Sandy, I was excited to see your message as I am sure we must be part of the same family. I am descended from Alexander McMillan and Anne Carmichael of Islay. I visited there last May and my one big recommendation is for you to buy the Ordnance Survey Maps Explorer 353 & 352 at the Celtic House shop in Bowmore before you search for the farms. The farms are clearly marked on these maps and make searching much easier. I am busy here right now with Memorial Day activities but hope to compare our family history soon. Adele Bowden ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Carmichael" <sjcarmichael@earthlink.net> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 12:04 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] visit to Islay > Hi Folks > > My cousin and I are planing to visit Islay in June, and the area where our > great-great grandparents and their families farmed. (Cattaqdale, > Mullindry) I'm wondering if any of you who've visited Islay could suggest > persons whom we might contact there? > > Cheers > Sandy Carmichael > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MAILING LIST - HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE - HOW TO > CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, ETC, ETC...: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/maillist.htm > > >

Hi Russ Sorry for the delay in responding. I was up visiting Dad this week and asked him if he knew about any McGillivrays on Islay. No luck. Sorry. Regards Iain -----Original Message----- From: Russ McGillivray [mailto:russmcgillivray@hotmail.com] Sent: 23 May 2006 09:35 To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] McGilvrays of Islay Iain, Saw mention of your elderly grandfather. I am doing a family tree of all of the McGilvray families on Islay and their relations and wonder if he has any knowledge or stories about McGilvrays. Russ McGillivray >From: "Iain & Margaret MacIntosh" <margaret.macintosh@bigfoot.com> >Reply-To: <margaret.macintosh@bigfoot.com> >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [SCT-ISLAY] McEachern's of Islay >Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 12:06:39 +0100 > >I was up visiting Neil Balameanach on Saturday. Unfortunately he no longer >keeps his herd or supplies milk. Still a great character but enjoys his >porridge. > >Regards > >Iain >-----Original Message----- >From: seann mhaighdean [mailto:seannmhaighdean@yahoo.co.uk] >Sent: 20 May 2006 09:32 >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] McEachern's of Islay > >Neil McEachern farms at Ballymeanach, a ten minute walk out of Portnahaven >towards Cladville. Erstwhile supplier of the best creamy milk you could >ever >hope to pour on your porridge. > slainte, > SM > > > > Peter.Bottomley@nab.com.au wrote: > >Hi all, > >Am hoping someone can assist with information on the McEachern family. I am >descended from Donald McEacherna and Mary Hill of Bridgend. > >Am looking for information on Donald's brother John and his family who >farmed at Leek Gruissart from 1840's through to 1900's. > >Donald's son James died at Leek Gruissart aged 93 in 1901, leaving a son >Donald who was 47 at the time. I don't know if Donald ever married or died >a batchelor. > >James' brother Neil returned to Islay from Glasgow in the 1840's following >the death of his wife, Neil and three of his children Alexander, Donald and >Mary lived at Leek Gruissart but don't know what happened to them. > >According to some sources there are supposed to be descendants of this >family still on Islay, but I have not been able to locate them. Any help >would be appreciated. > >Regards > >Peter Bottomley > > > > >National Australia Bank Ltd - ABN 12 004 044 937 >This email may contain confidential information. If you are not the >intended >recipient, please immediately notify us at postmaster@nab.com.au or by >replying to the sender, and then destroy all copies of this email. Except >where this email indicates otherwise, views expressed in this email are >those of the sender and not of National Australia Bank Ltd. Advice in this >email does not take account of your objectives, financial situation, or >needs. It is important for you to consider these matters and, if the e-mail >refers to a product(s), you should read the relevant Product Disclosure >Statement(s)/other disclosure document(s) before making any decisions. If >you do not want email marketing from us in future, forward this email with >"unsubscribe" in the subject line to Unsubscriptions@nab.com.au in order to >stop marketing emails from this sender. National Australia Bank Ltd does >not >represent that this email is free of errors, viruses or interference. > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the Virtual >Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm > > > >Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the Virtual >Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm > > > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== Click on this link for some wonderful stories, and general information about Islay: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/misc.htm

