Thank you so much Roger -- what a wealth of information!!! I didn't realize there were two Kentraws, or even a Book of Names. You are right -- it was actually Kintra where mu GGGG Grandparents, Angus and Mary McNab farmed and were present in the 1861 Census. I see him listed in your report. Do any of the original buildings still exist in any form? Do you know if the B&B presently operating in the Oa as "Kentraw" is part of that old homestead? Before Angus moved to Kintra, he was a farmer at Roiskern in the 1841 and 1851 census. Would you have information about the origin of Roiskern as well? Is there a place on the web where I can access the Book of Names? Thank you for taking the time to answer my request in such detail Roger -- much appreciated!! Linda Message: 4 Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:45 -0000 From: "Roger McWee" <[email protected]> Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Kintra and Giol To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Yup Sorry Linda, It is the Book of Names created by the Ordnance Survey Team when they were recording Islay in 1878 which I transcribed into the ICD, took over a year still its done. The Book gives a location of the farm what its name is derived from and some authorities or locals who confirmed these facts to the Royal Engineer in charge. The rest of the data I transcribed from the Rentals of Islay which Chronilogically explains the development and demise of the farms of Islay. Regards Roger ------------------------------ To contact the SCT-ISLAY list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the SCT-ISLAY mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of SCT-ISLAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 47 ****************************************