Sue- You and maybe Ted Larson would know about these things better than I. Are there marriage records for Kilmeny from the 1790s through the 1830s? If there is, then I'll have to access those records. No such records on Ted's site...though I've found other valuable information there...Thanks Ted! I was attempting to find another data source to confirm links between my gr gr grandfather with previous two (or maybe even three) generations. Jim Lindsay >From: "Sue Visser" <genealgal2@execulink.com> >Reply-To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Port Askaig hotel? >Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 16:04:15 -0400 > >Hi Jim > >I've been away and couldn't answer this earlier. > >This is my opinion for what it's worth.....It's unlikely that the hotel has >marriage records. Just like today, where some folks choose to marry >outdoors, under water, or wherever, once the service is performed the >documents are filed with the government according to law, not at the place >of the marriage. > >Many marriages were performed in the individuals' homes. It sounds like >your family was financially able to celebrate their nuptials at the hotel. > >Have you checked Ted Larson's site >http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ > >Cheerio >Sue Visser >Ontario, Canada > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "James Lindsay" <jlindsay1053@hotmail.com> >To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:52 PM >Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Port Askaig hotel? > > > >Greetings list- > >I am hoping that someone familiar to Islay and Port Askaig in particular >can >point me in the right direction. > >Archibald Lindsay, gr gr grandfather immigrated to US from Islay. In 1921, >at the age of 76, he wrote a letter to his grandson saying that his parents >and grandparents were married at the Port Askaig hotel. > >Though we suspect (from census records) that his fathers name was Donald, >it >would be great if we could confirm this by finding some record of marriages >that took place at the Askaig hotel around mid 1830s. We could then >confirm >the 2 generations that preceded Archibald. Does anyone know whether the >hotel still exists and/or whether records of marriages that took place >there >in the early mid-19th century exist somewhere? > >Thanks > >Jim Lindsay > > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >You can find older, archived messages from this mailing list by visiting: >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/archive1.htm - and from April >1999, you can access archived messages at >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SCT-ISLAY > > > > >==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== >Click on this link for some wonderful stories, and general information >about Islay: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/misc.htm >