Hi Lyn, I would appreciate a copy of the file as well. Thanks so much, Allison > On Oct 29, 2015, at 1:00 AM, sct-islay-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > If no one has the link to the old excel spreadsheet transcriptions for > births - I can forward the file to you. > > Lynn > > (I was wondering if anyone can tell me a good source for looking at OPR > for either Kilchoman or Kilmeny pre 1850? I've already looked through > the Killarrow and Kildalton ones located at > http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm <http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm>.

Lynn I would also love to see the transcriptions for births especially for Kilmeny. Thank you very much, Pat > On Oct 28, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Lynn Seamark via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > If no one has the link to the old excel spreadsheet transcriptions for > births - I can forward the file to you. > > Lynn > > (I was wondering if anyone can tell me a good source for looking at OPR > for either Kilchoman or Kilmeny pre 1850? I've already looked through > the Killarrow and Kildalton ones located at > http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm. > > Rebecca ) > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 >

Would love a copy too if anyone does Candy Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Seamark via Sent: Thursday, 29 October 2015 5:24 AM To: Rebecca Campbell; sct-islay@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Birth Registries Pre 1850 Hi, If no one has the link to the old excel spreadsheet transcriptions for births - I can forward the file to you. Lynn (I was wondering if anyone can tell me a good source for looking at OPR for either Kilchoman or Kilmeny pre 1850? I've already looked through the Killarrow and Kildalton ones located at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm. Rebecca ) ------------------------------- 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

Ditto. I would love to see this file. -Jean Bailey > On Oct 28, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Lynn Seamark via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > If no one has the link to the old excel spreadsheet transcriptions for > births - I can forward the file to you. > > Lynn > > (I was wondering if anyone can tell me a good source for looking at OPR > for either Kilchoman or Kilmeny pre 1850? I've already looked through > the Killarrow and Kildalton ones located at > http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm. > > Rebecca ) > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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

Go to familysearch.org register....no fee. Go up to "Family Tree and down to "find" In the search engine put in a last name: I just put in McIntyre for a sample In birthplace, put your parish: I just put in Kilchoman... Search It will bring up the OPR records for that surname in that parish; it will bring up that surname in that place for any year that has been uploaded on Familytree Do same for any surname in any parish The difference between using the Family Tree/Find and the "search" tap is that you bring up your person with connections to others that folks have put in. "Search" will bring up your person in a record, perhaps showing parents or others in the records. Barbara L. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

I would like to be included in the list. Thank you Darcy > > If no one has the link to the > old excel spreadsheet transcriptions for > births - I can forward the file to you. > > Lynn > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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, If no one has the link to the old excel spreadsheet transcriptions for births - I can forward the file to you. Lynn (I was wondering if anyone can tell me a good source for looking at OPR for either Kilchoman or Kilmeny pre 1850? I've already looked through the Killarrow and Kildalton ones located at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm. Rebecca )

Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone can tell me a good source for looking at OPR for either Kilchoman or Kilmeny pre 1850? I've already looked through the Killarrow and Kildalton ones located at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rebecca

I would also be interested in seeing the Kilchoman OPR information pre 1850.. My links are McIntyre, MacDougall & MacGillivray. Mary McIntyre, Wellington NZ -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 29/10/15, Lynn Seamark via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Birth Registries Pre 1850 To: "Rebecca Campbell" <beckner_20@hotmail.com>, sct-islay@rootsweb.com Received: Thursday, 29 October, 2015, 7:23 AM Hi, If no one has the link to the old excel spreadsheet transcriptions for births - I can forward the file to you. Lynn (I was wondering if anyone can tell me a good source for looking at OPR for either Kilchoman or Kilmeny pre 1850? I've already looked through the Killarrow and Kildalton ones located at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/data.htm. Rebecca )           ------------------------------- 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

Hello all I'm sorry for the typo - that teaches me a lesson about doing genealogy when I'm tired! I apologize for the confusion. First of all, I'm NOT related. I just noted the transcriptions when searching for something else. I did respond more fully yesterday about the typo but it's gone astray so I'll redo my response now. The transcription read William Campbell d 12 May 1894, age 77 (note NOT 1984) his wife Mary Flora McLeod d 23 Jan 1905, age 78 Both from Islay. The gravestone is in Leith Cemetery, Sydenham Twp, Grey Co, Ontario I went to Ancestry to confirm the deaths information: Ontario Schedule C Deaths, Grey Co, Sydenham Twp Reg'n 005740 William Campbell d 12 May 1894, 77 yrs; farmer; b Scotland; cause bladder and prostatic disease; attended by Dr. C.E. Barnhart of Owen Sound. Presbyterian. Ontario Schedule C Deaths, Grey Co., Owen Sound. Reg'n 011261 Mary Flora (McLeod) Campbell d 23 Jan 1905, 78 yrs; residence 339 Hill Street; farmer's widow; b Islay, Argylshire, Scotland; cause brocho-pneumonia; attended by Dr. Chas. E. Barnhart With regret and regards, Sue Visser

