Hi everyone, Iam new to this, and I was wondering if anyone can tell me if there would be any way I can find out about records of the Inverness Milita about 1804, I had a GGG Grandfather married in Edinburgh in 1804 and it states on the certificate that he was with the Inverness Militia (or Rifles).His name was George Donald on the paper but was sometimes called Alexander, he married Jean Murray from Shetland. Hope someone has that family or knows where I can get help. Thanks Ruth

>Hello David at Port Fairy > >I do not know who Alexander's father was. I do know that both He and Ann >(she was born in South Uist and her maiden name was MacDonald to) died in >Scotland and so did the daughter Catherine who was married to Alexander >DAWSON they are buried at St Andrews. It was their son Alexander DAWSON >that came to Australia. >I am told that Janet MacDONALD, married an OLIVER or AITCHSON it is thought >and went to Fort William and then to Australia but have no confirmation of >this yet. >The story is that the boys,John, Alexander, James, were all drowned as were >seaman, I think from Barra or around about there, and if they ever married >I do not know. > >Judy Dawson >New Zealand >

I'm seeking connections with a line of Nicolsons from Skye. The line of descent is :- Rev. DONALD NICOLSON, 12th. Chief of Clan MacNeacail, Minister of Kilmuir d.1698, m.1st. Margaret Robertson, m.3rd. Margaret Morrison. His son - MALCOLM NICOLSON, 13th. Chief, Tacksman of Scoirebreac, d.(young) c.1723, m.Margaret MacLeod Their son - ANGUS NICOLSON m.Mary MacLeod Their son - MURDOCH NICOLSON m. ? MacLeod Their son - DONALD NICOLSON b.Rigg, m.Ann Martin Their son - SAMUEL NICOLSON (Crofter) d.Maligan 1812, m.Effie Matheson Their daughter - MARGARET NICOLSON b.Maligan 1804, m.Portree par. 1829 Donald Matheson (1803-1869) Looking forward to hearing from you, Donald A. Robertson, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye

Hello List I am wondering if anybody has a connection with this family: Alexander MacDONALD m Ann MacDONALD 7 Feb 1860 in Sth Uist, Inverness. children: John b 1861 Barra Alexander b 1863 Barra Jessie (Janet) b 1865 Barra James b 1867 Barra Catherine b 1870 Barra m Alexander DAWSON, in Dunino, Fife 15 Nov 1900 Catherine is my husbands Grandmother, their son Alexander and his wife Mary Cornfoot Hain FARMER immigrated to Australia in 1951. If any body can shed any light on this family I would be most please. Judy Dawson New Zealand

Hello Folks: Would anyone, by chance, have a book that tells where names are from and maybe a little bit about the name. I have 2, one is for a friend and they are similar. Any help is appreciated. Thank You Lorraine Ottawa, Canada ALDCORN - The man with this name was born in North Uist,Scotland in 1843. This one was a 2nd name. AUKCORN - The lady with this name was born in Stratford on Avon in 1855. This one was a surname.

Can anyone tell me where Boleskine, Leek and Kilmonivaig is in Inverness. None of these places are shown on my maps nor does Mapcom or Multimap (websites) show them. All are listed on the census as birthplaces for family members. David Port Fairy Australia

In a message dated 31/05/00 12:56:52 PM Central Daylight Time, rojanne@capefam.freeserve.co.uk writes: << Please send any enquiries or comments directly to me and not to the owner of this list. Thank you for reading this. Good luck and good hunting ! >> I have a large number of photographs in several books. I don't know how the copy rights etc. will affect you, but I shall be glad to place them at your disposal so long as proper credit is given to photos etc. (not me, but the people who took them or own them). Dave M.

Listmembers, I have a few transcriptions for b.m.d. that I received in error. I would be glad to list them for anyone who may be interested. They are as follows. Birth: 1880 Barbara Murray. Parents Robert Murray and Catherine Mackay. Dornoch Birth: 1885 George Hepburn. Parents William Hepburn and Margaret McKenzie. Inverness Marr: 1859 William Murray and Janet Sutherland, Helmsdale. Death: 1865 Duncan Chisholm. Parents John and Ann Tait. Inverness Death: 1882 Janet Murray. Parents David and Janet McDonald. Helmsdale. Please drop me a request via the list and I will print the rest of the information I have on each transcription. Catherine.