Hi Folks My cousin and I are planing to visit Islay in June, and the area where our great-great grandparents and their families farmed. (Cattaqdale, Mullindry) I'm wondering if any of you who've visited Islay could suggest persons whom we might contact there? Cheers Sandy Carmichael

Claire said : > You might want to read the book "A Dance Called America" Excellent book. Author: James Hunter Publisher: Mainstream Publishing ISBN: 1851588078 Cover Price: GB£ 9.99 Regards Les

Claire, You might want to read the book "A Dance Called America" I can't remember the author's name and I borrowed someone else's book so I don't have it handy. Anyway, the book covered Scottish migration to different parts of Canada and the US. There are references in there to Islay but it is not all about Islay. However it does paint a great picture about what it was like to leave Scotland, travel the Atlantic, and arrive / live in America (Canada and USA). Christine Harenberg ----- Original Message ---- From: "Beamer, Claire &/or Yancey" <ybbeamer@verizon.net> To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:54:21 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Migration to Canada My ancestor was Robert McInnes. Family lore has him coming to Halifax as a young man. He told of remembering seeing icebergs. I've asked about him before without much luck. Actually this time I was looking for general information on migration from Islay to Canada (Ontario, Nova Scotia) up to about 1860ish that might be of interest to us all. That seems like such a black hole. Why they went, how they went, ships, etc. etc. The general historical facts are so interesting. Thanks again, Claire _____ From: SCT-ISLAY-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:SCT-ISLAY-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 5:55 AM To: SCT-ISLAY-D@rootsweb.com Subject: SCT-ISLAY-D Digest V06 #104 ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the Virtual Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm

We are taking our daughter on a tour of Scotland & plan to fly into Islay Aug 5 for 2 nites, & hopefully renting a car. I am looking for suggestions of B&B's that some of you have used in the past, &/or good hotel accommodations. Please feel free to contact me off list, as I know this can become quite controversial, as it is off subject. Thanks for any help you can give us. Dave & Edie Ferguson

Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: GILCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com > From: Jan Gilchrist <janginimo@shaw.ca> > Date: May 23, 2006 10:17:15 PM EDT > To: GILCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GILCHRIST-L] Gilchrist - Canada > Reply-To: GILCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com > > Hello, > I have been reading with interest all the Gilchrists popping out of > the woodwork. > I haven't made any connections yet but perhaps those reading will > find something I haven't. > My father Cecil Edward Gilchrist was born in Ridgeville, Manitoba > on December 7, 1916. > He just passed away this January in Winnipeg, Manitoba. > Here is some of our history - at least as much as I have managed to > put together. > > > Robert Gilchrist - born in Scotland about 1823 married Agness (born > about 1835. > they had 6 children: Andrew - born about 1852, Agnes - born about > 1855, Ellen - born 1860, Robert Jr, 1866, John - 1868, and Barbara > - 1871. > Robert Gilchrist Sr died in Ontario on Nov 11, 1887. > Agness died on April 28, 1871. > > Their son Andrew Gilchrist married Sarah Loane (born 1847). They > married on May 24,1873 in Toronto Ontario Canada. They had 6 > children: > Robert William - born Aug 27, 1874, died June 28, 1960 > Andrew - born Oct 9, 1876, died May, 1970 > John (Jack) born Aug 29, 1878 > Sarah Ann - born 1880 > James - died when he was 2 on Feb 5, 1882 > Cecil James - born Sept 26, 1887, died May 12, 1962. > > Their son Robert William married Harriet Matilda Stewart (born Nov > 19, 1886, died July 13), 1980 - in Ridgeville Manitoba on Nov 28, > 1909 > They had 9 children: > Alexander - born Sept 13, 1910 died Mar 29, 1990 > Barbara - born Nov 5, 1911 > Robert Andrew - born Nov 8, 1912, died Oct 1, 1971 > James Allen - born June 14, 1914, died July 23, 1952 > William John - born Sept 15, 1915 died Oct 19, 1955 > Cecil Edward - born Dec 7, 1916, died Jan 2006 > Sarah Matilda - born Oct 27, 1918 > Benjamin Victor - born Oct 18, 1923, died Aug 24, 1994 > Ruby Edith - born Sept 21, 1925 > > I noticed in one of the e-mails there was a mention of a Sarah > Ellis marrying a Robert Gilchrist. > My grandmother who married Robert William Gilchrist above - her > mother's name was Mathilda Jane Ellis and she married a Samuel > Victor Stewart. They were both born in Ontario, spent some time in > North Dakota I believe and then moved to Manitoba, Canada. > > Thank you and I hope this has been of some help. . . . . > > > > > > ==== GILCHRIST Mailing List ==== > To view listings of other GILCHRIST family histories, click on this > webpage http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/cleardex.htm >

