Hi there, Just looked a little further in my e-mail and found a link to copy the list. I got it. Thanks again, Liz -----Original Message----- From: Driscoll [mailto:edmd1970@yahoo.com] Sent: June 5, 2004 11:18 AM To: SCT-ARL-TIREE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SCT-ARL-TIREE] Parish of Tiree & Coll - COLL CHURCH RECORDS 1776 Flora, I would like a copy of the 1776 church records for Coll. Although I am mainly interested in Tiree, it is certainly possible that some ancestors were on Coll at some point. I am researching BROWN, MACDONALD, HUNTER, and MACKINNON. Thank you for your offer. Diane Melvin Driscoll Virginia, USA Flora MacDonald <FloraMacDonald@our-own-home.com> wrote: Everyone, I have a copy of the 1776 church records for Coll if anyone is interested. I find Coll very difficult to get info on and 3 different ancestors of mine came to Canada from Coll. MacDonald, MacFadyen, MacKinnon. If anyone is researching these names in Coll, please drop me a line. Maybe we can build on each other`s info. And if anyone wants the Coll Church Records from 1776, let me know. Thanks Flora -----Original Message----- From: Keith Dash [mailto:dashjk@ozemail.com.au] Sent: June 4, 2004 6:32 AM To: SCT-ARL-TIREE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ARL-TIREE] Parish of Tiree & Coll Louise is right that Tiree & Coll were for many years included in the same parish. The minister was based in Tiree and an assistant was based in Coll. However, from what I have seen of photocopied pages or transcripts of the Tiree Parish Register of the 1700s and 1800s, I think separate registers must have been kept for Tiree and Coll. I have not come across any entries for Coll baptisms or marriages in the Tiree register. Also, statistics on population and local economy were recorded separately for Tiree & Coll. For instance, the population of Tiree was 1509 in 1755, 2416 in 1792, and 4687 in 1843; in contrast (perhaps because of a different approach to land tenure than that followed by the Duke of Argyll in Tiree?), the population of Coll remained relatively static - it was 1193 in 1755, 1041 in 1793, and 1409 in 1843. In 1843, the annual average of baptisms was 143 in Tiree and 44 in Coll; the annual average of marriages was 25 in Tiree and 6 in Coll. In 1843 the gross value of produce, of which the major commodities were potatoes, grains & pasture, was estimated at 10,609 UK pounds for Tiree and 4,419 UK pounds for Coll. These figures suggest that food production per head in Tiree was already much less (about 30% less) than that in Coll before potato blight struck in 1846, so it's no wonder our ancestors looked for a way out. _________________ Keith Dash Sydney, Australia ============================== You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ ============================== 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger ============================== 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