In a message dated 02/09/2006 6:14:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, charm59@sbcglobal.net writes: > Hi Listers: > I was thinking about places on Islay again. I know the cultural database > gives alot of information- but I wondered if there is more out there to > share. For example, I've seen the 1828 list of initial tenants at Port Ellen. I > think my McNabb's are in there but I'm not sure. They were there for the > 1841 census- but some other McNabb's were also there. Is there any more detail > about that group? > > I enjoyed the display of "farms" provided by the Family History Society at > our gathering. I wonder if anyone has more information about the families > who lived at Lurabus and Ballychatrigan? The tenant lists were only males > without ages. There were alot of McNabb's on both farms. > > I imagine people have questions about families in other places. Is this > another way to get information? > > Thanks! > Carolyn An excellent question, I hope we get an answer. I suspect that some of my McNabbs were in Port Ellen in the 20s, and I KNOW they were also at Ballychatrigin in 41 and 51 (most of them left for Ontario in 52). Looks like you and I may be fairly closely related ............ Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as PROGRESS ... HARRISON Yorkshire > Staffordshire > London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GREAVES Yorkshire > London GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark > Orkney > Glasgow > Canada + Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire > Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness > Swaziland + S. Africa SPENCE Orkney FOTHERINGHAM Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire > Dumbarton > Glasgow > Australia (Vic) MORRISON Islay > Ontario BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk > Yorkshire AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannanshire > Ontario McNABB Islay > Ontario MURRAY Dumfries > Renfrew SINCLAIR Perthshire > Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries + Lanark CALDWELL Tyrone > Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone > Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.