Hello everyone, in September last year I started to build a free web site dedicated to identifying military photographs in an attempt to repay some of the generous help that I have received from genealogists generally, and Rootsweb list owners and listers in particular. The site has been set up to offer free help to those with military ancestors (or living family members) from all corners of the British Isles (and its war time allies). Many of us are lucky enough to own treasured photographs of groups or single portraits of military personnel of the W.W.1 and W.W2 era and with luck, earlier "gems" of this sort. How many times have you and your family looked at these wonderful old photographs and wondered who your ancestors comrades were ? What Regiment etc. did they belong to? When and where the photograph was taken ? 'Military Images' is set up to offer "on line" pages to display these photographs in the hope that other site visitors can help with identification and general research assistance. Perhaps you have in your possession photographs that you can scan that are a partial or complete mystery ? Perhaps (like me) you can identify your own relative/s within the group but none of his/her comrades? Perhaps some of these "on line" unknown servicemen are lost relatives or people that may have passed on information about your ancestors military career to their families. The web site now contains this type of material and other information and links etc. As of today (31st of May 2000), the site holds photo/scans of some 2,819 UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS, plus many more that only the barest facts are known. There is also, a list of 812 transcribed names from War Memorials etc. (many of the memorials have been photographed and these scans are "on site"). Please do bear in mind that in WW1 in particular, where a soldier was living at the time of his volunteering or conscription often had no bearing on which Regiment or unit etc. he was posted to. So for example, a soldier who perhaps volunteered or was conscripted in Yorkshire could be posted to a Scottish Regiment. Please send any enquiries or comments directly to me and not to the owner of this list. Thank you for reading this. Good luck and good hunting ! >From Roger Capewell, in Derbyshire, England. rojanne@capefam.freeserve.co.uk 'Military Images' Web Site at :- Http://www.capefam.freeserve.co.uk/militaryimages.htm Researching CAPEWELL/CAPWELL anywhere, any time.

Hello Everyone: I am still looking for Marion McLeod b. abt 1818/1819. Marion married Donald Arbuckle in North Uist in Apr. 1840. They came to Canada about 1855 and Marion Died in 1872. In looking over her childrens names, I see other names that do not fit into the Arbuckle line. Could these names fit in with the McLeods. William Charles McIVER Ewen MACQUEEN Andrew ALDCORN If anyone has these names in their research I would like to hear from you. Many Thanks Lorraine Ottawa, Canada P.S. Sorry if anyone receives this twice as I will be posting to another list.

Wonder if anyone can suggest a different method of approach for me. My gr-gr-gr grandfather William GRANT and wife Christian McGREGOR lived and brought up family in Cromdale around the 1790's when my gr-gr grandfather David GRANT was born in 1794. l have searched parish records for their marriage long ago but apparently the church was burnt down early in 1790's thus l can go back no further. Have also searched through FAMILYSEARCH using custom search and batch numbers and it certainly seems nothing there. Is there an alternative source l could have tried? Can anyone tell me what size Cromdale would have been during this period? l know Cromdale at this period was part of Inverness. Thank you all. On a warm sunny winters day Pamela Atkinson New Zealand

For Margaret Nixon I have Black's in the parish of Buittle. Can I help you. Cheers Liz Rigby

Hello from the W.Aust. Most of my research is for the Fishing families of PETTY & ARDERSIER. They didn't stay put depending on the fish and some of my family went over to Burghead. Have Monument Inscriptions been written for these area's as yet. I would love to be able to buy a book or fiche. When there was so many Main, Davidson and Ralph and others with the same christian names. I quess for some of the graves it would be already to late. In 95 I went to Burghead and there was a very old cemetery there in the town plus a very old Kirton at Hopeman. Does anyone know if they have been done or if there are plans. I have look at the Inverness East MI book so many times now. I will have to buy one of my own as the one in Perth at our genealogy society has been kept by a library member, which is a shame. bye Chris Dods Perth Western Australia

