Dear Listers Just to say thank you to everybody who replied to my enquiry re: the above subject. The information you gave will save valuable time on what will be a very brief visit to the library. Having said that I will get to know the routine for when I return (sounds like a Christopher Lee film), in October for a longer spell in front of a reader. Don't you just hate it when people don't wind the film back to the beginning. Regards Gordon Davidson

I have found -- I think -- a christening record for my gr-grandmother, Jane MacLean, christened February 21, 1826 in Strath, Inverness. Her parents are listed as Hector MacLean and Ann MacDonald. She had a brother, Lachlan but he may have gone to the U. S. before this time. Could someone please check the 1841 census to see if there is any information about this family. I downloaded the file myself but I can't open it. Marion Marham mmrbm@ameritech.net

Would SKS be able to do a look up for me in the 1841 and 1851 Censuses (and any subsequent census) for James & Ann Macpherson of either Chapelpark, Alvie, Inverness or Kingussie, Inverness? They had one child, Jamesina, in 1841 and possibly five children in 1851 (namely Jamesena, Alexander, Marjory, Even & William). Your help would be very much appreciated as I think this may be my family who migrated to South Africa, but I don't know exactly when. Thanks in anticipation, Dale Mathieson Perth, W Australia

In a message dated 25/04/00 11:12:02 AM Central Daylight Time, peter_mcdonald@sftw.com writes: have you contacted the MacDonald center up in Skye? They could probably get you some information. dave M. << Linda, if you join the following list in Inverness-shire the people on the list may be able to help you. I will post this message for you, but you need to join yourself via email to: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com Put Subscribe in the body of the message. They deal with all things in Inverness-shire including the 1841 and 1851 census, being they came in 1801 I do not know how to get information around that date... Do you have any other information on Jeanette's McDonald's parents names and which Port they came into and what Religion they were? That will help greatly... Hope this works out for you. They are a most agreeable bunch at this list, like the Ships List... Peter At 10:32 AM 4/25/00 -0500, you wrote: >HI PETER, I HAVE A GGGRANMOTHER JEANETTE MCDONALD BORN IN LEROY NEW >YORK, 08 JAN1850, HER FAMILY FROM INVERNESS, SHE NAMED MY GRANMOTHER >KITTY REID AFTER A FAMILY MEMBER IN INVERNESS, I DON'T HAVE INFO ON >JEANETTE'S FAMILY, JEANETTE WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED PIONEER IN OUR TOWN AS >A MID WIFE NURSE/DOCTOR OF HER DAY, SHE MARRIED GEORGE WILBUR PORTER, >THEY ARE BOTH BURIED IN OUR HOMETOWN OF RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN,PLEASE >SHARE INFO THAT MAY HELP ME ON MY SEARCH, I WILL PAY A REASONABLE FEE >FOR SOME OF YOUR INFORMATION THAT CAN SEND ME ON MY JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY >OF INFORMATION. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED, GOD BLESS YOU,LINDA PREI >FROM RHINELANDER WI. PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME > >Peter J. McDonald wrote: > > > Here is the site for this ship... > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/dove1.htm > > > > If you go the Ships list Archive, this is where you will find the above > > documents. > > http://www.chignecto.net/TheShipsList > > > > and "View the Archive", > > then "Search TheShipsList" > > you can look for: Port of Entry, Ship name, Date, whatever > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > For the Mariners List Archive, you can also search there it is also a > > valuable resource. > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >>

Looking for information on Francis FRASER and his wife Helen McKENZIE of Inverness who had the following children: (1) Murdoch, b. 1800; (2) John, b. 1806; (3) Elizabeth, b. 1807; (4) Helen, b. 1810; and (5) William, b. 1816; perhaps others. Helen married Donald YOUNG, a plasterer in Inverness. Elizabeth married Simon FRASER, brewer, Fraser's Street. There was a Fraser's Brewery in Fraser's Street around 1840. Anyone know anything about this brewery and the Alexander FRASER who apparently owned it? Thanks, Joe Broom

I am interested in exchanging information with anyone with a Clark connection in the parish of Croy in Inverness-shire and Cawdor in Nairnshire. Specifically, I am looking to make connections concerning the descendants of William Clark and Lydia Rose (m. 1749) of Cawdor and Croy. They had descendants who lived in Inverness (including Rev. Alexander Clark of Inverness), Croy (including MacGILLIGANS), Cawdor -- at Wester Barevan -- and Nairn (MacPHAILS and GRANTS). I have posted what I currently have on this family on-line at http://www.goodlyheritage.org/clark There is other information on the Clarks and Barevan at http://www.goodlyheritage.org/nairn/clark.html Appreciate any information, and perhaps you might find a connection if you have ancestors in the above-mentioned parishes. Joe Broom

