Leona Taylor's post reminded me of one of my many half-done/undone projects. Thanks, Sue for forwarding this. In the on-line indexes for British Columbia, Canada Births (1872-1903); Marriages (1872-1929) & Deaths (1872-1984) are 29 references for the given name "Islay". (There are also 22 listings for "isla"; 84 listings for "Ila".) I have always intended to have a look at these registration details, suspecting as I do, that almost all have an Islay, Scotland connection. (Although my brother has a friend who was 'named for the whiskey'.) If anyone would like me to look up one of these event registrations, I can do that next week. (Then maybe I can move this little project higher up on my list.) Happy New Year, all, M. Diane Rogers British Columbia, Canada ************************************************************* Here are the names/dates from the British Columbia on-line index of births, marriages and deaths as above. Website: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm Births (1): Islay Margaret M. Crawford, 1903 Marriages (8): Islay W. Moffat, 1904 (bride) Islay May Maccallum, 1910 (bride) James Islay Mutter, 1914 (groom) Sarah Islay Smith, 1915 (bride) Islay Jean Sedgewick, 1919 (bride) Alfred Islay Dyson, 1919 (groom) Islay Stuart Mason, 1920 (bride) Sarah Islay Mattock, 1928 (bride) Deaths (20): Islay Mary Graham, 1915 aged 1 Islay May Campbell, 1938, aged 50 Islay Stuart Wright, 1942, aged 48 James Islay Mutter, 1950, aged 75 Islay Barbara Doumont, 1961, aged 61 also Islay Barbara Noble, 1961, aged 61 (same person?? both same date of death at Prince Rupert) Alfred Islay Dyson, 1967, aged 85 Islay Mary Munro, 1968, aged 30 Islay Marion Rothera, 1972, aged 50 Islay Bruce R.Colcleugh, 1974, aged 72 Islay Christine Campbell, 1977, aged 87 Florence Islay Henrikson, 1978, aged 63 Islay Ramona Mcbean, 1978, aged 73 Islay Muriel Johnston, 1979, aged 56 Islay Elizabeth Marsh, 1979, aged 61 Islay Catherine Ritchey, 1980, aged 79 Islay Williston, 1981, aged 93 Islay Mae Davis, 1982, aged 68 Islay Jeanne Deeley, 1982, aged 81 Islay Elizabeth May Cross, 1983, aged 91 *************************************************************