Ritchie transcriptions 1951- MFM #12065. Ritchie did 33 cemetaries out of 150 in 3.5 weeks within the boundaries of present day Pictou. 8,000 names- forgive me for not transcribing them all. Here are a few "old and some not so old" Murrays. To all you MacKenzies, McKays, Sutherlands, MacLeods, Ross etc I extend a 100,000 welcomes ( cannot spell the Gaelic form!) to visit this lovely Province especially between June and end of October and delve into the history of your ancestors, explore the replica of the Hector which was launched last year and to burrow into this microfilm to your hearts content at N.S. Archives in Halifax. IVAN-I have been reading Geo. Pattersons History of Pictou County and he states that James Murray (Hector) went to Londonderry and in the various lists of inhabitants " available for military duty etc etc "there is only mention of Walter in 1775 onwards. So Londonderry will be my next port of call. RITCHIE TRANSCRIPTIONS PM-7 Merigomish Cemetary ROBERT MURRAY 1792-1884 wf Isabella 1802-1866 ROBERT MURRAY 1830-1842 M20 Merigomish McEWAN cemetary JAMES MURRAY 1827-1911 wf Margaret J McEwan 1836-1912 Bella MURRAY 1854-1913 Sarah MURRAY 1873-1939 W2 West Branch River John Cemetary JAMES MURRAY No date of death or age widow Catherine died 1871 aged 91 dau Barbara died 1893 aged 88 JAMES MURRAY died 1910 age 72 wf Eliza MCKAY JAMES D MURRAY died 1891 age 22 JAMES MURRAY wf Joanna ROSS died oct 18 1862 age 54 U3 Old Union Centre Cemetary Pictou DONALD MURRAY 1816-1899 wf Catherine MCKAY 1820-1910 son JAMES 1843-1900 son ALEXANDER 1854-1907 WILLIAM MURRAY 1856-1929 wf Georgie ROSS 1881-1929 DONALD R. MURRAY 1844-1897 wf Catherine E MACDONALD 1855-1946 son WILLIAM C MURRAY 1891-1919 son D? ROBERT MURRAY 1890- W3 Murray cemetary West Branch River John JOHN J MURRAY 1850-1939 wf Christine SUTHERLAND 1864-1928 JOHN M elder died 1889 age 85 b. Sutherlandshire ( Elder probably meant elder of the kirk not John Senior but I don't know for sure) wf Catherine MCKENZIE died 1909 age 89 b Sutherlandshire S14 Stewart Mills cemetary JAMES MURRAY wf Joanna ROSS died October 18 1862 age 54 M21 Middle river cemetary DONALD MURRAY no death or age dau Christy died 1829 age 17 son James died 1838 age 6 S7 Bethel cemetary Scotsburn JOHN MURRAY Born Sutherlandshire 1809 died Dalhousie 1881 wf Christena MACLEOD died Mar 8, 1908 Age 93 Christena L MURRAY 1892-1951 JAMES M MURRAY 1900-1941 GEORGE H MURRAY 1893-1943 PM 17 Marshdale Cemetary JOHN MURRAY 1808-1881 wf Anne DEMPSTER 1820-1904 Edwin H died 1868 age 24 Mary McD died 1922 age 78 More to come Liz

Have been searching for years for JOHN D. MURRAY (ca. 1826-1893) who married DOLINA MacDONALD (born 1826), daughter of Donald MacDonald and Esther Sinclair. John and Dolina lived in Three Brooks, Pictou County, N.S. I would appreciate any information. Kathleen plister@nbnet.nb.ca

I will check the Ritchie list of cemeteries on my next trip but I don't recall seeing a list from Three Brooks. I don't know what area of the county it is in and it is not on the old ( pre 1870 ) map I have on hand. I will check a current map as it has probably survived. Remember he only did 33 out of 150. Also some of those were just little clearings in the woods not adjacent to the church and used for the one or two families in the area. Keeping Grandpa in the barn until Spring when the grave could be dug was also standard practice, I believe. Once I establish the exact location I could see if records have survived in that area. Liz