Gordon, Saw message regarding Inverness Library. No you will not need to book a reader - first come, first served!! Alistair MacLeod, Highland Genealogist is the man in charge. Tel: 01463-236463, you can make an appointment with him The Registrars at Dingwall might be able to help with BMD's after 1855. Regards, Elizabeth

Gordon, you should join the Inverness Group as they have a lot of knowledge about this area. I will pass your message onto the group.. Whereabouts are you relations from in Inverness-shire? SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com Put Subscribe in the body of the message. Peter At 11:34 AM 4/24/00 +0100, you wrote: >Have decided to give up on my direct line for the time being. > >So I am up in Strathconon next week and am hoping to fit in a few hours to >look up the McDonald, Gordon and McKenzie side of my family. Could anyone >tell me if I will have to book a reader at Inverness Library, and what their >e-mail address is? Also is there anywhere else in that area that holds >records I can view, a little closer to where I am staying? I am staying in >Strathconon itself. > >Regards > >Gordon Davidson. > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This message was sent to you by the Scots Origins User Discussion Group, >to reply scots-origins@eGroups.com > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to: scots-origins-unsubscribe@eGroups.com

Linda, if you join the following list in Inverness-shire the people on the list may be able to help you. I will post this message for you, but you need to join yourself via email to: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com Put Subscribe in the body of the message. They deal with all things in Inverness-shire including the 1841 and 1851 census, being they came in 1801 I do not know how to get information around that date... Do you have any other information on Jeanette's McDonald's parents names and which Port they came into and what Religion they were? That will help greatly... Hope this works out for you. They are a most agreeable bunch at this list, like the Ships List... Peter At 10:32 AM 4/25/00 -0500, you wrote: >HI PETER, I HAVE A GGGRANMOTHER JEANETTE MCDONALD BORN IN LEROY NEW >YORK, 08 JAN1850, HER FAMILY FROM INVERNESS, SHE NAMED MY GRANMOTHER >KITTY REID AFTER A FAMILY MEMBER IN INVERNESS, I DON'T HAVE INFO ON >JEANETTE'S FAMILY, JEANETTE WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED PIONEER IN OUR TOWN AS >A MID WIFE NURSE/DOCTOR OF HER DAY, SHE MARRIED GEORGE WILBUR PORTER, >THEY ARE BOTH BURIED IN OUR HOMETOWN OF RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN,PLEASE >SHARE INFO THAT MAY HELP ME ON MY SEARCH, I WILL PAY A REASONABLE FEE >FOR SOME OF YOUR INFORMATION THAT CAN SEND ME ON MY JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY >OF INFORMATION. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED, GOD BLESS YOU,LINDA PREI >FROM RHINELANDER WI. PLEASE STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME > >Peter J. McDonald wrote: > > > Here is the site for this ship... > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/dove1.htm > > > > If you go the Ships list Archive, this is where you will find the above > > documents. > > http://www.chignecto.net/TheShipsList > > > > and "View the Archive", > > then "Search TheShipsList" > > you can look for: Port of Entry, Ship name, Date, whatever > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > For the Mariners List Archive, you can also search there it is also a > > valuable resource. > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > It gets more valuable every day thanks to your contributions... > > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > > TO UNSUB FROM LIST - mailto:TheShipsList-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > TO UNSUB FROM DIGEST - mailto:TheShipsList-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > > Leave Subject Line empty * Put Only: UNSUBSCRIBE in body of message > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > >

There are no Edwin Sandison in the Highland or Lowlands cd 1881 census but over 600 matches using the surname only. To enable a proper lookup more info is required such as age, date of birth, married? children? where born. If he is a child name of parents. any extra info will help John

Hi everyone, Sorry to send this to the whole list, but I had a huge computer crash back around Christmas, and I'm just recovering. BUT I've lost the email address of Elizabeth . -- I don't know her last name! -- who's been of extraordinary help to me on my Munros and my Davidsons. Anyway, Elizabeth, I just wanted to drop a note to say I don't know whether you've written to me in the past few months, but in any case I'm by no means an ingrate! :) A thousand thanks and a thousand again for all your efforts. Take care! Pat

