Hi Helen You've both got me beat. July 11, 2000 is the farthest back that my records show me on this list. It's been a grand ride. You, Sue, Toni and the other leaders have made this the best place for the search. Some day a hoard of OPRs will emerge from some dusty Bishops's attic. Until then we struggle to connect with the reocrds we have. Thanks for the marvelous journey. This year's annual Ontario Genealogical Society conference is coming soon. Hope to connect there. Malcolm CAMPBELL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Campbell Blair" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:50 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Kilnaughton Tombstone - Campbell > Hi all > SueVisser's recent note to the list regarding her 10th anniversary as an > Islay 'Lister"'just awakened me to the fact that I also celebrate 10 years > on the list, albeit not until June. > It also is the time for me to confess a bad thing I did about that time ! > Sometime between joining the list on June 13, 2000, and attending the > first Islay Gathering in Guelph, on July 15, 2000, a very kind lister > provided me with details of a particular tombstone. Thrilled as I was to > have received the tombstone information, I took it with me to the Guelph > Gathering and it hasn't been seen since ! > I had not even thanked the sender and was too ashamed at the time to > appeal to the list to track down that person. > For several years now, I have been secretly crediting Jana Ramsay Best, > granddaughter of John Ramsay of Kildalton, but in recent conversation > with Mrs. Best I have established that it was not she, so I am a complete > loss ! At the beginning of the note I received, the writer explained that only a part of the tombstone inscription was visible as much of it had already sunk well into the ground, however the visible text reads . . . Erected by Janet MacCuaig In memory of her Loving husband John Campbell who drowned... (I'm paraphrasing here, of course, but one thing is certain, there was no visible date) The writer went on to tell me that should I visit the Kilnaughton Cemetery, I should be ware the stone is not in the churchyard, but inside the ruins of the chapel, up against the wall. I would very much like to be in touch with the person who so kindly provided me with this information and have the opportunity to apologize. If this person is still on the list, I would very, very much appreciate hearing from them either via the list or directly to my e-mail [email protected] Thanks Helen Campbell Blair -------------------------------
Thanks, Malcolm..... Cheerio Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Campbell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Kilnaughton Tombstone - Campbell > Hi Helen > > You've both got me beat. July 11, 2000 is the farthest back that my > records > show me on this list. It's been a grand ride. You, Sue, Toni and the other > leaders have made this the best place for the search. Some day a hoard of > OPRs will emerge from some dusty Bishops's attic. Until then we struggle > to > connect with the reocrds we have. > > Thanks for the marvelous journey. > > This year's annual Ontario Genealogical Society conference is coming soon. > Hope to connect there. > > Malcolm CAMPBELL > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helen Campbell Blair" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:50 PM > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Kilnaughton Tombstone - Campbell > > >> Hi all > >> SueVisser's recent note to the list regarding her 10th anniversary as an >> Islay 'Lister"'just awakened me to the fact that I also celebrate 10 >> years >> on the list, albeit not until June. > >> It also is the time for me to confess a bad thing I did about that time ! > >> Sometime between joining the list on June 13, 2000, and attending the >> first Islay Gathering in Guelph, on July 15, 2000, a very kind lister >> provided me with details of a particular tombstone. Thrilled as I was to >> have received the tombstone information, I took it with me to the Guelph >> Gathering and it hasn't been seen since ! > >> I had not even thanked the sender and was too ashamed at the time to >> appeal to the list to track down that person. > >> For several years now, I have been secretly crediting Jana Ramsay Best, >> granddaughter of John Ramsay of Kildalton, but in recent conversation >> with Mrs. Best I have established that it was not she, so I am a >> complete >> loss ! > > At the beginning of the note I received, the writer explained that only a > part of the tombstone inscription was visible as much of it had already > sunk > well into the ground, however the visible text reads . . . > > Erected by Janet MacCuaig > > In memory of her > > Loving husband > > John Campbell > > who drowned... > > > > (I'm paraphrasing here, of course, but one thing is certain, > there > was no visible date) > > The writer went on to tell me that should I visit the Kilnaughton > Cemetery, > I should be ware the stone is not in the churchyard, but inside the ruins > of > the chapel, up against the wall. > > I would very much like to be in touch with the person who so kindly > provided me with this information and have the opportunity to apologize. > If > this person is still on the list, I would very, very much appreciate > hearing > from them either via the list or directly to my e-mail [email protected] > > > Thanks > > Helen Campbell Blair > > > ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message