Hello Barbara, Welcome to the list. I had been searching online for some years for the grave of my relatives who died on Islay in the mid-late 19th Century but discovered very little until we actually went there last year. We went I think to the Bowmore Library where there is someone genealogical information and quite quickly found my relatives' stone in the graveyard of the Round Kirk. No doubt it would be harder if your ancestor was buried in a different area but I think they could help you. Roger McWee was very helpful but I don't know whether he is still on the list as he was ill recently. Hope this helps. Cheers, Mary

 HiMy name is barbara Douglas and I have just joined this list. My great grandfather James Forbes lived on Islay between 1884 and 1886 and then again between 1910 and 1919 when he died (he is buried in Bowmore Cemetery). He was Factor to the Islay Estate in each of these periods. I'm also researching his daughter Gracie Forbes (married name McKillop) whose husband was Factor from 1919 to about 1935. They had a son known in the family as Hamish, but is Seamus on his birth certificate. He died on Islay in 1933 at the age of 15 and I'd love to know where he is buried so I can visit his grave when I come to visit Islay. I wondered if anyone might have any information? With many thanks and best wishesBarbara 

Received OK. On 9 Apr 2016 18:44, Sue Visser via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Here’s a new leaflet that you can download with info on distilleries and other goodies: > > http://blog.islayinfo.com/article.php/islay-distillery-tours-leaflet-2016 > > ------------------------------- > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Is this a test of messages getting through? If so - I got it thanks. Makes me want to visit Islay again ..... Cheers. Mary On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 9:42 PM, T. Ileach S. via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Test run > > ------------------------------- > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. Please don't do it. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Got it Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: T. Ileach S. via Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 4:42 PM To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com ; George T. H.(catfish) Shaw Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Test run Test run ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Received George. -----Original Message----- From: T. Ileach S. via Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 4:42 PM To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com ; George T. H.(catfish) Shaw Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Test run Test run ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here’s a new leaflet that you can download with info on distilleries and other goodies: http://blog.islayinfo.com/article.php/islay-distillery-tours-leaflet-2016

Thanks Sue, yes familiar with this concept, do them here with the Society of Australian Genealogist. Will have to check this out after Christmas Candy -----Original Message----- From: sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sue Visser via Sent: Sunday, 13 December 2015 2:36 PM To: SCT-ISLAY-L Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Webinar Today I participated in my first webinar. For those not familiar with the word – seminar + the web = webinar, It was excellent. If you are on Facebook, check out Scottish Genealogy. There will be more webinars on other topics. Today, the topic was Down and Out in Scotland with speaker Chris Paton. It was an info packed presentation and I was glad to hear that there’s a book on the same topic since my scribbled notes just increased my interest. (available through globalgenealogy dot com) 1. Family events and relationships a.. a.. Illegitimacy b.. Foundlings, orphans and adoption c.. Marriage, bigamy and divorce d.. Homosexuality e.. Death b.. 2. Law and order a.. The Kirk b.. The Crown c.. Franchise and burgh courts d.. Criminal prosecution e.. Murder f.. Additional courts g.. Police and prison records h.. Transportation i.. Execution c.. 3. Poverty a.. The Old Poor Law b.. The New Poor Law c.. The records d.. 4. Debt a.. Put to the horn b.. Debts upon inheritance c.. Cessio bonorum and sequestration e.. 5. Medical problems a.. Hospital records b.. Asylums c.. Suicide d.. Accidents f.. 6. Them and us a.. The Covenanters and the Killing Time b.. The Jacobite rebellions c.. The expulsion of the Gael d.. The vote “ ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Lola, Not sure if you already have all this, but I once made a record of children of Donald McCaig and Betsy Brown: Ann (1806), John (1809), Mary (yours), Margaret (1813), Alex (1815) and Marion (1818). Extended families sometimes shared accommodations, so could Hugh have ended up living with one of them - somewhere off Islay? Brick walls are a pain. Dixie Cutler On Dec 13, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Lola Cook via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I am trying to trace my elusive grandfather, Hugh Stewart (b. 1846) of > Kildalton, Islay. He joined the army at 17 into the 73rd Foot (which later > > His father was John Stewart, b. 1814 on Islay and was a Tinsmith. Mother > was Mary McCaig b. 1816, d. 1872 in Bowmore (her parents were Donald McCaig > and Betsy Brown). >

I am trying to trace my elusive grandfather, Hugh Stewart (b. 1846) of Kildalton, Islay. He joined the army at 17 into the 73rd Foot (which later became the Black Watch) June 1864 to Nov. 6, 1876 and qualified as a Chelsea Pensioner. He was listed in various census records as a Mason's Labourer. He married Catherine McEwing in Campbeltown on Dec. 3, 1885. My father, Robert McEwing Stewart was born on July 25, 1886 in Campbeltown. There is no further record of Hugh Stewart..no census, no death records. I am trying to find out what happened to him. Hoped to find when his Chelsea Pension stopped, indicating his death, but no luck there. He suffered from tuberculosis so unlikely that he emigrated. Can anyone assist me? His father was John Stewart, b. 1814 on Islay and was a Tinsmith. Mother was Mary McCaig b. 1816, d. 1872 in Bowmore (her parents were Donald McCaig and Betsy Brown). His siblings - Robert b. 1844; John b. 1848; Mary b. 1850; Susan b. 1854. Both Robert and John were in the Police force in Glasgow. Robert died in the Bowmore Poorhouse of tuberculosis (sister Mary had died at age 16 of TB). Hoping to smash my brickwall! Thank you! Lola Cook (nee McEwing) lola.cook@shaw.ca

I just checked our local library and they have a copy of Down and Out in Scotland. Perhaps your library has a copy too – or get it via inter-library loan. Cheers, Sue Visser

Today I participated in my first webinar. For those not familiar with the word – seminar + the web = webinar, It was excellent. If you are on Facebook, check out Scottish Genealogy. There will be more webinars on other topics. Today, the topic was Down and Out in Scotland with speaker Chris Paton. It was an info packed presentation and I was glad to hear that there’s a book on the same topic since my scribbled notes just increased my interest. (available through globalgenealogy dot com) 1. Family events and relationships a.. a.. Illegitimacy b.. Foundlings, orphans and adoption c.. Marriage, bigamy and divorce d.. Homosexuality e.. Death b.. 2. Law and order a.. The Kirk b.. The Crown c.. Franchise and burgh courts d.. Criminal prosecution e.. Murder f.. Additional courts g.. Police and prison records h.. Transportation i.. Execution c.. 3. Poverty a.. The Old Poor Law b.. The New Poor Law c.. The records d.. 4. Debt a.. Put to the horn b.. Debts upon inheritance c.. Cessio bonorum and sequestration e.. 5. Medical problems a.. Hospital records b.. Asylums c.. Suicide d.. Accidents f.. 6. Them and us a.. The Covenanters and the Killing Time b.. The Jacobite rebellions c.. The expulsion of the Gael d.. The vote “

 As requested, thank you for your interest. Rose BrownOntario, Canada   ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message