Suddenly I am having problems receiving email directly from some of the people on this list. If my Ameritech address bounces things back, I can also receive mail at: mmrbm@juno.com. I have spoken to Ameritech about this problem and no one seems to have a clue. Marion Markham

Fearns is in the south-east of Raasay, reaced by the road over the hill from Inverarish. The Minch is between the North-west Mainland of Scotland and the Western Isles, nowhere near Raasay, Donald A. Robertson, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye ----- Original Message ----- From: <ScotHeritage@aol.com> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-INV-L] Fearns, Raasay > In a message dated 08/10/00 7:20:46 PM Central Daylight Time, > rvw56@ozemail.com.au writes: > > << Hi, > Can anyone tell me where Fearns Rassay is on the Isle of Skye. I have a > couple of maps of Raasay but it isn't mentioned. Does it still exists. > Rose Williams > Grafton > New South Wales > Australia > >> > Rassay is the wee island in The Minch between Skye and the Main land. > Dave > > ______________________________

----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey Grante" <grante@rbm.com.au> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 6:44 AM Subject: [SCT-INV-L] Bunloit, Inverness. > Hello everyone. > I am new to this list and would like to ask if anyone can tell me the > geographical location of Bunloit, Parish of Urquhart, Inverness, and > anything about it. My grandfather was born there in 1885. Is it a village, > a farming area or what? My grandfather lived to see his 100th birthday and > said that his longevity was due to the fact that he was born in this > beautiful place. I would love to know more about the area. Can anyone > help? > regards > Julie > Australia > > Simon Peter GRANT b 5 July 1885 > father George GRANT (labourer - general) > mother Ann FRASER (domestic servant) > his parents did not marry. > Hello Julie, > Some else entered this map site recently as follows http://www.old-maps.co.uk and I have tried it out on Bunloit. It works all right but you have to scan around to find your places. It seems to be a good aid for the future. Cheers, Donald.

Hi all. Looking for descendants (and ancestors) of these individuals: 1. William MCINTOSH chr May 1791 Moy&Dalarossie (flesher) 2. Jean MCQUEEN chr 1 Dec 1797 3. Marjory MCQUEEN chr 20 Feb 1800 4. Isobel MCQUEEN chr 1 Mar 1802 (married Will McI above) 5. Mary MCQUEEN chr 3 Mar 1803 m James CHISOLM 6. Alexander MCQUEEN b abt 1806 m May McBEAN 7. Betty MCQUEEN b abt 1808 8. William MCINTOSH chr 21 April 1811 9. Donald MCINTOSH chr 24 July 1814 Individuals 2 tjhrough 8 are children of James MCQUEEN and Isabella McGILLIVRAY, born in or around Corrybrough. Thanks David Allan Qld, Australia

Hello everyone. I am new to this list and would like to ask if anyone can tell me the geographical location of Bunloit, Parish of Urquhart, Inverness, and anything about it. My grandfather was born there in 1885. Is it a village, a farming area or what? My grandfather lived to see his 100th birthday and said that his longevity was due to the fact that he was born in this beautiful place. I would love to know more about the area. Can anyone help? regards Julie Australia Simon Peter GRANT b 5 July 1885 father George GRANT (labourer - general) mother Ann FRASER (domestic servant) his parents did not marry.

Hi Jan, Try this site under Maps http://feefhs.org/ Regards, Irene. At 10:38 10/10/00 +1300, Jan wrote: >Hi list >I cannot find this place in my Atlas but think it is German. Any help >please. >Thanks >Jan

Hi list I have titles on two branches of my tree at present which amuse me. I would like to know how they start or where they derive from. Is it place names? My Counts daughter became a Countess but these titles seem to drop away. Is it just modern times that caused this? Why would a person have the Title of "Sir Knight" when their name was George Malcolm? My Count was "Count Usedom" and Usedom was his sole name. Any help on these matters greatly appreciated so I can have the last laugh with a family member who is taking the mickey out of my research. Thanks Jan

Hi list I cannot find this place in my Atlas but think it is German. Any help please. Thanks Jan

In a message dated 08/10/00 7:06:54 PM Central Daylight Time, andreanoel@dragon.net.au writes: << I am seeking information on Alexander Cameron (12th Chief) and Mary Cameron, date of births or marriage unknown. They had the following children, again dates unknown. Ewen (13th Chief), John, Anne, Mary. Ewen (13th Chief) married Hellen Grant, John married Louisa Campbell, Anne married John Cameron and Mary married James Cameron. During the siege of Fort William Alexander was suspected of having Jacobite sympathies. Troops were sent to his house to look for evidence. While searching baby Ewen was wounded in the neck by after being struck at by a soldier. Any information or links to this family most welcome. Regards Andrea >> Have you tried contacting the Cameron heritage center in Ft. Willliam? Dave

