Hi Karen Come on in and sit yourself down. Welcome. I'm not connected to your family lines but it's nice to meet you. I agree about the term "lurkers" - sounds indecent. My suggestion is "seekers" but to be frank, I wish all who have any Islay connections would be members and would post their family interests. The members all have connections to other Islay families generally through marriage, many of us have accumulated resource information some as a result of personal visits to Islay, and most of us will help anyone even if not connected. If a person doesn't want individual posts from the list, it can be received in Digest format. I cannot see a reason for not being a member. One of the advantages of being a member of a list is that many listmasters, including our Ted, add little goodies (links) at the bottom of posts that reach your inbox. If you click on the link on your post, go to "Index" and then click on Ted's link you will see Births (and other gems) - there you will find siblings for George. (Note: with George's entry, the mother's surname is "Forrie") I do have a suggestion to possibly make your searches more fruitful - make sure your subject reflects all possible avenues of information. For example you will see I've changed your subject line to include Livingston, McEachern, McFarlane and McIndeor. Grabbing the attention of folks who are searching these family lines might lead to more info on your direct family line. Welcome aboard. Cheerio Sue Visser Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Tregenza" <cuzkaz@gmail.com> To: <SCT-ISLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 5:06 AM Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Request for help with Torrie family Dear List I am after some help please. One of my grannies, Isabella Torrie, married John Livingston 26 Aug 1847, she died 7 Nov 1906 supposedly aged 75 years. Her parents were George Torrie and Catherine MacEachern. I think, George's parents were Archibald Torrie and Jessie McFarlane and Catherine's were Archibald McEachern and Ann Macindeor. Children of George and Catherine - Isabella (mine), Catherine, Archibald, Jean, Nancy, James and possibly Robert (he appears to have two fathers George and Arthur). Does this sound familiar to anyone please? I have a great deal of information on the Torries (various spelling) but can't link very much. I still can't work out when Isabella was born, the date seems to change with every piece of information I have. I can't find any brothers or sisters for George, have I got the right parents for him - going cross-eyed here trying to work them all out. I am also another lurker - was going to suggest we maybe change the name to troll (cos we troll the records hoping to find that elusive rellie!) but don't trolls have an abundance of facial hair and wee stumpy legs? Maybe we could have a competition to find a name for all of us who mostly just read and the first prize could be a framed photo of our leader Ted Larson? Any help on my Torries would be greatly appreciated. regards Karen in Perth, Australia ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== Find out who has books and research data pertaining to Islay at the Virtual Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/library.htm