I don't know if this address has been posted on the list, but it is good for anyone looking up marriages for Ontario. Try entering Islay in the search box! http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/thisisit.htm Regards, Carol Ontario

Hi Diana, I have read all the gravestones at Kilnave graveyard and the Church seperates the Old from the New, as you approach towards the Church the New is on the left. The graveyard is now recently published in the Argyll Colony Plus. Regards Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana" <dianado@shaw.ca> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:25 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] New Kilnave Graveyard > Hello again Listers! > > I'm wondering if anyone on the list can tell me where the New Kilnave Graveyard is on Islay? > I'd like to visit the gravesites of my ancestors on my trip to Islay. > > I know there is a Kilnave Chapel remains & churchyard about 8 miles from Port Charlotte but I don't know if the New Kilnave Graveyard is near? > > Can't seem to see it on my Landranger map of Islay. > > Thanks, > Diana in British Columbia, Canada > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > You can find older, archived messages from this mailing list by visiting: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/archive1.htm - and from April 1999, you can access archived messages at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCT-ISLAY > > >

Many thanks for the info Ron. Regards Janet, Ontario Ron McIntyre <ronmcintyre@rogers.com> wrote: Hi Janet: A furthr referenc copied below was found on web site URL: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia2.htm#1832 The text is in part as follows: Hugh Denoon of Pictou, writing to the Provincial Treasurer, Charles Wallace, on June 19, 1833, said: "a few Emigrants Say above 40-have landed here from Greenock." (PANS, Financial Mss., Revenue, Temporary Duties, Passenger Money, 1833). The Collector of Customs at Pictou, J.H. Noonan, collected passenger money from 50 people on the Charlotte Kerr. His date of entry, July 10, 1833, is evidently incorrect. (PANS, Vol. 282, Doc.85) Perhaps this might lead you to further information. ~Ron McIntyre, Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Farmer" To: Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 1:01 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY) Brig - Charlotte Kerr | Does anyone on the list have any more info on the following: | | Brig - Charlotte Kerr, 31 Oct 1832 Glasgow via Islay and Tobermory, 50 passengers, storm damage returned to Tobermory, landed Pictou in June 1833 | | Brig - Charlotte Kerr 1833 Islay 2 passengers. | | Regards | | Janet, Ontario | | | - ------------------------------- | Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice | | ______________________________ ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== You can find older, archived messages from this mailing list by visiting: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/archive1.htm - and from April 1999, you can access archived messages at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCT-ISLAY --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail - --------------------------------- Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane.

Hi Janet: A furthr referenc copied below was found on web site URL: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/novascotia2.htm#1832 The text is in part as follows: Hugh Denoon of Pictou, writing to the Provincial Treasurer, Charles Wallace, on June 19, 1833, said: "a few Emigrants Say above 40-have landed here from Greenock." (PANS, Financial Mss., Revenue, Temporary Duties, Passenger Money, 1833). The Collector of Customs at Pictou, J.H. Noonan, collected passenger money from 50 people on the Charlotte Kerr. His date of entry, July 10, 1833, is evidently incorrect. (PANS, Vol. 282, Doc.85) Perhaps this might lead you to further information. ~Ron McIntyre, Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Farmer" <janet_a_farmer@yahoo.ca> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 1:01 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY) Brig - Charlotte Kerr | Does anyone on the list have any more info on the following: | | Brig - Charlotte Kerr, 31 Oct 1832 Glasgow via Islay and Tobermory, 50 passengers, storm damage returned to Tobermory, landed Pictou in June 1833 | | Brig - Charlotte Kerr 1833 Islay 2 passengers. | | Regards | | Janet, Ontario | | | - ------------------------------- | Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice | | ______________________________

