Hi From Usa. I am looking for the McWatters families in Caithness. I have seen the families in the book called The Surnames of Scotland by George F. Black. Can any body help me find the McWatters.I have found them in Monteal, Canada, in the early 1800's. I thought they might have can there from Scotland. My grand mother is an McWatters.Or as her names is MacWatters but they early family spells it as McWatters. Thanks Best Regards Jim Ludwigsen

Hello ALL, Due to health and other personal considerations, I have ceased my major genealogy activities. I have for a number of years researched the surnames CADDELL (& variations inc CALDER), GREEN, HENDERSON, ANDERSON, GREER, BANKS, BATTLE(S), BELL, BU(I)RCHFIELD, KENNAMER, KING, and SINGLETON wherever they lived. For any of you who desires further contact with me, I may still be reached at "bcaddell@hcnews.com". Shortly I will not be subscribed to any of the Rootsweb lists. Bill Caddell 1310 West Tioga Court Granbury, TX 76048

I have had a virus on my computer, please check yours. It was called JS/Fortnight. Very,very sorry. Michelle.

Maybe you could try and contact one of the other supervisors and see if they can help or can give you her contact details. Anna www.macleod-family-tree.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "pekali" <pekali@xtra.co.nz> To: <SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:49 PM Subject: census details > I have just checked out the census details ( thanks Anna) and thought I would offer assistance. But the email I sent to Betty Martin the supervisor bounced, any ideas? > Michelle. > We do not stop playing because we grow old; > we grow old because we stop playing. > > > > > > >

I have just checked out the census details ( thanks Anna) and thought I would offer assistance. But the email I sent to Betty Martin the supervisor bounced, any ideas? Michelle. We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Hi, This link might of interest to those who haven't seen it yet. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~caithness/ Thanks Anna www.macleod-family-tree.co.uk Researching: MacLeod, Kerr, Mackenzie, Oman, Manson, Carter, Sutherland, Polson, Munro, Bremner and Swanson

Dear List, Would anyone have the surname SMALL in their family tree? The family lived in Pulteneytown, Wick from the early 1800's to early 1900's. Regards Jane

Any info on these orginations how to contatc etc. can be found here. www.caithness.org Can tell you most will have records and masons to record all. Davie

i feel terribly guilty for not having mentioned THAT sooner. In fact, i've whiled away the better part of this afternoon cyber-walking down Kinnaird Street and Brown Place (though it's "Brown's" in my gr-grannie's birth record). Caithness.org is one of my favourite sites on the web! Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davie MacLeod" <loon@letheronwheel.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Wick organizations > Any info on these orginations how to contatc etc. can be found here. > www.caithness.org Can tell you most will have records and masons to record > all. > > Davie >

Just a note to let you know about the new RootsWeb list devoted to sharing research about the surname OAG. i do hope you'll join, Valerie. There can't be too much volume at first and you're the acknowledged expert from Pulteneytown to Uhluru. :-) Please feel free to forward this information to anyone you think might be interested. Instructions for subscribing are below. Namaste, Laurie OAG-L Admin. London, Ontario, Canada IBSSG, RAOGK Volunteer To sunscribe, just send an email with one word in the body: "subscribe" (nothing else!) to OAG-L-request@rootsweb.com To post messages: Send to OAG-L@rootsweb.com

i do know that the women's counterpart to the Masons is the "Order of the Eastern Star". At that time, it would have been a Protestant membership of women who were related to Masons. My great-grannie (who came from Pulteneytown to Canada in 1920) always said that she was related to a "grand" Mason of some sort. However, i don't know what groups in particular were going at the turn of the century. Laurie London, Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen and John Turner" <helenjohnturner@sympatico.ca> To: <SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 1:30 PM Subject: Wick organizations > Hello everyone: > > Mum told me that her dad, Alex DUCHART 1867-1918, belonged to the Masons, > Rifle Rangers, Fisherman's Union and other organizations in Wick. Most > likely other men in the family did as well. Do these organizations still > exist? Do they keep records? If so, can I access those records? > > Now, what about the ladies in the family? What organizations might they > have belonged to between 1800 and 1920? > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > Helen Turner > Charleston L., Ont., Canada

Hello everyone: Mum told me that her dad, Alex DUCHART 1867-1918, belonged to the Masons, Rifle Rangers, Fisherman's Union and other organizations in Wick. Most likely other men in the family did as well. Do these organizations still exist? Do they keep records? If so, can I access those records? Now, what about the ladies in the family? What organizations might they have belonged to between 1800 and 1920? Thanks for your thoughts. Helen Turner Charleston L., Ont., Canada