Does anyone on this list have a George Cameron married to Jessie Cameron b.April, 1825 in their family tree? I am trying to find out if George is the son of George and Marg.(Robertson) Cameron or if he is the son of John and Lillias (Fraser) Cameron. I would like to share information. Donna in VA

As I had promised a couple of days ago - here is the list of Mc/MacLeans from the four volumes of Cemetery Inscriptions from the South Shore of Nova Scotia.....I realize that there's not too many listed here as most stayed in the Pictou and northern shoreline area, but a few must have migrated to the southern part of N.S..... For your information over 170 headstones at Bridgewater Brookside Cemetery were badly damaged last month and I have set up a webpage on this - yet we are still trying to get a listing of all the names from the damaged headstones.... http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/brooksidedist.html This is all that I have - so please don't ask for any more information of the lineages - as I really don't have it...... Hope some of it is helpful in your search.... Bryan Keddy Halifax, N.S. My MacLean-Campbell Connection http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/akeddy/ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MC/MACLEAN'S IN THE SOUTH SHORE CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS (NOVA SCOTIA - CANADA) CHESTER OLD BAPTIST CEMETERY Blanche A. MacLean b. 17 Oct. 1874 - d. 8 Sept. 1939 (with Mary A. Pierson) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARK CEMETERY - MAHONE BAY Catherine Agnes McLean (wife of Rev. Frederick Friggens) 1863-1959 Ella Margaret MacLean 1862-1947 (wife of John Creighton Kaulback - daughter of John & Agnes MacLean) Charles A. MacLean b. 26 Oct. 1865 - d. 18 Oct. 1950 Selena J. (wife) 1868 - 1954 Lillian Agnes MacLean b. 24 Oct. 1903 - 21 Aug. 1908 John W. MacLean b. 10 Nov. 1835 - d. 25 May 1910 (born at Clyde N.S.) Agnes Elizabeth Blystaner (wife) b. 12 Sept. 1842 - d 7 Jan. 1919 William MacLean b. 27 Sept 1875 - d. 9 Oct. 1971 Jennie Martell Smeltzer (wife) b. 28 June 1883 - d. 27 Dec. 1964 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVERPOOL TRINITY ANGLICAN "NEW" CEMETERY J. Arthur McLean d. 07 Jan. 1949 L.D.G. Cook - no dates - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BAKERS SETTLEMENT CEMETERY Caleb E. McLean b. 1879 - d. 1968 Annie C. (wife) b. 1897 - 1963 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRIDGEWATER BROOKSIDE CEMETERY James A. McLean b. 25 Oct. 1852 d. 25 June 1924 Laura (1st wife) d. 6 March 1899 - 30 yrs Alexie McLean b. 22 Apr. 1893 d. 7 Feb. 1898 (dau) Abbie (Lovitt) - (2nd wife) b. 1865 d. 1929 Thomas McLean d. 10 Aug. 1918 - 23 yrs. (Capt - 85th Bn. N.S. Highlanders - C.E.F. "Killed in the great war" Daniel McLean b. 1936 d. 1991 (Father) - ------------------------------------------------------------------- HEMFORD COMMUNITY CEMETERY Daisy Evelyn McLean d. 1923 (dau. of Caleb & Annie) - 2 wks Annie M. McLean d. 3 Dec. 1890 - 4 yrs. William H. McLean d. 6 Dec. 1890 - 10 yrs. Leander McLean d. 11 Nov. 1903 - 21 yrs - (died at Fitchburg, Mass. - son of William & Catherine) William Alex McLean b. 16 May 1833 d. 24 Oct. 1910 Catherine (wife) b. 2 Mar. 1852 d. 5 Feb. 1894 - -----------------------------------------------------------------

Hello All, I am researching DUNBAR. I have lost a Hugh DUNBAR br. abt 1779 place unknown. Last known location for him was Stirlingshire. His wife was Jean CAMPBELL br. abt. 1779. Does anyone know of these ancestors? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Betty Researching: DUNBAR CAMPBELL WHITE BROWN LECKIE BRYCE PATERSON MCQUEEN MCMICHAEL AIRD <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*> "I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them." Isaac Asimov ................................................................ **Distance Learning Continuum http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/9714/ **HTML Help Guide http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/straylight/1174/ **Dunbar Genealogy (Under Construction!) http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/westmeath/9/ <*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*><*>

