Hi Micki, I have just come across a family tree of McEacherns that may be of interest to you. If you enter the name of the person you are researching when you open the SCT-ISLAY ARCHIVE list it connects to Ancestry.com, that will show a list of about 100 family trees of McEachern. You may already know of this link but hope it helps. I am still searching for my Catherine, daughter of Alex&Janet and I am now convinced that she must have been born out of wedlock and not baptised therefore no record. Still looking for her marriage to Duncan McArthur around 1832 onwards. Happy Hunting Dona On 10 Jan 2006, at 03:40, Micki McEachern wrote: > Hi Donna > I'm working on the McEachern line as well. If I run into any > connections > I'll be sure to let you know... Good luck in your search. > Micki > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dona Findlay" <donafindlay@biscituk.com> > To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:41 AM > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Researching McEachern, McDonald, McArthur & > McQuilkan( various spellings) > > >> Hi List, >> >> I am a new subscriber and for many years have enjoyed reading the >> list and picked up a few tips along the way to help me with my family >> history. >> >> I live in a small town called Helensburgh on the West coast of >> Scotland and visit Islay at least once a year where the family grave >> (Macdonald) is at Kilnaughton cemetery. I now have problems with my >> great, great grandmothers relatives and hope someone on the list may >> be able to help me find out more about her family. >> >> KIlmeny Census of 1851 Portnellan Farm shows the following: >> >> Age Born >> Duncan McArthur 35 Bowmore Parish ( He died 5/5/1888 at >> Lagavulin his parents were Peter McArthur schoolmaster & Betsy >> McQuilkan married 14/2/1807) >> >> Catherine MacEachern 38 Ballochroy Parish (She died 27/10/1878 >> at Ardbeg her parents were Alexander McEachern Seaman & Janet >> McCallum ) >> >> Peter 12 >> Mary 10 Keppols >> Betty 9 >> Alex 4 >> Janet 1 My g grandmother married to Donald McDonald >> >> I cannot find a date of birth or any record of Catherine McEachern's >> marriage but do know that a Alexander McEachern & Janet McCallum of >> Callumkills emigrated to Canada in the 1850"s Does anyone know if my >> Catherine is part of this family ? >> >> Also I am trying to find out if Betsy McQuilkan was widowed and >> remarried a Neil McAllister around 1816?as i cannot find any trace of >> her death. >> >> Hopefully >> >> Dona Findlay >> >> >> >> ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >> To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to 1875 > visit: >> HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ >> >> >> >> -- >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/195 - Release Date: > 08/12/2005 >> >> > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Here are some links related to the Isle of Islay: http:// > homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/links.htm >

I have a couple of comments about jumping to any conclusions because a record cannot be found in the OPR. 1. There are many illegitimate births noted in the OPRs so that wasn't a reason for exclusion. 2. Records are only as good as the record keeper - sadly some ministers didn't keep good records. 3. There were periods when there was a fee for baptisms, marriages and funerals - perhaps the family couldn't afford the fee? 4. Was the family Baptist? If so, there wouldn't be an infant baptism. I'm sure others can add to this list of possible reasons why you cannot find a record. We must not jump to conclusions. I know people today who have not had their children baptised for a variety of reasons so will the researcher of the future assume illegitmacy? I hope not. Cheerio Sue Visser