An Iodhlann and sent to: An Iodhlann, Scarinish, Isle of Tiree, Argyll, Scotland, PA77 6XL. Subscriptions can also be paid via our website at www.tireearchive.com . I'd rather you didn't hand out our e-mail address as I was bombed out with spam before (2700 in December 2003 alone) but there is an icon on our website that people can click to send e-mails. I wish was coming to Guelph too but July is our busiest time of year so no hope of that! Good luck with your talk tomorrow, Catriona To join An Iodhlann (annual membership £5.00 sterling) contact Catriona Hunter via www.tireearchive.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

News Flash . . . Ladies and Gentleman . . .may I proudly present Tiree's very own Calum MacKinnon currently living in Edmunds, Washington with his wife Edna who will be performing at the Isle of Tiree Descendants Gathering - Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Calum has just advised me that he has is own website up and running now at http://www.calummackinnon.com/index.php ! Fantastic site Calum. See you in 11 weeks! Hey folks, Calum's CD is a must have for your collection! Jul 23rd thru Jul 25th Tiree Descendants Gathering Guelph, Ontario More info at www.tireegathering.com Cheers, Scott

----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Cameron" <j.scottcameron@rogers.com> To: <SCT-ARL-TIREE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 1:04 PM Subject: [SCT-ARL-TIREE] Bruce County Genealogical Society - Scottish Roots Review Workshop > I have been asked to speak at athe Bruce County Genealogical Society - Scottish Roots Review Workshop to be held this Saturday, May 8, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.. Those who know me know I am one of few words (hahahaha) so with that I will be speaking from 11:30 - 12:15. > > This event is being held at Port Elgin United Church in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada. I have been asked by Shirley Irwin to speak on Tiree from the perspective of where the good people of Tiree immigrated to and how they arrived, where their settlements were, etc.. I really would appreciate anything and everything that you could offer me in order to make a worthwhile presentation. I know that there is so much knowledge out there. Please share your wisdom with me for the good of all. > > If you wish to attend so be it I will see you there. A nominal fee applies to cover costs / luncheon. > > Thank you. Scott Cameron > www.tireegathering.com www.isleoftiree.net > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Greetings everyone! I don't know about you, but I am getting exhausted, so much to do, aside from the Gathering, and so little time! Anyways, moving forward, please, if you have not registered for the Gathering please do so today at www.tireegathering.com . Furthermore, please sign up for the Sunday bus trip TODAY. As of writing we have half the bus sold out. In order to keep the price down to $ 25 per person we need to sell 28 more seats or look to a smaller bus, i.e. 47 seats, however the price per ticket if left at only 28 seats will be higher than the $ 25.00 CDN, moreso closer to $ 40.00...but this is still excellent value. C'mon everyone.....let's fill the Tiree Bus! The time spent on the bus with people from Tiree, Scotland, UK, USA and Canada will be the experience of a lifetime! As of writing here who has signed up for the bus...no doubt more to follow! Lastly, as requested early, please email today any infomation pertaining to Tiree settlements that you ! are aware of pertaining to emmigration from Tiree. I am making a presentation on such in Bruce County on Saturday. Thank you to those who have already forwarded to me their amazing stories! In closing all the best! I am running the London, Ontario Marathon on Sunday hoping at the same time to qualify for the Boston Marathon 2005! Cheers, Scott 1 - Donna Ezol 2 - Marj McLean Skulmoski (Moosomin) & Merilyne Brown (Thunder Bay, Ontario) (cousins) 2 - Fern McPhadden Booth & Glenda McPhadden Franklin (sisters) 2 - Marcy, Barbara Humphrey (cousins) tentative 2 - Sam Cameron and Phyllis Brown (son and mother) <<<< Scott's cousins from California! 2 - Jack and Allana McLean 4 - Margaret (Micki) Meechan, Irene Robinson, Cathie Reeve , Helen Jurizin 1 - Allison McKinnon 1 - Eleanor Lillico 2 - Mary and David Johann 1 - Mary MacLean <<<<<< Aye from Tiree ! 