Hello Darren I'm not related. I checked the OPR transcriptions for births and deaths but didn't see anything to help you. There's a possibility that they didn't go directly from Islay to North America - often families worked their way to mainland and then worked to accumulate the funds to get across "the big pond". I don't want to disillusion you about visiting Islay - YES GO BECAUSE IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO VISIT - but if you're expecting to find your family tree on your visit, I think you'll be disappointed. There is no longer a Family History Society and the Museum of Islay Life is first and foremost a Museum and doesn't do genealogical research. If the purpose of your visit is to find your roots, I strongly recommend doing as much as you can from home. Many people use Ancestry.co.uk and/or ScotlandsPeople <http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?402> Did they go straight to Seattle or did they settle somewhere else first and then migrate to Seattle? Hopefully a Campbell researcher on the list can help more. Good Luck Sue Visser PS Here is an excellent site to help you make the most of your Islay visit. http://www.islayinfo.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Darren Dressler via Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 12:56 PM To: SCT-ISLAY@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Howard James Campbell Hello all, I am the grandson of Howard James Campbell b1889 Seattle. His father John Campbell came over from Islay mid 1880’s. I am trying to make the connection to family on Islay. I will be going there to Islay in July 2015 and any information I could find first would be most helpful. My uncle James has John’s journal of that time and although it is very difficult to decipher it has shed some clues: Killslaven as a birthplace of Alexander McDougal in1833 Mary b1829 - Donald b january 9th 1839 Elizabeth b oct 28th 1837 father died june 4th 1861 65 years of age mother died June 25th 1871 60 years of age Any and all help would be greatly appreciated ------------------------------- 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