Hi Listers, I am looking for information about my husband's great-grandparents KENNETH ALEXANDER and HELEN CORMACK. They were married in Wick on January 4, 1850. They had 2 children that I know of, KENNETH and JOHN (b Dec 01,1865), both born in Wick . John was my husband's grandfather. John Alexander immigrated to Newfoundland. If any one has any information about the family Kenneth Alexander and Helen Cormack and their parentage , I would appreciate your help. Thanks, Linda Weymouth, Massachusetts

JAMES MACKAY (b. 1867 Inverness, raised in Sutherland and Caithness) came to NSW about 1895 and joined the police force here. His police records state that he had been with the Straits Settlement Police (Singapore?) for 5 years previously. Would anyone know if records were kept at all, of those who went to join the Straits Settlement Police at this time ? Any help much appreciated. Joan - Sydney --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.473 / Virus Database: 271 - Release Date: 17/04/2003

I have one Bremner on my fathers side. James Sinclair ROSIE was my great uncle's son. Margaret Christine BREMNER married James Sinclair ROSIE - sorry no dates but she is part of the family tree BREMT002 compiled by Ian Aitchison. children of this marriage were Margaret Jean ROSIE married John MACKAY James Miller ROSIE Janice Mackay ROSIE married Haydn Francis STARK children of this marriage were Zoe STARK Erin Caitlin STARK M. ROSIE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Williscraft" <laura.williscraft@sympatico.ca> To: <SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:30 AM Subject: OAG -- Just to Make Things More Difficult > i am researching the OAG surname (as originating in Caithness) concentrating > on the female lines as much as possible. i don't have a whole lot of > information other than that shared by Valerie Oag who has done a straight > line back to Elspeth FARQUHAR and Alexander OAG. However, my ggrandfather > was born William OAG in Pulteneytown, Wick, Caithness to John Oag (parents > William O. and Margaret FORBES) and Isabella BREMNER (whose mother's maiden > name was also BREMNER) (parents Alexander and Elizabeth BREMNER). > Since the BREMNER cup also overfloweth, please send me any odd BREMNERs > as well as OAGs you find lying about. :-) > Namaste, > Laurie in Ontario, Canada > IBSSG, RAOGK Volunteer >

I checked the 1851 census for Thurso and found no appropriate person although there are Begg's in Thurso. Checked the 1881 census and there are several possibilities but it would require some work to narrow it down. Suggest you start looking at the following site : http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Regards Cathy Goodwin

Hi, This is the second one of these I've received. Do I belong to this group? I am interested in researching Caithness familiies, and in putting a link to your website on my yahoo groups for Wick/Latheron and on my website of the same. Can I do this? Do I have to subscribe to your list first? If so, I would like to do this - how? Regards, Barbara >From: SCT-CAITHNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: SCT-CAITHNESS-L@rootsweb.com >To: SCT-CAITHNESS-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: SCT-CAITHNESS-D Digest V03 #56 >Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 21:00:53 -0600 > ><< message2.txt >> ><< message4.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_mobile.asp

Hello from a new Lister. I am looking for descendants of James Begg, possible from Thurso (which I think is in or near Caithness) born around 1838. James had a son William Beg born 1860 (died 1939) in Caithness who married Barbara Taylor (she died in Castletown in 1933). They had a son William who emigrated to New Zealand around 1920. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Susan Gandy in the beautiful Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, NSW Australia

I had been doing research on the famiy Malcom II who was the King of the Scots. now I had his daughter married to Sigurd Digi HLODVIRSSON. But someone from the GEN-MEDIEVAL list told me they believe she was a different Malcolm's daughter Malcolm of Caithness. Any idea who this person maybe. Malcolm MacKenneth was killed in 1034, by his men. He supposedly had three daughters Bethoc, who married my ancestor Crinan MacDuncan, and one that married MacBeth McFindleach's father, and the youngest who married Sigurd Digi HLODVIRSSON. A couple of people on that list told me not to trust the Orkneyinga Saga nor History of The Kings of Norway because they were written many centuries after the events. Any idea where I can find good sources. Le

Where can I find information on the Norse settlers of Caithness, and Orkney. I am interested in Sigurd DIGI HOLDVIRSSON'S ancestry. He married the daughter of Malcolm II. Le