Hi Sue, I believe your William Campbell is the brother of my Great Great Grandfather John Campbell who settled in the Mitchell Ontario area along with their mother Elizabeth Graham (not sure where their father William Campbell is buried yet). I'm also in touch with one of William's direct descendants. You can see more of her information from this email chain - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SCT-ISLAY/2007-04/1177104553 Rebecca -----Original Message----- > From: Sue Visser via > Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 8:21 PM > To: Sue Visser ; sct-islay@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Wm CAMPBELL marr Mary Flora McLEOD > > Sorry - should have noted that this transcription is from Leith Cemetery, > Sydenham Twp, Ontario, Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue Visser via > Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 4:08 PM > To: SCT-ISLAY-L > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Wm CAMPBELL marr Mary Flora McLEOD > > While searching through BGOGS cemetery records at the Owen Sound library, I > came across a couple of transcriptions that might help others. > > William Campbell d 12 May 1984, age 77 > His wife Mary Flora McLeod d 23 Jan 1905, age 78 > Both from Islay > > Sue Visser > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 Sue, Tried to find a connection with any Henry McCuaig;s but no luck this end Roger -----Original Message----- From: Sue Visser via Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 8:21 PM To: Sue Visser ; sct-islay@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Wm CAMPBELL marr Mary Flora McLEOD Sorry - should have noted that this transcription is from Leith Cemetery, Sydenham Twp, Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: Sue Visser via Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 4:08 PM To: SCT-ISLAY-L Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Wm CAMPBELL marr Mary Flora McLEOD While searching through BGOGS cemetery records at the Owen Sound library, I came across a couple of transcriptions that might help others. William Campbell d 12 May 1984, age 77 His wife Mary Flora McLeod d 23 Jan 1905, age 78 Both from Islay Sue Visser ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

While searching through BGOGS cemetery records at the Owen Sound library, I came across a couple of transcriptions that might help others. Buried Leith Cemetery, Sydenham Twp, Grey Co, Ontario, Canada James Gilchrist d 25 Nov 1887, age 84 yrs, 4 mos his wife Mary Hunter d 19 July 1907, 87 years daughter Flora 1862-1931 son Hugh H. 1855-1935 Sue Visser