If someone of you great Scots have the time, would you please check out the name Sandison, Edwin , in the 81 or 91 Sct. census for me. I have a dear friend who is asking me to try and get some info on him. Thanks, Palmer Fraser Donald Thompson

Dear John, I was most interested in your posting as my CAMERONS sailed to Australia from the Fort William area in 1854.They weren't on this listing and I will look forward to checking the rest of the census as you put it on the list Thank you, Marilyn Cameron John Urie wrote: > This is part of over 13,000 indexed entries of the 1841 census in the > Fort William area. If you find this of use I will publish the rest by > place name over the next few weeks. > > 1841 census parish Mall > PLACE Lochyside > NGRID REF NN1175 > HOUSE FNAME SURNAME SEX MARRIED AGE OCCUPATION BIRTHPLACE BIRTHREF > 15 ANN KENNEDY F W 60 N > 15 MARY KENNEDY F 30 N > 15 ALEX KENNEDY M 26 FISHER(SALMON) N > 15 EWAN GRAHAM M 5 Y 090X > 16 JANET CAMERON F W 60 N > 16 DONALD CAMERON M 35 FISHER(SALMON) N > 16 EWAN CAMERON M 25 FISHER(SALMON) N > 16 ALLAN CAMERON M 20 FISHER(SALMON) N > 16 MARY MACINTOSH F 12 N > 17 JANET CAMERON F W 60 N > 17 EWAN CAMERON M 30 FISHER(SALMON) N > 17 MARY CAMERON F 20 SERV.FEMALE Y 090X > 17 CATHERINE MACDONALD F W 80 Y 090X > 18 CHARLES YOUNG M 50 AG.LAB. N > 18 PAMELIA YOUNG F 45 N > 18 COLIN YOUNG M 15 Y 090X > 18 BELL YOUNG F 10 Y 090X > 18 JEAN YOUNG F 8 Y 090X > 18 MARY YOUNG F 5 Y 090X > 19 CATHERINE CAMERON F 35 Y 090X > 19 MARY CAMERON F 80 Y 090X > 19 ELIZABETH CAMERON F 10 Y 090X > 19 SARAH CAMERON F 7 Y 090X > 19 CHARLES CAMERON M 5 Y 090X > 20 JOHN CAMERON M 54 AG.LAB. Y 090X > 20 DUNCAN CAMERON M 14 Y 090X > 21 MARY MACDOUGALL F W 40 Y 090X > 21 DUNCAN MACDOUGALL M 19 AG.LAB. N > 21 MARY MACPHEE F W 80 Y 090X > 22 EWAN RANKIN M 70 AG.LAB. Y 090X > 22 CATHERINE RANKIN F 50 N > 22 DONALD RANKIN M 12 Y 090X > 22 CHRISTIAN RANKIN F 10 Y 090X > 22 ANN RANKIN F 8 Y 090X > 23 JOHN MACINTYRE M 60 BOATBUILDER Y 090X > 23 CATHERINE MACINTYRE F 60 Y 090X > 23 ISABELLA MACPHEE F W 37 Y 090X > 23 ALEX MACPHEE M 10 Y 090X > 23 EWAN MACPHEE M 6 Y 090X > 23 DONALD MACPHEE M 2 Y 090X > 23 MARY MACPHEE F 24 Y 090X > 24 DONALD MACDONALD M 60 AG.LAB. Y 090X > 24 MARY MACDONALD F 60 N > 24 JOHN MACDONALD M 25 FISHER N > 24 GRACE MACDONALD F 24 N > 25 ALEX CAMERON M 40 AG.LAB. Y 090X > 25 CATHERINE CAMERON F 40 Y 090X > 25 ALEX CAMERON M 12 Y 090X > 25 JANET CAMERON F 8 Y 090X > 25 CATHERINE MACKINNON F W 80 Y 090X

John I am interested in the census data you have. I would be pleased to see you post it. Thanks for taking the effort, John McIntosh

I know that I would definately be interested in seeing the rest of this census and would like to place it on my Scotland Glens website for all to be able to use... (with your approval - that is!)...... Please get back to me and I will start setting up the database..... Scotland Glens - http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bryanfkeddy/Glen1.html Bryan Keddy Halifax, N.S.

