http://homepage.mac.com/ellacurly1/PhotoAlbum37.html Nancy MacLarty

Nancy, thank you for sharing your pictures of Islay. It has been a few years since I was last there. It was such a memorable experience and I have always yearned to return. One of these days hopefully but such a long way from NZ. I went to Sunderland farm on my visit to see where my Leitch family worked. The family who own the farm now kindly showed me around. I was greeted by about 3 or 4 NZ sheep dogs which surprised me. Glad you had such a nice time. Rgards Lorraine Levien -----Original Message----- From: sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-islay-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy A. MacLarty Sent: Wednesday, 18 October 2006 9:47 a.m. To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Pictures of Islay - September, 2006 http://homepage.mac.com/ellacurly1/PhotoAlbum37.html Nancy MacLarty ------------------------------- 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

Thanks Nancy MacLarty for your Islay photos. I doubt if I'll ever get there so I really appreciate the photos you and others have put on websites. Otherwise I would only ever have seen the views connected with commercial sites. I look at all the photos very closely. They have given me a good idea of the area some of my ancestors lived in. I am curious about the gravestones/monuments in the Round Church churchyard at Bowmore. A recent answer to a posting on the Renfrew mailing list by Nivard Ovington suggests that gravestones generally 'were for the somewhat better off'. I can understand that particularly in the industrial and mining areas of Renfrew and Lanark where incomes were poor for many people. However, many of the gravestones/monuments shown in the churchyard at Bowmore are more than simple headstones. They are substantial monuments which must have cost a bit. Who would they all be for? Former businessmen? Farmers? Would the cost have been a great burden on families? Was there a loss of face issue if a substantial monument was not erected? Were the monuments made on Islay or brought from somewhere else? None appeared to be leaning over as happens in other old cemeteries. Perhaps other listers may be able to explain. Robert Campbell in Brisbane -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.3/473 - Release Date: 10/12/2006