2 - Wallace (re: McLean) & Jeanette Robertson, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 - Ian and Jocelyn McKinnon (brother / sister) 1 - June Gentray (sister of Donna Ezol) 2 - Gordon Campbell Scott (Guelph, Ontario) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiree Reunion Bus Seats are filling up FAST ! . . . . only 28 seats left. . . .let me know today. Cheers, Scott Don't delay....if the Gathering Bus is going to fly on the Sunday, July 25, 2004 to the "Bruce" I need to hear from you ASAP please. The bus holds 56. We have 28 signed up so far. I need 28 more to fill bus # 1. There are more buses available if need be. $ 25.00 CDN per person. Thank you, Scott www.tireegathering.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Several Gatherers have written to me pertaining to the possibility of chartering a bus for the day. Originally the plan was to carpool / convoy those attending the Gathering to the "Bruce". However, today I investigated the cost of chartering a motorcoach bus complete with air conditioning, washroom, PA system, entertainment facilities, driver, "Scotty the Tour Guide", etc.. Denny's Bus Lines http://www.dennysbuslines.ca/Denny1/Welcome_to_Dex.html can accommodate our Gathering with three sizes of buses 47, 55, 56 passenger. Denny's has three 56 passenger buses which are the most modern and state of the art in their fleet. Regardless of the size of bus(es) we charter, for $ 25.00 CDN per person everyone can travel for up! to 15 hours on the Sunday to and from the "Bruce" in comfort! I have yet to book the bus. I will only do this when I have enough passengers who will commit to traveling on the bus in order to cover the costs. If this is something that you are interes! ted in please confirm NOW with the total number of people traveling in your party. The day will include leaving Guelph in the morning and returning in the evening. Our time is for us to maximize so long as accomplished within 15 hours. The trip to the "Bruce" is about 2 hours, likewise for the return to Guelph. While traveling we can enjoy a trip through backroads of where our ancestors settled in the Bruce, visits to cemeteries, tour of the Bruce County Museum and Archives http://www.brucecounty.on.ca/museum/ in Southa! mpton, Ontario http://www.sunsets.com/southampton/ , all along the beautiful sandy shores of Lake Huron which is rated as one to the top three sunset locations in the world. Time can be had for breaks, lunch and dinner, etc.. No doubt it will be a busy day, but most fun, relaxing and memorable. Please confirm today.

Dear Scott, My contribution to the Tiree story is below. Jessie Flora McLean married William Elliott and their daughter Matilda Elliott (aka Tily or Lily) born August 1, 1883 was my grandma. Still looking for her post 1904 when she left my father Walter Erwin Elliott aged 3yrs to be 'fostered' in Bruce County by David and Ann Ottewell of Wiarton. Good luck with the presentation now! Valerie --------------------------- Abt.1806 Hector MCLEAN born on Tiree. April 1834 A natural daughter Mary Bell McLean born to Hector McLean and Ann Brown July 1834 Hector McLean and Ann Brown are married in Mull. They are described as natives of Tyree and it is written in the book that: "Deciding that they were on their way to be married, were married 8 July, 1834." 1838 When John is born in 1838, Hector is a Boatman and Ann Brown is his wife. 1841 Mannal, Book 7 Hector (30) and Ann (30) McLEAN are living at Hynish Farm next to Mannal, Tiree with Mary Bell aged 6 yrs and Hector is a Fisherman. Has John died 1838 - 41? Hector and Ann given born 1807 - 1811: but later censuses indicate Ann born about 1818 and should maybe have been given 20 not 30. 1845-7 When Catharine and Ann Jane are born in 1845 & 1847, Hector is a Cottar. No longer a fisherman. 1846 Potato famine in Tiree 1849 Hector and Ann sail to Canada on the Charlotte to Montreal, June 30th 1849 with 4 daughters. Hector 42 - born late1806/early07 Ann 35 - born 1813/4? Mary Bell 13 (should be 16 but 13 is a cheaper ticket?) Catherine 5 Ann 3 Arrival at Montreal on the Charlotte, Hector McLean of Ruaig, given £0.10.0 by the Duke of Argyll's Chamberlain on 16 August 1849. Glenelg Twp, Grey Co. Con 1, N of the Durham Road. Lot 39, Hector McLean (1 Sep 1849) - date fits with arrival of ship. Lot 40 is John McLean while 16 and 17 are Donald and Dugald McLean. 