Pam has expressed my sentiments precisely! Lyndall, Canberra ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I also immensely enjoyed the letters of Willie McQueen. It gave me more of > a sense of the times he lived in. Please convey my thanks to him. I'll > miss those stories coming in every day. Wish they could have gone on > forever. Thanks to Willie and yourself for taking the time to share them > with the rest of us who are hungry for knowledge about Scotland then and > now. > > Pam in Illinois > > ______________________________

I was wondering if any Invernessians on the list might know whether there exists a portrait or picture of the Rev. Alexander Clark, founder of the West Church, who served in Inverness from the 1830's - 1850's. I am also seeking contact with anyone who may have information regarding his family. Thanks. Joe Broom

This is part of over 13,000 indexed entries of the 1841 census in the Fort William area. If you find this of use I will publish the rest by place name over the next few weeks. 1841 census parish Mall PLACE Lochyside NGRID REF NN1175 HOUSE FNAME SURNAME SEX MARRIED AGE OCCUPATION BIRTHPLACE BIRTHREF 15 ANN KENNEDY F W 60 N 15 MARY KENNEDY F 30 N 15 ALEX KENNEDY M 26 FISHER(SALMON) N 15 EWAN GRAHAM M 5 Y 090X 16 JANET CAMERON F W 60 N 16 DONALD CAMERON M 35 FISHER(SALMON) N 16 EWAN CAMERON M 25 FISHER(SALMON) N 16 ALLAN CAMERON M 20 FISHER(SALMON) N 16 MARY MACINTOSH F 12 N 17 JANET CAMERON F W 60 N 17 EWAN CAMERON M 30 FISHER(SALMON) N 17 MARY CAMERON F 20 SERV.FEMALE Y 090X 17 CATHERINE MACDONALD F W 80 Y 090X 18 CHARLES YOUNG M 50 AG.LAB. N 18 PAMELIA YOUNG F 45 N 18 COLIN YOUNG M 15 Y 090X 18 BELL YOUNG F 10 Y 090X 18 JEAN YOUNG F 8 Y 090X 18 MARY YOUNG F 5 Y 090X 19 CATHERINE CAMERON F 35 Y 090X 19 MARY CAMERON F 80 Y 090X 19 ELIZABETH CAMERON F 10 Y 090X 19 SARAH CAMERON F 7 Y 090X 19 CHARLES CAMERON M 5 Y 090X 20 JOHN CAMERON M 54 AG.LAB. Y 090X 20 DUNCAN CAMERON M 14 Y 090X 21 MARY MACDOUGALL F W 40 Y 090X 21 DUNCAN MACDOUGALL M 19 AG.LAB. N 21 MARY MACPHEE F W 80 Y 090X 22 EWAN RANKIN M 70 AG.LAB. Y 090X 22 CATHERINE RANKIN F 50 N 22 DONALD RANKIN M 12 Y 090X 22 CHRISTIAN RANKIN F 10 Y 090X 22 ANN RANKIN F 8 Y 090X 23 JOHN MACINTYRE M 60 BOATBUILDER Y 090X 23 CATHERINE MACINTYRE F 60 Y 090X 23 ISABELLA MACPHEE F W 37 Y 090X 23 ALEX MACPHEE M 10 Y 090X 23 EWAN MACPHEE M 6 Y 090X 23 DONALD MACPHEE M 2 Y 090X 23 MARY MACPHEE F 24 Y 090X 24 DONALD MACDONALD M 60 AG.LAB. Y 090X 24 MARY MACDONALD F 60 N 24 JOHN MACDONALD M 25 FISHER N 24 GRACE MACDONALD F 24 N 25 ALEX CAMERON M 40 AG.LAB. Y 090X 25 CATHERINE CAMERON F 40 Y 090X 25 ALEX CAMERON M 12 Y 090X 25 JANET CAMERON F 8 Y 090X 25 CATHERINE MACKINNON F W 80 Y 090X

I'd like to add my thanks to Willie and the Larimers for the stories. The stories reminded me of my Grandfather (another William) from Banffshire. My Grandfather, too, would say that he had no more to say and would make a great show of meaning just what he said. But I don't think he did mean it. Better that everything should be lost than given too cheap. So maybe Willie will have more to say if he comes to believe that we will look after it carefully.

I also immensely enjoyed the letters of Willie McQueen. It gave me more of a sense of the times he lived in. Please convey my thanks to him. I'll miss those stories coming in every day. Wish they could have gone on forever. Thanks to Willie and yourself for taking the time to share them with the rest of us who are hungry for knowledge about Scotland then and now. Pam in Illinois