Hi Diana, First let me answer your McKechnie - McEachern question - with notes I keep in my McKechnie family file: McKechnie is the english spelling of the family name. There are a number of variations in the spelling that have been found in the records. Variation are due to the translation of the McKechnie name from gaelic to english plus the accuracy and literacy (or lack thereof) of transcribers - both original transcription, through the years and current transcriptions. The most common spelling of our McKechnie family as found in the Islay, Scotland OPR records on Steves Islay site was...McKichan. The other spellings which were found: McKeachan, McKeachen, McKechnie, McKeichan, McKiachan, McKichan, McMichan + a few with Mac vs Mc. That being said, I have conducted extensive research on my McKechnie family in Islay and Ontario (mainly Cheltenham, Chinguacousy Twp. and Toronto) including those that have relocated from those two geographical areas to other parts of Scotland and North America. The earliest McKechnie record we have located start with Neil McKechnie and Martha Smith on Islay in the mid to late 1700's. Three sons of Neil and Martha immigrated to Ontario - Duncan (to Cheltenham 1831), Archibald (to Snelgrove, Chinguacousy Twp. 1833) and Donald (to Priceville Ontario 1847). If these names strike a cord with you then maybe we can help you. By the way I have a data base of all the Ontario Birth, Marriage and Deaths registrations from 1869 to the most current year of release (which varies depending on B-M-D). Islay farms that my McKechnie family worked on Islay were Daill, Gortanilivorrie and Gartloist, all located near Bowmore. One son of Neil and Martha was a tailor in Bowmore (Duncan) .One grandson returned to Islay to die - he died in Smaull. You do not mention first names nor Islay locations in your email so I covered the waterfront in my response. If we can help you do not hesitate to ask. Doug Young Punta Gorda, Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana" <dianado@shaw.ca> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 1:23 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] McEachern/McKechnie of Islay > Hello again, Listers! > > Just wondering if someone can tell me if McKECHNIE is a variant spelling > of McEACHERN? > > I have an ancestor who is a McKECHNIE from Islay but I haven't found that > surname in the census that I've searched so far for Islay. > > Is anyone familiar with the surname McKECHNIE from Islay? > > Thanks, > Diana in British Columbia, Canada > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > You can find older, archived messages from this mailing list by visiting: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/archive1.htm - and from April > 1999, you can access archived messages at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCT-ISLAY > >

Iain, Saw mention of your elderly grandfather. I am doing a family tree of all of the McGilvray families on Islay and their relations and wonder if he has any knowledge or stories about McGilvrays. Russ McGillivray >From: "Iain & Margaret MacIntosh" <margaret.macintosh@bigfoot.com> >Reply-To: <margaret.macintosh@bigfoot.com> >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [SCT-ISLAY] McEachern's of Islay >Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 12:06:39 +0100 > >I was up visiting Neil Balameanach on Saturday. Unfortunately he no longer >keeps his herd or supplies milk. Still a great character but enjoys his >porridge. > >Regards > >Iain >-----Original Message----- >From: seann mhaighdean [mailto:seannmhaighdean@yahoo.co.uk] >Sent: 20 May 2006 09:32 >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] McEachern's of Islay > >Neil McEachern farms at Ballymeanach, a ten minute walk out of Portnahaven >towards Cladville. Erstwhile supplier of the best creamy milk you could >ever >hope to pour on your porridge. > slainte, > SM > > > > Peter.Bottomley@nab.com.au wrote: > >Hi all, > >Am hoping someone can assist with information on the McEachern family. I am >descended from Donald McEacherna and Mary Hill of Bridgend. > >Am looking for information on Donald's brother John and his family who >farmed at Leek Gruissart from 1840's through to 1900's. > >Donald's son James died at Leek Gruissart aged 93 in 1901, leaving a son >Donald who was 47 at the time. I don't know if Donald ever married or died >a batchelor. > >James' brother Neil returned to Islay from Glasgow in the 1840's following >the death of his wife, Neil and three of his children Alexander, Donald and >Mary lived at Leek Gruissart but don't know what happened to them. > >According to some sources there are supposed to be descendants of this >family still on Islay, but I have not been able to locate them. Any help >would be appreciated. > >Regards > >Peter Bottomley > > > > >National Australia Bank Ltd - ABN 12 004 044 937 >This email may contain confidential information. If you are not the >intended >recipient, please immediately notify us at postmaster@nab.com.au or by >replying to the sender, and then destroy all copies of this email. Except >where this email indicates otherwise, views expressed in this email are >those of the sender and not of National Australia Bank Ltd. Advice in this >email does not take account of your objectives, financial situation, or >needs. It is important for you to consider these matters and, if the e-mail >refers to a product(s), you should read the relevant Product Disclosure >Statement(s)/other disclosure document(s) before making any decisions. If >you do not want email marketing from us in future, forward this email with >"unsubscribe" in the subject line to Unsubscriptions@nab.com.au in order to >stop marketing emails from this sender. National Australia Bank Ltd does >not >represent that this email is free of errors, viruses or interference. > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the Virtual >Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm > > > >Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the Virtual >Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm > > > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm >

Hi Diana, I don't know about you gals learning to shift with your left hand but us old geezers have had that down pat for many years. When your right arm was occupied keeping your girlfriend snuggled up close, you shifted with your left hand. Sure glad we didn't have seat belts when I was young. I have far more trouble judging the distance between the left fender and the parked cars. As others have said, there is not much traffic on the island itself. If you have a passenger, their "back seat driving" will be most welcome. Gareld McEathron In a message dated 5/21/2006 12:42:31 PM Central Daylight Time, SCT-ISLAY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Hello to All Listers! Just wondering if someone on the list can give me some driving tips as I'm from Canada and we drive on the opposite side of the road? I'm used to driving a standard or stick shift which is one advantage. Last year some kind soul on the list sent me an email with 'driving tips' but shortly after that my hard drive on my notebook computer was erased due to 'static electricity' from my carpet. And on top of that I had to postpone my trip to this year. Appreciate any help or suggestions, Diana in British Columbia, Canada Gareld R. McEathron 4622 Waycross Houston, TX 77035-3724 713-729-8594 _http://www.McEathron.com_ (http://www.mceathron.com/)

Don, Thank you so much for the web site info, it is still available. And thank you also for the info on John and Jene. I am not at all knowledgable on where to go for information for Scotland, so I am very thankful for all the help I have been given. Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: gend29@aol.com Date: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:42 pm Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] McNeil/McNabb To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com > Dee: > > "Gartrak" should read "Gartbreak." Sorry for the typo. - Don > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gend29@aol.com > To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 21 May 2006 23:37:38 -0400 > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] McNeil/McNabb > > > Dee: > > I found four children born to John McNeil and Jene McNabb in the > Baptisms at > Bowmore/Kilarrow, 1789-1819. > > Neil 25 Jul 1805 at Glenegale Farm > Katherine 8 Apr 1811 at Caonagary Farm > Mary 18 Jun 1816 at Gartrak Farm > Flora 7 Jun 1819 (Unknown) > > Since there is no record of a marriage between these two, it is > probably that > they were married in another Parish. I found this on > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/lds_fiche.htm > in 2001. Hope this helps, but I do not know if that site is still > available. > Don Davidson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dkieffaber@kc.rr.com > To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, 20 May 2006 16:44:24 -0500 > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] McNeil/McNabb > > > Would anyone know abt. a John McNeil(McNeill) who married Jene > McNabb > possibly around late 1700? Not sure if these folks would be my > Mary > Gillespie nee[McNeil]parents or not. John and Jene do have a dau. > Mary > born 1816 in Bowmore. > Thank you, > Dee > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Click on this link for information on others researching the same > families as > you HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/researchers/ > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to > 1875 visit: > HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm

Hello again Listers! I'm wondering if anyone on the list can tell me where the New Kilnave Graveyard is on Islay? I'd like to visit the gravesites of my ancestors on my trip to Islay. I know there is a Kilnave Chapel remains & churchyard about 8 miles from Port Charlotte but I don't know if the New Kilnave Graveyard is near? Can't seem to see it on my Landranger map of Islay. Thanks, Diana in British Columbia, Canada

Yes, I agree you do have to have your wits about you in NZ. I have been driving for 54 years, since I was 15 and I still drive to Wellington and back in a day sometimes-about 2 hours each way. The trouble here is too many young men with high testosterone and attitude. Sorry about the spelling errors in the last letter-typo errors in a hurry. I wish I could return to Islay, it is so evocative and peaceful. My time there was a very wonderful experience. I went to Canada in 2004 and that was great too but didn't do any driving. Celia.

Hi Diana: In a book on Scottish names it stated that that the name McEachern and McKechnie interchangeable. Sorry I can't put my hand on it at the moment. I have connections to the McKechnies. The following is a small portion of my family tree: Donald changed his name to Murdoch and Flora changed her name to McEachern Murphy,Donald, McEachern,Flory, Kilchoman Neil, 16,Jul,1822, *Murdoch, Donald McKechnie,Flora * Kilchoman Isabella 1823? Portnahaven Murphy,Donald, McEachern,Flory, Kilchoman *Mary, 31,Mar,1824, Murphy,Donald, McEachern,Flory, Kilchoman Catherine, 26,Jun,1826, (Note change of Catherin's name to Murdoch on her headstone) Murphy,Donald, McEachern,Flory, Kilchoman Donald, 20,Oct,1828, Murphy,Donald, McEachern,Flory, Kilchoman John 15,Dec,1830, Murphy,Donald, McEachern,Flory, Kilchoman Barbara 15,Dec,1830 Twins Murphy,Donald, McEachern,Flory, Kilchoman *William, 13,Jul,1833, Archibald ? (from death cert of Donald) Kilchoman 92 Donald Murdoch d 1865 age 80 sp of Flora McEachern Flora Murdoch nee McEachern *Mary ? nee Murdoch d 1846 age 20 dau Donald Murdoch and Flora McEachern *William Murdoch d 1836 1.1/2 son of Donald Murdoch and Flora McEachern Kilarrow Catherine Caskie nee Murdock d 10 Jan 1906 age 77 wife of Thomas Caskie (Her death cert says she was daughter of Donald Murdoch and Flora McEachern The above people were all from the Portnahaven/Kilchoman area. If you go to the birth deaths and marriages on Ted Larson's site you will find some McKechnies listed. You need also to check the McEachern name (all spellings!) Good luck Janet, Ontario Diana <dianado@shaw.ca> wrote: Hello again, Listers! Just wondering if someone can tell me if McKECHNIE is a variant spelling of McEACHERN? I have an ancestor who is a McKECHNIE from Islay but I haven't found that surname in the census that I've searched so far for Islay. Is anyone familiar with the surname McKECHNIE from Islay? Thanks, Diana in British Columbia, Canada ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== You can find older, archived messages from this mailing list by visiting: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/archive1.htm - and from April 1999, you can access archived messages at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCT-ISLAY --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail - --------------------------------- Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane.

May 22, 2006 Hello again to All! Just want to give a big 'Thank You' to Art, Celia & Richard for their help and suggestions regarding transportation and 'getting around' Islay when visiting. Much appreciated, Diana in British Columbia, Canada

Hi Diana: There is one McKechnie in the 1841 census at Ballygrant and 16 at vaious places in the 1851 census. See HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ Ted Diana wrote: >Hello again, Listers! > >Just wondering if someone can tell me if McKECHNIE is a variant spelling of McEACHERN? > >I have an ancestor who is a McKECHNIE from Islay but I haven't found that surname in the census that I've searched so far for Islay. > >Is anyone familiar with the surname McKECHNIE from Islay? > >Thanks, >Diana in British Columbia, Canada > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >You can find older, archived messages from this mailing list by visiting: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/archive1.htm - and from April 1999, you can access archived messages at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCT-ISLAY > > >. > > >