1851 (12th Jan 1852 - age next bday) Greenock Twp in Bruce County, Ontario - Hector and Nancy were on Con 1 Lot 9, 50 acres (2 cut & 48 wild). In a log shanty, Catherine, Jane and Jessie are given born Scotland. Jessie is 2 so born 1849/50. Hector is aged 40 born 1807 - 1811?and Nancy aged 33. This gives 1818 as a dob for Ann Brown who would then be only 16 at marriage. Ann born 1818? Where is Mary Bell McLean? At 19 she might be married? In 1851 Other McLeans in Greenock in 1851 were: Archibald 1824, John 1818 and Allan 1831 1854 Vol.3; page #452; Dist./Co: Bruce; Area: Huron Twp.; Given Name: Neal; Surname: McLean; Parents: Hector Nancy; Residence: Greenock; Birthplace: Greenock; Birthdate: 1854-08-04; Baptismal date and place: 1854-08-14, Huron; Minister: Creighton, Rev. M. 1861(14 August 1861 - age next bday) There are Catherine, Nancy and Jessie Flora aged 10, UC while the others are born Scotland. Later Jessie is said to be born Ontario. 1871 (2 April 1871age next bday) Hector 65. There are Hector and Ann with Ann Jane, Jesy Flora (sic) together with additional John McKinnon 9, (illegitimate son of Catherine) and Mary McGregor (3). 1881 Ann dies in April Greenock, Bruce South, Ontario, Canada Source: FHL Film 1375911 NAC C-13275 Dist 176 SubDist G Div 1 Page 66 Family 301 Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace Hector MC LEAN M W 73 Scottish Scotland Occ: Farmer Religion: C. Presbyterian John MC LEAN M 19 Scottish O. <Ontario> Occ: S. Religion: C. Presbyterian Mary MC LEAN F 13 Scottish O. <Ontario> Religion: C. Presbyterian 1890 Hector dies and his will gives all estate to John McKinnon/McLean in his will dated 7 Feb 1884. 1891 (date of census was 6 April - age last bday) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The emigration organised by the Highland and Island Emigration Society in the 1850's was the last substantial chapter in the story of the Clearances. This society represented a short-term response to a specific problem in a particular geographical area. The potato blight which brought on the Great Famine in Ireland earlier in the decade, struck the Isles and western Highlands in 1846. Sir Charles Trevelyan, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, became very interested in the problems of the Highlands. He properly saw emergency food supplies as a "useless palliative". He wrote to the Sheriff Substitute of Skye, Thomas Fraser, concerning the necessity of adopting a final measure of relief for the Western Highlands and Islands by transferring the surplus of the population to Australia. Trevelyan was joined in his concern and planning by two other distinguished civil servants, Sir John McNeill and Sir Thomas Murdoch. These three were the backbone of the HIES in London although it is clear that much credit for the plan belongs to Thomas Fraser. ......." ______________________________

Good Afternoon Scott: All I can give you is what was handed on to me from my Mother's cousin In the 1830-40 tthe Duke of Argyle owner of Tiree,due to a severe famine He Charteres a ship and sent some of the poor families to Canada some of these being my family the Brown family 2 boys and five girls. The parents had both passed away.prior to this happening.The ship arrived at Port Whitby it was quarantined for small Pox Neil and Donald were twins Donald passed away on arrival and is buried in the Port Whitby Cemetery. The girls and Neil worked there way west to Huron and Bruce Counties. Hope this fits with the rest of the info. Good luck in your presentation. Isabelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Cameron" <j.scottcameron@rogers.com> To: <SCT-ARL-TIREE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 12:04 PM Subject: [SCT-ARL-TIREE] Bruce County Genealogical Society - Scottish Roots Review Workshop > I have been asked to speak at athe Bruce County Genealogical Society - Scottish Roots Review Workshop to be held this Saturday, May 8, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.. Those who know me know I am one of few words (hahahaha) so with that I will be speaking from 11:30 - 12:15. > > This event is being held at Port Elgin