In a message dated 08/10/00 7:20:46 PM Central Daylight Time, rvw56@ozemail.com.au writes: << Hi, Can anyone tell me where Fearns Rassay is on the Isle of Skye. I have a couple of maps of Raasay but it isn't mentioned. Does it still exists. Rose Williams Grafton New South Wales Australia >> Rassay is the wee island in The Minch between Skye and the Main land. Dave

Hi, Can anyone tell me where Fearns Rassay is on the Isle of Skye. I have a couple of maps of Raasay but it isn't mentioned. Does it still exists. Rose Williams Grafton New South Wales Australia

Hi All, Firstly if any one has tried to contact me in the last 3 weeks, please try again. My computer crashed. I am seeking information on Alexander Cameron (12th Chief) and Mary Cameron, date of births or marriage unknown. They had the following children, again dates unknown. Ewen (13th Chief), John, Anne, Mary. Ewen (13th Chief) married Hellen Grant, John married Louisa Campbell, Anne married John Cameron and Mary married James Cameron. During the siege of Fort William Alexander was suspected of having Jacobite sympathies. Troops were sent to his house to look for evidence. While searching baby Ewen was wounded in the neck by after being struck at by a soldier. Any information or links to this family most welcome. Regards Andrea

Hello Everyone: I am sorry about this, last time. We are having such problems connecting. Hi Marion: Would you try and send me a message on my new address <espencer@magma.ca> Yours are still bouncing. Do use my new address, this might be it, two bounced today. Thanks Lorraine Ottawa, Canada

Those McKenzies' are smart people. My Fraser ancestors married two McKenzie women. At 07:49 AM 10/07/2000 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 06/10/00 9:17:04 AM Central Daylight Time, >fraser2@starpower.net writes: > ><< > I'm constantly after the local school board to strengthen the > History and Geography courses. I believe all students should have > US as well as World History. Their comeback to me is always, we are > installing new computers. Why buy them if you do not know where you > come from, and they defiantly do not know where they are, and could not find > their way to anywhere, or get back for that matter. > > Who was the smart person who said "if you do not know history, you are > doomed to repeat it"? > >> >Mrs. MacKenzie said it to me many times as she belted ma poor wee hands to >blisters, and said, "Ye'll come tae nae good you." I am constantly surprised >now when I am in a store and the cashier says "That will $10.66 sir" I think >of Willy The Conk, $13.20 Declaration of Arbroath etc. I am still not good at >math's or money, but I have not invaded England or started a separation >revolution. So she must have taught me something. >Cheers >Dave. http://thefrasers.com This site is dedicated to all people of the name FRASER and - SCOTLAND-

In a message dated 06/10/00 1:07:24 PM Central Daylight Time, xanadue@gte.net writes: << Well Dave , I have read the Burns poems in their entirety. I know "You see yon Birkie ca'd a laird, he's but a man for a' that." And Ode to a Louse etc, by heart as well as others. My fathers family originally came from Ayr. And I love history almost as much as genealogy. I appreciate your comments though. I went to school in Clydebank and lived in Dunoon. The other part of my family were McArthurs from Loch Awe and all around that area. I went to school in the US also. So I think I have a little perspective in both. Last but not least I am not young and I personally have seen how history repeats itself. I had relatives in Inverness and thats why I follow this page. I think I'd better get a drambui and calm down..Chris Hawkins (Perhaps this does not belong on the Inverness genealogy page but I felt compelled--Sorry >> Enjoy your dram, I wish I were having one with you. I have no idea what you are talking about or what to respond to. Its the memory and all the amount of mail I get in a day. Cheers Dave

In a message dated 06/10/00 9:17:04 AM Central Daylight Time, fraser2@starpower.net writes: << I'm constantly after the local school board to strengthen the History and Geography courses. I believe all students should have US as well as World History. Their comeback to me is always, we are installing new computers. Why buy them if you do not know where you come from, and they defiantly do not know where they are, and could not find their way to anywhere, or get back for that matter. Who was the smart person who said "if you do not know history, you are doomed to repeat it"? >> Mrs. MacKenzie said it to me many times as she belted ma poor wee hands to blisters, and said, "Ye'll come tae nae good you." I am constantly surprised now when I am in a store and the cashier says "That will $10.66 sir" I think of Willy The Conk, $13.20 Declaration of Arbroath etc. I am still not good at math's or money, but I have not invaded England or started a separation revolution. So she must have taught me something. Cheers Dave.

