Hi Heather Thanks for posting this information. It has two daughters of Gilbert McTaggart and Mary McNabb (Kilchoman) marrying two Calder boys from Port Ellen. What I found interesting is that it has one of the Calder boys (10. John Calder, who married Margaret McTaggart, daugh of Gilbert McTaggart and Mary McNabb. ( We have a connection there as well) who had a daughter (your 'x')Flora Ann Calder, who married Neil McNeill in Anderston. Neil was the son of my gg grandfather and gg grandmother Duncan McNeill & Ann McAllister. If you are interested in this McNeill connection, get back to me offlist. Thanks again for the additional connection Regards Iain -----Original Message----- From: Heather Griffin [mailto:hgriffin@uq.net.au] Sent: 08 August 2006 07:14 To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SCT-ISLAY] Calder and islay Hi all, Re Calders on Islay, the following is what I have in my family tree. My direct ancestors are John Calder, married Margaret McTaggart 13 December 1847.................. ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== To find Vital Statistics for islay from the earliest records to 1875 visit: HTTP://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~tlarson/bdm/ ==== 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 ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MAILING LIST - HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE - HOW TO CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, ETC, ETC...: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/maillist.htm