Thanks Jean. Yes I did see it but didn't connect it with our conversation. I've referred him to Elaine Scott, an excellent Islay researcher. Cheers, Sue -----Original Message----- From: Jean Hutchinson via Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 5:46 PM To: James F Thoma ; sct-islay@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Henry / Malcolm / William McQuigg (McQuaig orMcCuaig) I think likely you got this one . Jean On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:13 PM, James F Thoma via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello, I am Jim Thoma from Kingsport, East Tennessee, USA. I live in an > area that you would feel right at home in. Just the other side of the > Continental Divide they still hold the Highland Games every single year. > Having been to Scotland and floated by Islay I will attest I live in your > second homeland. > > > > But, alas, I am not Scots. Well if you count that Douglas lineage there > might be Scots blood in me. I do confess to liking the malt in all > beverages, so that may make me an honorary Scots. > > > > But now, my wife, she is a McQuigg. And all her Aunties and even her > Grandpa Pop told her lies. You see they said that she was Irish. I mean > after all James Malcolm McQuigg and his wife Jane Brown immigrated to > Wincester, Canada from Culcrow Townland, Aghadowey Civil Parish, County > Londonderry in 1847. So who was she to believe her kin or husband? > > > > I knew better because I knew that James Malcolm's father was Henry McQuigg > and Henry's father was Malcolm McQuigg. And well even the Aunties knew > that > Malcolm McQuigg (1760 - 1817) and his wife Jane Stewart had been born in > Scotland. And they would tell the tales about how three brothers left the > Hebrides or Western Isles during the late Plantation of Ulster and settled > in Northern Ireland. They would clutch their breast and moan about > persecuted Presbyterians. Which I always thought was strange since they > were all devout Methodists. > > > > But now I find out that Henry McQuigg (1780? - 1847?) was also a Scotsman. > I have discovered a letter by a woman who married into the family and > converted them all to Methodism. In between her prayer vigils she wrote > how > Henry came to Knockaduff Townland, Aghadowey Civil Parish, County > Londonderry as a young man. She claimed that Henry's father, Malcolm, was > a > wealthy man; even to the extent of importing horses from Scotland into > Ireland. Me I would rather he had imported Tomintoul "the gentle dram" > and > aged 14 years. But my mother, a nice German lady, always told me to stay > away from politics, religion, and strong drink. > > > > So now I know that Malcolm brought his family from the Hebrides sometime > between 1785 and 1790 to Knockaduff Townland. His grandchildren (James > Malcolm and his brother William Henry) were all in Canada farming just > north > of the St. Lawrence river by 1847. Holding back the invading Americans > for > the British. Oops gone political again. So 57 to 62 years in Northern > Ireland does not make one Irish, I claim, just slowly migrating Scotsmen. > Furthermore, my wife should trust me not her Aunties and Grandpa Pop. > > > > But there were those three brothers that I mentioned. Family lore from > the > Aunties deceased sister claim that one went to live in Aghadowey, one to > Bushmills, and one jumped ship to Australia. I found that the family lore > actually started with Malcolm Moon McQuigg of Coleraine, Northern Ireland > back in 1964. But I discovered that Malcolm knew his stuff. I suspect > that > the three brothers were Malcolm of Knockaduff, Samuel of Ballyclough, and > John of Islandcarragh; and their father is William McQuigg (1730 - 1797) > and > their mother is Janet Steen and all of them were from Scotland. > > > > But where in Scotland could they have come from. So as we were leaving > Belfast aboard the Norwegian Star I leaned over the cabin balcony rail, > waved my hand towards Scotland, and asked my wife where she believed she > came from in Scotland. She thrust her right index finger out over the > water > and said "THERE". But I said honey that is the Isle of Islay and so many > people left there for Ireland, Canada, and America that I would never be > able to find them. She told me that "THAT" was my problem and to lay off > the Glenlivet. > > > > So here I am trying to find a combination of Henry, Malcolm, John, Samuel > and William McQuigg that will fit the dates and times for living on the > Isle > of Islay. I know that McQuigg, McQuaig, and McCuaig (also Mac) are all > the > same surname. But I have searched all of the parish records of Islay and > have not found them. I swear I could hear John and Charles Wesley > snickering at me. So I am at my wits end. > > > > I need help! If anyone can help me I would be most grateful. And if > anyone > has the email of a professional genealogist, I am not above paying for > help. > That really hurt, it must the Douglas heritage! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > James Frederick Thoma (see I am German) > > jfthoma@chartertn.net > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > ------------------------------- 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

