Just as a note, for if anyone lives in the Victoria, BC area. All library branches have free access to Ancestry.com and the one downtown has ship lists on microfilm as well as all the Canadian Census returns. The reference section is pretty good and has books on Scottish ancestors. I didn't find my aunt's in them but there were a lot from Islay. Sarah On 25-Jul-06, at 9:49 PM, celiageary wrote: > The LDS is very lax at giving out info for which it has no > provenance. Then > when you want to refute it, it is impossible. The LDS is a guide > only and it > pays to research the primary source yourself if you can. Go to the > Scotland's People www., or Ancestry .com, if you can find a place > to access > it. (In NZ many libraries now belong and for a small fee you can > access > Ancestry .com and print off your certificates or Census records.The > libraries view Ancestry .com as part of their reference resources.) > Otherwise write to the local Archives which are usually very > helpful. You > may have to pay a small photocopying fee or a look-up fee, but at > least you > will know that you are getting as close to an authentic record as > possible. > I hav had some real howlers from LDS but some of their info is OK. > It is > finding which is which that is the problem. Celia. > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Here is a link related to tracing your ancestors on the Isle of Islay: > http://www.isle-of-islay.com/genealogy/index.html >

On Jul 26, 2006, at 8:19, Sarah Duff wrote: > Just as a note, for if anyone lives in the Victoria, BC area. All > library branches have free access to Ancestry.com and the one downtown > has ship lists on microfilm as well as all the Canadian Census > returns. The reference section is pretty good and has books on > Scottish ancestors. I didn't find my aunt's in them but there were a > lot from Islay. Does the same hold true for smaller libraries? I live in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast. I have traced my people back to my 4x Great Grandfather on Islay. Nancy MacLarty