Hi Celia, Even though Islay was far from the cities of Scotland with their opportunities of higher education, it's my understanding that there were many teachers of considerable quality on the island. "Taylor" and "Hector McLean" come to mind; and on Ted's website you can read the journal of teacher Donald Sinclair, who was also an itinerant teacher. This is a particularly interesting view of Islay Life in the mid 1800s from the perspective of a teacher who struggled all through his life, often sending his own children out to work on area farms due to poverty. Islay's teachers produced a great number of accomplished writers and poets. Many of these banded together to form the Glasgow-Islay Association in 1862, whose function was to promote Gaelic literature, and also to provide aid to less fortunate Ileachs who came to Glasgow in hopes of finding work. Toni >From: "Geary mail" <celia_geary@infogen.net.nz> >Reply-To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >To: SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Name changes >Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:04:52 +1200 > >Q 1`. Is there anyone who has a McLugash/McDougall name change in their >ancestry? >Q 2 . Can anyone tell me why a schoolmaster on Islay from 1828 - 1842 (who >only taught at very small schools) would be able to write VERY ambitious >and erudite letters? My theory is that he could have been the younger son >of landowners, possibly on the mainland(Oban). His name was Alexander >McDougall, (b. poss. abt. 1785 +) and his birth is still a mystery after >20 years of research. Thanks, Celia. > > > >==== 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 > _________________________________________________________________ Play Q6 for your chance to WIN great prizes. http://q6trivia.imagine-live.com/enca/landing