I think likely you got this one . Jean On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:13 PM, James F Thoma via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello, I am Jim Thoma from Kingsport, East Tennessee, USA. I live in an > area that you would feel right at home in. Just the other side of the > Continental Divide they still hold the Highland Games every single year. > Having been to Scotland and floated by Islay I will attest I live in your > second homeland. > > > > But, alas, I am not Scots. Well if you count that Douglas lineage there > might be Scots blood in me. I do confess to liking the malt in all > beverages, so that may make me an honorary Scots. > > > > But now, my wife, she is a McQuigg. And all her Aunties and even her > Grandpa Pop told her lies. You see they said that she was Irish. I mean > after all James Malcolm McQuigg and his wife Jane Brown immigrated to > Wincester, Canada from Culcrow Townland, Aghadowey Civil Parish, County > Londonderry in 1847. So who was she to believe her kin or husband? > > > > I knew better because I knew that James Malcolm's father was Henry McQuigg > and Henry's father was Malcolm McQuigg. And well even the Aunties knew > that > Malcolm McQuigg (1760 - 1817) and his wife Jane Stewart had been born in > Scotland. And they would tell the tales about how three brothers left the > Hebrides or Western Isles during the late Plantation of Ulster and settled > in Northern Ireland. They would clutch their breast and moan about > persecuted Presbyterians. Which I always thought was strange since they > were all devout Methodists. > > > > But now I find out that Henry McQuigg (1780? - 1847?) was also a Scotsman. > I have discovered a letter by a woman who married into the family and > converted them all to Methodism. In between her prayer vigils she wrote > how > Henry came to Knockaduff Townland, Aghadowey Civil Parish, County > Londonderry as a young man. She claimed that Henry's father, Malcolm, was > a > wealthy man; even to the extent of importing horses from Scotland into > Ireland. Me I would rather he had imported Tomintoul "the gentle dram" and > aged 14 years. But my mother, a nice German lady, always told me to stay > away from politics, religion, and strong drink. > > > > So now I know that Malcolm brought his family from the Hebrides sometime > between 1785 and 1790 to Knockaduff Townland. His grandchildren (James > Malcolm and his brother William Henry) were all in Canada farming just > north > of the St. Lawrence river by 1847. Holding back the invading Americans for > the British. Oops gone political again. So 57 to 62 years in Northern > Ireland does not make one Irish, I claim, just slowly migrating Scotsmen. > Furthermore, my wife should trust me not her Aunties and Grandpa Pop. > > > > But there were those three brothers that I mentioned. Family lore from the > Aunties deceased sister claim that one went to live in Aghadowey, one to > Bushmills, and one jumped ship to Australia. I found that the family lore > actually started with Malcolm Moon McQuigg of Coleraine, Northern Ireland > back in 1964. But I discovered that Malcolm knew his stuff. I suspect > that > the three brothers were Malcolm of Knockaduff, Samuel of Ballyclough, and > John of Islandcarragh; and their father is William McQuigg (1730 - 1797) > and > their mother is Janet Steen and all of them were from Scotland. > > > > But where in Scotland could they have come from. So as we were leaving > Belfast aboard the Norwegian Star I leaned over the cabin balcony rail, > waved my hand towards Scotland, and asked my wife where she believed she > came from in Scotland. She thrust her right index finger out over the > water > and said "THERE". But I said honey that is the Isle of Islay and so many > people left there for Ireland, Canada, and America that I would never be > able to find them. She told me that "THAT" was my problem and to lay off > the Glenlivet. > > > > So here I am trying to find a combination of Henry, Malcolm, John, Samuel > and William McQuigg that will fit the dates and times for living on the > Isle > of Islay. I know that McQuigg, McQuaig, and McCuaig (also Mac) are all the > same surname. But I have searched all of the parish records of Islay and > have not found them. I swear I could hear John and Charles Wesley > snickering at me. So I am at my wits end. > > > > I need help! If anyone can help me I would be most grateful. And if > anyone > has the email of a professional genealogist, I am not above paying for > help. > That really hurt, it must the Douglas heritage! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > James Frederick Thoma (see I am German) > > jfthoma@chartertn.net > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 >

