I am trying to verify birth records for Ann McCallum, daughter of Malcolm McCallum. Her birth date is listed on a family tree someone sent me as Nov 1, 1833 in Islay. Her death certificate in Ontario confirms her birth location as "Isla" which is impressive considering it does not have the "y" on the end, making me think they knew how to pronounce it. Her death record also supports the 1833 birth date because it gives her age in years, months, and days. The original death record also lists Malcolm McCallum as her father and her mother as unknown. I have her father as being born in Islay in about 1830. However, the only Ann McCallum I could find whose father was Malcolm McCallum is listed as being born on ScotlandsPeople.com as being born on 05/12/1832, which I assume is December 12, 1832. The location is listed as Muckairn, Argyll, not Islay. Her mother is listed as Elizabeth Sinclair and there is a number after her mother's name-FR 154. Anyone know what this might mean? The original birth records list another word I cannot decipher. It says "Born Ann Daughter to Malcolm McCallum, ?????& Elizabeth Sinclair, his spouse." The undecipherable word I've marked with ???? starts with an A, then has maybe an n or r, followed by a d or l, and ends with CY or EY. Aindney? Ardney? Ainlncy?? I know there have been postings about McCallums and Sinclairs, but can anyone help me put these pieces together?? Could she be born in Islay but her birth unrecorded? Or could she have been born in Muckairn but her parents have moved to Islay? There is a record of a tenant farmer on Islay in 1811, but her father would have been only 11 then. Thanks! Judy Bailey 734-674-7180 [email protected]

Hi Judy, I've gone through all the Islay Sinclairs, and there isn't a baptism register for an Elizabeth Sinclair who would have been born around the right time to have had a daughter in 1833.  There was also no marriage register for Elizabeth Sinclair who married a Malcolm McCallum on Islay either. Elizabeth could have been born there but wasn't registered.  I've started working through the OPR's in the rest of Argyllshire for Sinclair births and marriages, and will try to find some information in that parish.  I do have the local church burial records, and Elizabeth wasn't buried there. The undecipherable word is probably the name of the farm or village where your Malcolm came from, or possibly his occupation.  If you are able to forward it to me, I'd be happy to have a try. Toni Sinclair ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 21:48:57 -0400 > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Need help - McCallum and Sinclair > > I am trying to verify birth records for Ann McCallum, daughter of Malcolm > McCallum. Her mother is listed as Elizabeth Sinclair _________________________________________________________________ Win a $10,000 shopping spree from Hotmail! Enter now. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729711