Well, I don't know about everyone else, but for me it is a mixture of holidays and having less people around to do the work so I working longer hours. It's also a bit hectic here with exam results and children finalising university entrance etc. However, now I have grasped a few moments, if anyone has anything they can add to the following it would eb appreciated. I am trying to trace back to a set of ggg grandparents. Their daughter (and I don't know if they had other children) died in 1906 in Glasgow. Her death entry says that she was 74 years old when she died and that her parents were Alistair Campbell, Captain (91st Foot)(deceased) and Christina Campbell m.s. McKinnon (deceased). She was married to Robert Campbell,a nd I am very grateful to another member of the list, Julia, for the amazing information that she has shared with me about Robert's line, and about Robert and Barbara and their children etc once married. It is possible to trace census entries for Barbara readily back to 1851 (all in Glasgow)and from them it is possible to glean that Barbara was born on the Island of Mull in about 1831, and one of the entries states that she was born in Tobermory. The 1861 census entry for Barabara and Robert and their family includes an entry for Christina McKinnon, mother-in-law aged 64 which ties in with Barbara's death entry. I have tried a number of approaches within scotlandspeople to finding the death entry for Christina Campbell/McKinnon without success and am now considering getting help on the ground in Scotland. Is there a forum for sharing information on Scotlandspeople index searches, as I ahve a fair amount of index information as well as images that are not for the correct person (when I get time I will make the image information available)? Checking back through possible entries for Barbara in the 1841 census brought up C1841_549_00_001_000_2_005Z.TIF for Tobermory which shows a Barbara Campbell of the correct age (10) staying in Ardmore with Mary McKinnon , farmer, 50; Dugald McKinnon 35; and Chirsty McKinnon aged 30 (about the correct age to be Barbara's mother). I note that there is a Campbell family on the same page: James (20), farmer; Janet (65), Angus (25), Ag Lab; Ann (15); and tehn Mary (5) Jane (3) and John (1) possibly McPhee. Does anyone know anything about them and whether the Christy and Barbara mentioned could eb the same as that mentioned in the 1861 census. So far, I have not been able to find any likely birth or marriage records for Barbara, Alistair/Alexander or Christina/Christy, Chirsty etc. On the Alistair Campbell side, I am presently looking through the officer records of the 91st Foot but I have not found any obvious entries, even assuming that he was probably called Alexander, and am beginning to wonder if he was a Captain in the 91st, although some more film from the LDS has just arrived, so I might be lucky this time! If anyone has any additional insight/information, it would be greatly appreciated. Best Wishes from the temperate climes of New Zealand. Duncan P.S. thanks Ian and evryone else for this great list. Duncan & Pam McMillan

Hi Pam I'm not sure if this will help or not. The McPhee information seems to be similar but I can't prove anything here. Duncan & Pam McMillan wrote: > >Checking back through possible entries for Barbara in the >1841 census brought up C1841_549_00_001_000_2_005Z.TIF for >Tobermory which shows a Barbara Campbell of the correct age >(10) staying in Ardmore with Mary McKinnon , farmer, 50; >Dugald McKinnon 35; and Chirsty McKinnon aged 30 (about the >correct age to be Barbara's mother). I note that there is a >Campbell family on the same page: James (20), farmer; Janet >(65), Angus (25), Ag Lab; Ann (15); and tehn Mary (5) Jane >(3) and John (1) possibly McPhee. Does anyone know anything >about them and whether the Christy and Barbara mentioned >could eb the same as that mentioned in the 1861 census. > In the 1841 census you mention Mary (5) Jane (3) and John (1) McPhee could they be the children of John McPhee and Christina Campbell ??? In the 1851 census St. Breadalbane TBR you'll find McPhee John 50 agr labr Ardnamurchan McPhee Chirsty 33 w Ardnamurchan F Campbell McPhee Jean 14 d Ardnamurchan she m's George Robertson Jul 4 1862 TBR M1155491, 0061 McPhee Duncan 8 s Tobermory 1843 McPhee Margaret 4 d Tobermory 1847-Mar 2 1853 IGI TBR C115492, 0624 McPhee Donald 1 s Tobermory 1850- Mar 2 1853 IGI TBR C115492, 0625 1861 Argyll Terrace TBR McPhee Cirsty 50 Head Pauper Argyll Ardnamurchan 3 widow Campbell husb John McPhee Peggy 15 Dau Scholar Argyll Ardnamurchan 3 unm McPhee Donald 16 Son Scholar Argyll Ardnamurchan 3 unm McPhee John 11 Son Scholar Argyll Ardnamurchan 3 unm McGilvray Mary 23 Dau McPhee Argyll Ardnamurchan 3 Mar husb John m Jan 11 1859 TBR M115491, 0026 McGilvray John 1 Grand Son Argyll Ardnamurchan 3 unm So any thought who the Janet Campbell (65) might be? later Ida