Well said Dave!! I'm constantly after the local school board to strengthen the History and Geography courses. I believe all students should have US as well as World History. Their comeback to me is always, we are installing new computers. Why buy them if you do not know where you come from, and they defiantly do not know where they are, and could not find their way to anywhere, or get back for that matter. Who was the smart person who said "if you do not know history, you are doomed to repeat it"? At 08:19 AM 10/06/2000 -0400, you wrote: >In a message dated 05/10/00 5:41:50 PM Central Daylight Time, xanadue@gte.net >writes: > ><< Have to say I agree with Peter. I am first generation in America and > lived in Scotland for awhile as a child. Its a beautiful country > especially around Inverness and the Kyles of Bute actually too many to > name. But why people are obessed with the rulers of the countries that > kicked them around and out of their homes I will never know..As the > famous poet said, "A Mans' a Man for a' that!" >> > >If you read that particular poem from Mr. Burns in the context of the time >you may understand a lot more about it. > >The reason to study history is simply to not allow the same mistakes of the >past to be repeated. One of the SMP's made the comment when discussing the >stature of the Sutherland statue that as a child he wanted to blow it up >because the clearances angered him so much, but as an adult he realized that >the memory of such events, which will be served by the new center and >monument of the people who were cleared, will cause us to always remember the >inhumanity. > >You have a similar situation in the US where a fraction of the people are >demanding that the flag flown in the civil war by the South be removed from >state buildings because it brings back bad memories. That is the exact reason >it should be kept so we can never forget the inhumanity. > >You will notice after world war 2 one of the first things done was the >destruction of the death camps, they were turned into nice little park type >areas. Now you have nutters saying it never happened. The wall in Berlin was >removed and built around, the statues of Lenin, Stalin, etc., smashed and >removed. The list goes on and on. > >One of the reasons that American workers have a lower standard of living and >fewer perks, etc., and that the destruction of the middle class is allowed, >is that history has been allowed to be replaced with fiction and the children >do not remember. > >A fine example of this is the present claim that America was originated as a >God fearing religious nation, but if one reads the thoughts about religion >from the founding fathers and their distrust of the church and religion, they >will see this is not true. Being as you were probably sent to school in >America you may believe this to be true because when you stood up in the >class you stated your wee oath of allegiance, with the line One Nation Under >God, but nobody told you that was added in the reign of MacArthy, (about >1954-56) during the communist hunts. Either we study our history, or we >repeat our mistakes. That by the way is one of the reasons we are not all >speaking German today, Hitler made darn near repeated all the mistakes >Napoleon made. > >That is why we must study our history and find out why we have some laws and >principles, what caused them to be written. > >Then again when I was young I was not overly impressed with the past either, >rathering to spend my time contemplating the future. >Dave M. http://thefrasers.com This site is dedicated to all people of the name FRASER and - SCOTLAND-

Hi there All, I have been put onto a possiblity that my KENNEDY / McINTOSH's may have SKYE connections can anyone help with info on these names in SKYE I am not finding much info on the IGI at all. Kind Regards, Brent SMITH Sydney, Australia rbrents@zip.com.au

Hello Everyone: I have just received a handwritten paper of family information from an 87 year old distant cousin. I was quite convinced I had found most of this one line but she has given me a new name. Would anyone be researching any of these names. Jessie ARBUCKLE born abt 1826 and died abt 1887 She married Asa Lou Andrews and she gives dates for him of 1814-1887. Their son was William Asa Andrews, born 1843 and died 1901 at sea. I would think Jessie was born around Isle of Skye but I am not positive. I have tried the IGI but nothing there in any names. Before I order a film, I wanted to be sure no one was searching for this name. Thank You Lorraine Ottawa, Canada

----- Original Message ----- From: <BUCKEYE617@aol.com> To: <nmbauer@swbell.net>; <bdancer@mountain.net>; <bemyn@ohiohills.com>; <WBowdler@aol.com>; <ciminjs@valunet.com>; <go2cyn@mindspring.com>; <DUKEGRN@aol.com>; <INNEJ557@aol.com>; <jjbranks@netzero.net>; <Go2kris@aol.com>; <joan.moore4@gte.net>; <R2279@aol.com>; <gcril@mindspring.com>; <rv4jack@swbell.net> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 9:16 PM Subject: (no subject) > > Subject: GROWING GOOD CORN > > > > > > > James Bender, in his book, HOW TO TALK WELL (New York: > > > McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1994) relates the story of a farmer > > > who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the > > > state fair where it won a blue ribbon. > > > > > > One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned > > > something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter > > > discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his > > > neighbors. > > > > > > "How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your > > > neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours > > > each year?" the reporter asked. > > > > > > "Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up > > > pollen from the ripening > > > corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow > > > inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the > > > quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my > > > neighbors grow good corn." > > > > > > He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn > > > cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. > > > > > > So it is with our lives. Those who choose to live in peace must > > > help their neighbors to live in peace. Those who choose to live > > > well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is > > > measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be > > > happy must help others to find happiness, for the welfare of each > > > is bound up with the welfare of all. > > > > > > The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, > > > we must help our neighbors grow good corn. > > > > > >