Hi Sharon In old handwriting, Rofs meand Ross. For some reason if there was a double s the first one looked like an f. If you need any more help, the website www.scottishdocuments.com has a section on old handwriting Sheena ----- Original Message ----- From: "sharon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:24 AM Subject: [SCT-INV] Rankin and Fraser > I am seeking some help with a marriage certificate extract I have dated 22 June 1838. The marriage in question is from Parish Kilmonivaig County Inverness, between John Rankin and Janet Fraser who both worked for Colonel Rofs (?) ........... Any help on the name of the colonel, or family of John or Janet would be greatly appreciated. I do know they arrived in Australia 6 December 1838. Thank you all in advance for your help. > > Sharon >

Hi Iam new to this list but do help on others. I am looking for a place called Grainish, possibly somewhere near Duthil. Any help would be appreciated. Yours Caroline

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Corbet/McDonald/Macdonnell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TeC.2ACE/1172.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi David, David, sorry about not responding earlier, but I just saw your posting today. I tried to email you direct, but there was a delivery problem. Couldn't get through. Dare I hope that your Macdonnells included Margaret (Mary?) Macdonnell who was married to John Corbet(t) and who sailed with him and their three children to Canada in 1802? I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Donna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TeC.2ACE/1173.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Lawrence. I'll check out that URL. In the meantime I'm getting more info about descendents, bit by bit. Am having the devil's own job, however, in tracking my ancestors back to Ardachie. I guess I only hope that someone from that lineage will happen to be reading these posts one day.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1178 Message Board Post: Kate Findlay McRae, I am trying to get information on Kate. She was the mother of my Great Granny Jane Thomasina Findlay McRae. Janes Birth Cert (1904) says that she was born at 2 John Street Rothesay and that Kates Domicile was Furnace Quarry Invercary. I have managed to find a Kate F McRae on the 1901 census North Bute, House Name ACHOLTER ? Kate F McRae, Servant/Housekeeper Single aged 24 Born In Argylleshire Ullapool. At the same address were the following names : - John Crawford Martha Morrison James Johnston John McKirdy Now not for the want of looking I cant find any more information on Kate... Can anyone out there help me please. Im sure she cant have fallen off the planet Bestwishes to all searching

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/384.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Judith, not sure of a connection but could be a sibling I do not have that info, but the McMillan is a connection. I am getting further help so will keep in touch. Mine is a Marjorie McMillan, but spelling can be an issue, Peter and Ewen is prominent on the MacKinnon side Thanks, Marlane

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/384.2.1 Message Board Post: My Ewen (born 1823) married Mary McMillan in 1850. He was the son of Archibald MacKinnon and Mary Stuart who married in 1818. I cannot identify any siblings of Archibald so there might be a connection there. Judith

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pirie, Pirrie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1042.1 Message Board Post: William PIRRIE's two brothers, John (b. 1875 Stonehaven, Kincardineshire) & Joseph (b. Abt 1879 Stonehaven), were also in Inverness early in the 20th century in the coal business. Any information about any PIRRIE (or PIRIE) individuals living in Inverness would be appreciated.

Book Review Scots have reason for pride Great Scots How the Scots Created Canada By Matthew Shaw Capital of the Mind How Edinburgh changed the World By James Buchan, Paul Waters The Montreal Gazette January 24, 2004 Great Scot! Is there no end to it? Can there possibly be any room left on anyone�s shelf for yet two more books on the greatness of the Celts? Surely it�s time for a little modesty here, especially on the part of the Scots, who in the last few years appear to have abandoned several centuries of commendable reticence to publish half a dozen books claiming credit for creating- among other things- capitalism, the British Empire and, indeed, the modern world. Now we have Gaelophile ** Matthew Shaw crediting the Scots with creating Canada, which seems like an extravagant claim until you read James Buchan�s much thicker book crediting an extraordinary band of Edinburgh geniuses with nothing less than changing the way Europeans thought about just about everything- wealth, health, chemistry, politics, poetry, urban planning and the relations between the sexes. The remarkable thing is that both theses hold up � after a fashion. Shaw, who teaches humanities in British Columbia, makes no pretense of having written a scholarly book. Great Scots is too thin for that, for a start, with too many colour pictures and anecdotes. The perfect winter reader, in other words. But the light, bright stories make a serious case. It was, Shaw argues, Scots soldiers who took Quebec from the French (albeit, under a very untrusting English general), and it was Scots merchants and adventurers who ran the fur trade, built the railroads and generally opened the northern half of the continent to settlement- for better or worse. Indeed, it�s no accident that two of our longest rivers- the Fraser (Simon Fraser) and the MacKenzie- have Scottish names, and that our most famous national park is named for the little Scottish town of Banff. But even more interesting than Shaw�s long list of Gaelic accomplishments- first prime minister, first woman MP, first white man to reach the Pacific overland and so on- is the remarkable frequency with which he finds Scots on both sides of Canada�s historic squabbles. Scots, for example, ran both the Hudson�s bay Co. and the Northwest Co. during the long and bitter rivalry over the fur trade. And in 19th-century Upper Canada, it was the fiery William Lyon MacKenzie who led the rebellion against the oligarchic Family Compact run by fellow Scot John Strachan. In fact, though Shaw doesn�t mention it, there were even Scots on both sides at the battle of the Plains of Abraham. General Montcalm�s aide de camp was the Sieur de Johnston,** a Jacobite survivor of the Battle of Culloden. Canada, it seems, was the perfect outlet for the frustrated ambitions of Scots of all stripes. And if James Buchan is to be believed, at least one of the driving forces of that ambition was probably a sense of intellectual superiority. Damp, frigid, fractious Scotland really did flower in the 18th and 19th centuries, thanks largely to Edinburgh�s remarkable rise from boggy backwater to �Athens of the north.� Buchan does an elegant and scholarly job of describing this transformation, even if he fails to offer a satisfactory explanation for why it was that one grim little northern town in a sudden flash of brilliance produced Adam Smith, who pretty much invented modern economics; James Boswell, who reinvented biography; David Hume, who laid the foundations of modern philosophy. Add to that the poetry of Robert Burns, the romances od Sir Walter Scott and the pioneering work of such scientists as geologist James Hutton and chemist James Black, and Edinburgh�s accomplishments really do beggar the imagination. It�s almost enough to tempt an atheist like Hume to believe that if there was a god, he was probably a Scotsman. It�s also gratifying to see Scotland�s often overlooked accomplishments committed to print with such verve, especially for those of us who have endured a lifetime of silly Sussenach (now there�s a redundancy) jokes about haggis, bagpipes and what a Scotsman wears under his kilt. Still, perhaps after these two fine and (as far as I can tell) absolutely accurate books, it might be graceful to give it a rest for a while and let someone else share the limelight, the Greeks, perhaps, or the Italians. It�s rumoured they�ve made some contributions to world history as well. --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TeC.2ACE/1147.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: thanks jackie ill give that a try

