Here is the July 2005 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 jandw@shaw.ca 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 gollan1982@iprimus.com.au icarter@sasktel.net NanetteMitchell1@aol.com pdunc@sympatico.ca valerie@richardscott.co.uk BUDD rebyall1@netscape.net CAMERON alan.cameron@snp.org BabsFayth@aol.com cameron9817@sympatico.ca cindymartyn@hotmail.com dawnsmith@primus.com.au grant-liz.barrick@sympatico.ca JHGiffin@aol.com kmaccall@snet.net mcleanrd@telusplanet.net meggiwhite@aol.com M.Redward@xtra.co.nz n.routledge1@ntlworld.com j.scottcameron@rogers.com CAMPBELL 2licata@telus.net bmcnish2@mts.net dashjk@ozemail.com.au donald.crone@sympatico.ca gmcconnell@xtra.co.nz grant-liz.barrick@sympatico.ca gsilver@together.net heburrow@cogeco.ca herbert@westserv.net.au home@piper.ca jmlesny@yahoo.com JWAlthorpe@aol.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca mrmurphy@csolve.net Paul@lawfirm.co.nz stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com therewasalad@earthlink.net CLARK catrionasmyth@hotmail.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca n.routledge1@ntlworld.com russmcgillivray@hotmail.com suzannef@optusnet.com.au CURRIE/CURRY john-val.read@paradise.net.nz mary@callcott.com.au rebyall1@netscape.net FERGUSON FloraMacDonald@our-own-home.com GILLIES/GILLIS lahirtle@nbnet.nb.ca mer@pacificcoast.net NanetteMitchell1@aol.com HUNTER edmd1970@yahoo.com KENNEDY canavan@es.co.nz fitzw@rogers.com genny@uwclub.net gsilver@together.net herbert@westserv.net.au jmlesny@yahoo.com JWAlthorpe@aol.com NanetteMitchell1@aol.com stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com LAMOND/LAMONT adkins@lisp.com.au bryson.wilson@bigpond.com cjf78@hotmail.com gollan1982@iprimus.com.au heburrow@cogeco.ca les.rudrum@sympatico.ca macdougallclan@shaw.ca Markiegene@aol.com n.routledge1@ntlworld.com suzannef@optusnet.com.au McARTHUR archie.mcarthur@btopenworld.com icarter@sasktel.net jura1@juno.com macdougallclan@shaw.ca mrmurphy@csolve.net n.routledge1@ntlworld.com rebyall1@netscape.net McCALLUM kmaccall@snet.net MacDONALD/McDONALD allanamcl@rogers.com ancestry@kooee.com.au ann@ebtech.net Anthony.Williams@ccc.govt.nz Cher4c@wmconnect.com dashjk@ozemail.com.au edmd1970@yahoo.com ericamckellar@talk21.com FloraMacDonald@our-own-home.com gmcconnell@xtra.co.nz JWAlthorpe@aol.com kmaccall@snet.net macdougallclan@shaw.ca mauclarke@yahoo.com MCDUCKS@aol.com mcperlich@hotmail.com meggiwhite@aol.com minusone@alumni.princeton.edu NanetteMitchell1@aol.com 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 Cher4c@wmconnect.com hcourter@mac.com jhbrake@alphalink.com.au macdougallclan@shaw.ca mcdogl@sympatico.ca pdunc@sympatico.ca raffbet@acr.net.au McEACHERN/MacEARCHERN/McECHERAN bmaye@ozemail.com.au cjf78@hotmail.com dashjk@ozemail.com.au heather_stacey@hotmail.com jandw@shaw.ca linda.teather@rogers.com maxwells@pcug.org.au pdunc@sympatico.ca McFADDEN/McFADGEN/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 FloraMacDonald@our-own-home.com glenda.franklin@sasktel.net joanne.bradbury@sympatico.ca john-val.read@paradise.net.nz mary@callcott.com.au mcfadgen@actrix.co.nz mer@pacificcoast.net minusone@alumni.princeton.edu NanetteMitchell1@aol.com n.routledge1@ntlworld.com russmcgillivray@hotmail.com stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com McFARLANE BabsFayth@aol.com joanne.bradbury@sympatico.ca