United Church in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada. I have been asked by Shirley Irwin to speak on Tiree from the perspective of where the good people of Tiree immigrated to and how they arrived, where their settlements were, etc.. I really would appreciate anything and everything that you could offer me in order to make a worthwhile presentation. I know that there is so much knowledge out there. Please share your wisdom with me for the good of all. > > If you wish to attend so be it I will see you there. A nominal fee applies to cover costs / luncheon. > > Thank you. Scott Cameron > www.tireegathering.com www.isleoftiree.net > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I have been asked to speak at athe Bruce County Genealogical Society - Scottish Roots Review Workshop to be held this Saturday, May 8, 2004 from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.. Those who know me know I am one of few words (hahahaha) so with that I will be speaking from 11:30 - 12:15. This event is being held at Port Elgin United Church in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada. I have been asked by Shirley Irwin to speak on Tiree from the perspective of where the good people of Tiree immigrated to and how they arrived, where their settlements were, etc.. I really would appreciate anything and everything that you could offer me in order to make a worthwhile presentation. I know that there is so much knowledge out there. Please share your wisdom with me for the good of all. If you wish to attend so be it I will see you there. A nominal fee applies to cover costs / luncheon. Thank you. Scott Cameron www.tireegathering.com www.isleoftiree.net

Isle of Tiree, Scotland Descendants Gathering Friday, Saturday, Sunday, July 23, 24, 25, 2004 Guelph, Ontario, Canada. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Gathering" a wee poem by Frank Campell. Frank, and Jean Campbell of Palmetto, Florida, is a descendant of Tiree re: Campbell, Cameron, McLean will be attending the Gathering. Frank will recite his poem and will be giving a Scottish Heritage talk (with a humorous angle). Thanks Frank! www.tireegathering.com > register today. As of writing 65 families from Tiree, Scotland, UK, USA and Canada have registered = 100+ people. No doubt many more families will register in the weeks / months to follow with many registering the weekend of who are local to the area and the "Bruce" taking time from their chores on the farms and businesses to come to Guelph for the day(s). Don't forget to bring your talents to the ceilidhs at the Boathouse on Friday night, Gazebo in Royal City Park on Saturday afternoon and at the Legion on Saturday night, ......song, dance, pipes, story, poem, craft, etc. and your photographs, books, family tree, etc. for your own table top presentation. Please . . . make the volunteer organizers' tasks easier....register today! 30 seats left on the bus, maybe fewer if we go with a smaller bus . . .let me know ASAP re: Sunday, July 25, 2004..."Tour to the Bruce"! Aye, Scott Cameron . . . see you soon! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gathering Welcome all Scots from far and from wide Tomorrow indeed we sail with the tide As it's off to the isle where our forefathers came, And ever blest are we, cause we will be hame. To Guelph, you say? It's the 'Gathering' of Scots from the Isle of Tyree, From over North America have come for a spree. Where we'll dance and we'll sing and meet yin an' a' Even talk of our 'Tree', but we'll still have a ba'. At Guelph, you say! The Isles of the West are all calling out, the 'Gathering' is near Hark! All Tirisdeachs the message is clear. From Canna and Eig, from Rhum and from Coll But Tyree, she stands out as the loveliest of all. Near Guelph, you say! Who'll be there, did you ask? Pray let me tell, Why there's Mckinnon, McDougall, Mclean and Camp-bell, There's Anderson, Cameron, MacDonald, and Piper, And a host of others a' canny decipher. A' at Guelph, you say! The fortunate expatriates who still venture forth And enjoy the return to the land of their birth. The other 'Tirisdeachs who are not so hap-less Will all meet at the 'Gathering'- may the Good Lord Bless. At Guelph, you say!. Frank Campbell. 2004. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------