----- Original Message ----- From: Marilyn Bulkeley <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:00 PM Subject: [SCT-INV] Fw: Census > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marilyn Bulkeley > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:23 AM > Subject: Census > > > Hi all > > Would anyone have access please to a census for Inverness for 1851(or for maybe some date before that) for a lookup for some McDONALDS that I am searching for. I have hit a brick wall in searching for them and any help would be appreciated. > > These are the family I am searching for:- > > > ANGUS MCDONALD married to JESSIE ? (Maiden surname not known) parents of the 3 children (or maybe more) given below - > > "KITTY" or KATHLEEN/CATHERINE MCDONALD b circa 1824. (She remained single) > ARCHIBALD MCDONALD b circa 1826. (Married in Australia well after 1855) > MARY MCDONALD b circa 1831.(My direct ancestor) (See below re her marriage in 1855 in Scotland) > > > MARY MCDONALD was born in Inverness. This was on her death certificate - not sure if this was the Shire or the city. > She married in circa 1855 in Lochaber to EWEN CAMERON who was born 2/1/1794 in Lochaber. > He was in his 60's when they married and she was in 20's. > The couple moved to Australia in circa 1857. > > If it helps at all, all this McDONALD family were Roman Catholics. > > With thanks > > Marilyn Bulkeley > [email protected] > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TeC.2ACE/1177 Message Board Post: Looking for the family of Farquhar McDonnell born abt 1752 in Urquhart Parish. Served in the British Army 26th Regiment in Revolutionary War

you should find what you need in the maps section at www.nls.ac.uk Judy ---------- >From: "Joan Cybolsky" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCT-INV] Map of Parishes >Date: 23, Fri Jan, 2004, 1:59 pm > > Does anyone know of any on-line maps that would show the parishes of > Inverness? > Thank you. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/photos&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoi n.msn.com > %2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca > > > ============================== > 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 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/384.2 Message Board Post: I am searching for my MacKinnons. I think I have found you. My Ewen married Majorie McMillan 17th April 1806 in the Parish of Kilmonivaig, he was a Shepherd. Had a son Peter born 1808 Also moved to NSW around 1840's and so on. I have more, but please let me know if we are connected. I am very excited.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1147.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I was just reading through messages, saw Cattanach. I don't have any in my tree, but I do know that there are a lot of Cattanachs in the town of TAIN, in ross-shire. So maybe if you post a message on the Tain website you might get some help, only a suggestion. jacks

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MacKay, MacLeod, MacNeil, MacDonald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1176 Message Board Post: I am trying to find Information on Malcolm MacLeod born c1854/5 in Bonhill to Norman MacLeod and Catherine Mackay married11 june 1853 in Bonhill. Malcolm was brought up by his grandparents Neil and Christy McKay in Lephein aged 6 years (1861 census) and later after their deaths with his uncle John McKay in Lephen aged 16 years (1871 census). There is no record of his birth and I cannot find any marriage details or death certificate. If you have any information about him I would like to hear from you. Drew Davidson

Hello everyone I'm trying to find absolutely anything about this family. William REID born about 1752 in Piperhill. Margaret McKILICAN born August 1754 Piperhill. They married about 1782 presumably Piperhill. Margaret's parents are John McKILICAN born 1724 Connage and Katherine McARTHUR born Cawdor Parish, Nairnshire. William REID had a son John REID born 1784 Piperhill who married Ann McDONALD. Would anyone know anything about this family. Before William REID born 1752 and after John REID born 1782. I am trying to tie the family with Reid from Cawdor, Nairnshire. William REID born 1812-1885 leased the farm 'Balnarait' in Cawdor. Anything would be appreciated. This is my brick wall I am hitting my head against :) Thankyou for your time. Kerrie Brisbane, Australia. _________________________________________________________________ Get less junk mail with ninemsn Premium. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TeC.2ACE/1172.2 Message Board Post: I have some info on the Ardachie MacDonell's which were clesly associated with my own family. Pls reply direct

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Corbett/McDonald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TeC.2ACE/1172.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks very much, Chris. I really appreciate these details. Re the ships, I tried earlyier to get info on the internet, but absolutely nothing comes up, certainly not passenger lists. (I actually have a list with my ancestors' names on it, but the name of the ship isn't indicated.) In any case, I'll try again, this time typing in 'Fort William' as well. Regards, Donna