pdunc@sympatico.ca rebyall1@netscape.net McINNES/McINNIS bmcnish2@mts.net mauclarke@yahoo.com mckgen@yahoo.com robadar@telus.net McINTYRE cajamc@pacbell.net grant-liz.barrick@sympatico.ca jmlesny@yahoo.com 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 rebyall1@netscape.net MacKINNON/McKINNON angus@angusmckinnon.com bmaye@ozemail.com.au cameron9817@sympatico.ca caroegen@cabletv.on.ca chmartin@zapcom.net cmck@westgov.org donald.crone@sympatico.ca edmd1970@yahoo.com elainer@stn.net FloraMacDonald@our-own-home.com genny@uwclub.net 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 Paul@lawfirm.co.nz r_harris@sympatico.ca russmcgillivray@hotmail.com sjohnston003@sympatico.ca smyth@email.unc.edu stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com therewasalad@earthlink.net McKINVEN heather_stacey@hotmail.com McLACHLAN bmaye@ozemail.com.au 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@uwclub.net gmcconnell@xtra.co.nz grant-liz.barrick@sympatico.ca gsilver@together.net handh@logan66.fsworld.co.uk heburrow@cogeco.ca herbert@westserv.net.au ibw@paradise.net.nz jandw@shaw.ca jmlesny@yahoo.com john-val.read@paradise.net.nz j.scottcameron@rogers.com jura1@juno.com kharrison@greycounty.on.ca 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 NanetteMitchell1@aol.com n.routledge1@ntlworld.com Pataunt@aol.com Paul@lawfirm.co.nz rmahone1@rochester.rr.com robadar@telus.net 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/McMILLAN camdan1@shaw.ca kharrison@greycounty.on.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/McFADGEN/McFADYEN/McFAYDEN 2licata@telus.net alan.cameron@snp.org birdie03@shaw.ca chmartin@zapcom.net E.K.McF@btinternet.com FloraMacDonald@our-own-home.com john-val.read@paradise.net.nz mary@callcott.com.au mcfadgen@actrix.co.nz mer@pacificcoast.net NanetteMitchell1@aol.com russmcgillivray@hotmail.com stewart.campbell4@btopenworld.com tobermory@sympatico.ca McFETRIDGE/MacPHAEDRIUS/McPHETRISH RKMPIMA@aol.com MacPHAIL alan.cameron@snp.org colin@colingoodwin.com dashjk@ozemail.com.au heburrow@cogeco.ca McPhee66@aol.com Paul@lawfirm.co.nz 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 r_harris@sympatico.ca ROSE therewasalad@earthlink.net SINCLAIR mary@callcott.com.au valerie@richardscott.co.uk SPENCE colin@colingoodwin.com STEWART dpoulton@optusnet.com.au THOMPSON LT66A@email.msn.com WATSON crowhunt@bellatlantic.net -end-

Just came across this reference to Tiree. I was surprised to learn that there was an over population problem well before the 1849-1851 period. PP 1802-3 (45) IV 1 Thomas Telford, A Survey and Report of the Coasts and Central Highlands of Scotland (1802). Telford had a remit of five points, including promoting fisheries, improving communications, and investigating the causes of emigration and the means of preventing it. ".........The very high Price of Black Cattle has also facilitated the Means of Emigration, as it has furnished the older Farmers with a Portion of Capital which enables them to transport their Families beyond the Atlantic. In some few Cases a greater Population than the Land can support in any Shape, has been the Cause of Emigrations; such was the Island of Tiree. Some have, no doubt, been deluded by Accounts sent back from others gone before them; and many deceived by artful Persons, who hesitate not to sacrifice these poor ignorant People to selfish Ends..........."