G'day Listers. My first posting to this list, and would like to find out more about James and Christina McKENZIE and their children, Eliza and Caroline, who emigrated to Australia on the John Davies in 1852. From the Disposal List of that ship, they came from Inverness, and James was an Agricultural Labourer. John would have been born about 1824 and Christina (LAWSON) was born about 1827. Any information would be greatfully received. Cheers, Bob McKenzie Australia mck@datafast.net.au

Debbie, I don't have the information you are seeking, but I'm very interested in the name "JOHN MURRAY". I'm researching Hendersons, Nicolsons, Jacobs, and McKinnons on Skye. My ggg-grandmother's name was Sophia (M.S. NICOLSON) JACOBS who was born in Kilmuir on Skye about 1827. She was married to Thomas JACOBS who evidently was a mariner in the Royal Marines (possibly from England). They had one child that I know of named Ann JACOBS who married my g-grandfather John Henderson in Govan, Lanarkshire in 1872. To get back to my connection to your research. Sophia (Nicolson) JACOBS died on Wentworth Street in Portree on 9-10-1886. According to her death record, her son John MURRAY was present at and registered the death. We don't have any MURRAYS in our family (that we know of) so I'm assuming this is a child by a relationship we don't know of yet. I also found on the 1881 census of Portree, a John MURRAY (presumably the same one), unmarried, age 20, born in Glasgow living with the Henderson family at 17 Wentworth Street in Portree. The whole family consists of: John Henderson, 37 Ann (Jacobs) Henderson 31 Joan (Johanna Jacobs) Henderson, 13 (daughter of Ann by a previous relationship) Sophia Henderson, 6 Donald Henderson, 4 Thomas Henderson, 18 mos. Sophia Jacobs, widow, 42 (mother-in-law) John Murray, unmarried, 20 (brother-in-law) There seems to have been a lot of hanky-panky going on in this family and I haven't straightened it all out yet, but if my John Murray has any connection with your John Murray, I sure would like to know. My hope is perhaps a cousin, uncle or anything. Would love to hear from you. Pam in Illinois xcaliber@mc.net Researching in: Scotland - Henderson, McGilvray, Jacobs, Nicolson, MacKinnon Ireland - Doherty Sweden - Harte, Peterson, Nillson, Johnson England - Baldwin, Holden, Clements Hi everyone, John MURRAY is listed as 4 months old in the 1881 census with his parents. He was born in Kilmuir, Skye. Does anyone have access to the parish record film/fiche that might be able to check for his christening or birth date? Many thanks, Debbie in B.C.

> [SCT-INV-L] Kilmuir parish records Resent-Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 14:01:45 -0700 Resent-From: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 13:39:24 -0700 From: Debbie Derrick <dderrick@direct.ca> To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > Hi everyone, > John MURRAY is listed as 4 months old in the 1881 census with his > parents. He was born in Kilmuir, Skye. > Does anyone have access to the parish record film/fiche that might be > able to check for his christening or birth date? > Many thanks, > Debbie in B.C. Hi Debbie, 1880 comes under 'Civil Registration' for Scotland not parish records. If John is 4 months old he was likely born Nov-Dec. 1880. Salt Lake doesn't have the birth, marr. death films for 1880. Just 1855 to 75 + 1881 and 1891. You would have to get someone to look up the birth in Edinburgh. You might try for a sibling born abt. 1875 (if there was one) or another birth in 1881 (not likely) or 1891, to find his parents names and place of marriage. Do you have the parents marriage cert? It would be best to go to your Latter Day Saints Fam. Hist. centre to see if they can help you. Sometimes they have researchers names on file who will look up events at Edin. for a fee. regards. Maureeen Kuzyk

Hi everyone, John MURRAY is listed as 4 months old in the 1881 census with his parents. He was born in Kilmuir, Skye. Does anyone have access to the parish record film/fiche that might be able to check for his christening or birth date? Many thanks, Debbie in B.C.