Dear Jean I would very much like to have some background on the MacMillans that you mention from the Ross of Mull. I look forward to hearing from others about the resources that you have identified re the Baptists and Dissenting Evangelists. They would make very interesting reading. Regards Libby McMillan > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:55:34 +0100 > From: "JeanetJean" <jeanetjean@wanadoo.fr> > Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] McMilllans & free churches > To: <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> > Cc: jeanolive@samoa.ws > > I am not related to MacMillans but very close friends and neighbours > of my > family left the Ross of Mull about 1842 for Canada, Finlay and James > MacMillan and some in-laws. I know a bit of their background and > quite a lot > about what happened to them later if that is of interest to you. > > While on the subject of free churches, I would like to know more > about the > very first Baptists on Mull of whom my gg-grandfather must have been > one. > D.E. Meek has some tantalizing titles in the bibliography of > "Sunshine and > Shadow" but they are probably not easy to find. I believe the > University of > Edinburgh has Dugald Sinclair's Journals but I was not able to find > a trace > elsewhere. As for "Evangelicalism and Emigration: Aspects of the > Role of > Dissenting Evangelicalism in Highland Emigration to Canada, in G; > MacLennan > [ed.], Proceedings of the First North American Congress of Celtic > Studies > (Ottawa, 1988), I expect it is rather rare. Has anyone access to > either of > these? > > Best wishes, Jean >