Sorry - should have noted that this transcription is from Leith Cemetery, Sydenham Twp, Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: Sue Visser via Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 4:08 PM To: SCT-ISLAY-L Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Wm CAMPBELL marr Mary Flora McLEOD While searching through BGOGS cemetery records at the Owen Sound library, I came across a couple of transcriptions that might help others. William Campbell d 12 May 1984, age 77 His wife Mary Flora McLeod d 23 Jan 1905, age 78 Both from Islay Sue Visser ------------------------------- 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

While searching through BGOGS cemetery records at the Owen Sound library, I came across a couple of transcriptions that might help others. William Campbell d 12 May 1984, age 77 His wife Mary Flora McLeod d 23 Jan 1905, age 78 Both from Islay Sue Visser

Welcome to the group. I don’t have family on the island now, we think they all left in the late 1800's. My Murdoch's were in Bowmore from late 1700's. You can check out the tree on my web site www.hawkinsfamilyresearch.com Regards Candy Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Iain Brown via Sent: Saturday, 24 October 2015 3:01 AM To: SCT-ISLAY@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Introduction - new member - Iain Brown (with roots in the McEacherns of Islay) I am very happy to be included as a new member of this forum. I am excited and intrigued by the possibilities for building knowledge of my family history and of the island that was home to my father, my paternal grandmother and her forebears. Personally, I was born and raised in Possilpark, Glasgow and after a working life in which I’ve lived overseas for many years, I’m now based in Dunfermline, Fife. As I child, I holidayed several times in Bowmore with my father, in the years before my grandmother died. I became familiar with the town (from a child/teenager’s point of view), but never got to know my many cousins on the island. My father indicated that this was because my grandmother had a knack for disagreements with her family, and every time I visited we were forbidden from visiting a wide range of aunts, uncles and cousins. My father would sneak off and visit them anyway, but I was left home, to avoid the word getting back to his mother! I was last on the island over 30 years ago, but will be making a long-overdue visit, early in the New Year. I hope that I may be able to contact one or two of my Islay-based relatives through this forum - I would like to meet some of those that I was barred from visiting, way back when!! I have an extensive record (on Ancestry.com) of my family, past and present, through research using 'Scotland’s People’ and visits to the the National Library in Edinburgh, but there are a number of gaps which someone out there may be able to help me fill. And as I mentioned, I hope to make contact with cousins who are living on the island. Here are are some of my family details, and let’s see if the names are familiar to anyone out there My father - John (Iain) McNair Brown (still haven’t worked out where the McNair comes from!) - born in Bowmore in 1935 My grandmother - Catherine McDougall Gray - born in Port Dundas, Glasgow in 1913. She married Alexander Brown in 1932 and had two sons - my father and his brother, Colin Maxwell Brown. She divorced my grandfather and returned to Bowmore, where she married Archie Caldwell and lived on Main Street until she died in 1977. Archie lived on in Bowmore until he died in 1984. My great grandparents on my gramdmother’s side were John Gray (from Glasgow) and Flora McEachern from Ardbeg and it is this McEachern line and its offshoots that I’ve managed to trace back into the early 1700s. My current relatives on the island (as far as I’ve managed to trace them so far) are the offspring on my grandmother’s sister, Rachel Gray, who returned to Bowmore from Glasgow and married John McInnes McKerrell. I believe that the most recent generations are a collection of McKerrells, Rountrees and Johnstons. Apologies for such a long-winded introduction, but maybe someone out there will recognise some of these names and help fill in some details. And I’d be very happy to share any of my family history research with folks on the forum. Best regards, Iain ------------------------------- 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 Islay searchers My 3x grandmother was Mary McEACHERN who was born on Islay in 1829 and died in Ontario, Canada in 1930. She married Neil GALBRAITH ( c 1811 KILMENY, ARGYLL, SCT ) in Oro, Ontario, Canada on 28 Feb 1848. Their five children were born in Ontario, Canada. I don't know any more about Mary. Maybe someone out there as something to share with me. Lois Moon BC Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "MICKI NEUFIELD via" <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> To: "Iain Brown" <il.brown@btinternet.com>, sct-islay@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 3:04:47 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Introduction - new member - Iain Brown (with roots in the McEacherns of Islay) Welcome My line is McEachern on Islay Starting with Donald and Catherine (Leitch) McEachern Would luv to share notes with you and see if we connect somewhere Micki Neufield Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Iain Brown via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I am very happy to be included as a new member of this forum. I am excited and intrigued by the possibilities for building knowledge of my family history and of the island that was home to my father, my paternal grandmother and her forebears. Personally, I was born and raised in Possilpark, Glasgow and after a working life in which I’ve lived overseas for many years, I’m now based in Dunfermline, Fife. > > As I child, I holidayed several times in Bowmore with my father, in the years before my grandmother died. I became familiar with the town (from a child/teenager’s point of view), but never got to know my many cousins on the island. My father indicated that this was because my grandmother had a knack for disagreements with her family, and every time I visited we were forbidden from visiting a wide range of aunts, uncles and cousins. My father would sneak off and visit them anyway, but I was left home, to avoid the word getting back to his mother! > > I was last on the island over 30 years ago, but will be making a long-overdue visit, early in the New Year. I hope that I may be able to contact one or two of my Islay-based relatives through this forum - I would like to meet some of those that I was barred from visiting, way back when!! > > I have an extensive record (on Ancestry.com) of my family, past and present, through research using 'Scotland’s People’ and visits to the the National Library in Edinburgh, but there are a number of gaps which someone out there may be able to help me fill. And as I mentioned, I hope to make contact with cousins who are living on the island. > > Here are are some of my family details, and let’s see if the names are familiar to anyone out there > > My father - John (Iain) McNair Brown (still haven’t worked out where the McNair comes from!) - born in Bowmore in 1935 > > My grandmother - Catherine McDougall Gray - born in Port Dundas, Glasgow in 1913. She married Alexander Brown in 1932 and had two sons - my father and his brother, Colin Maxwell Brown. She divorced my grandfather and returned to Bowmore, where she married Archie Caldwell and lived on Main Street until she died in 1977. Archie lived on in Bowmore until he died in 1984. > > My great grandparents on my gramdmother’s side were John Gray (from Glasgow) and Flora McEachern from Ardbeg and it is this McEachern line and its offshoots that I’ve managed to trace back into the early 1700s. > > My current relatives on the island (as far as I’ve managed to trace them so far) are the offspring on my grandmother’s sister, Rachel Gray, who returned to Bowmore from Glasgow and married John McInnes McKerrell. I believe that the most recent generations are a collection of McKerrells, Rountrees and Johnstons. > > Apologies for such a long-winded introduction, but maybe someone out there will recognise some of these names and help fill in some details. And I’d be very happy to share any of my family history research with folks on the forum. > > Best regards, > > Iain > > ------------------------------- > > 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 ------------------------------- 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 James, Not sure if you have visited this page before, http://www.islayinfo.com/islay-genealogy.html <http://www.islayinfo.com/islay-genealogy.html> , but I think there is some good info that might point you in the right direction. I hope this helps! Ron