Hi Rena You also are a treasure and a very brave person to offer such a thing. A list of the names of persons in Memorabilia will inevitably bring you much further work. The names alone mean little and people will want the 'story'! Perhaps those who have the book or access to the book could type and post the various 'worthwhile' stories during the coming months? I feel I also must offer the information to the list that most of the people discussed in this book are of a class above the common crofter so for the majority there will be little genealogical detail but lots of social interest. This is an example: "A family named Murray, lived at the place of Tuaraidh, Kildonan. The head of the family was Alexander (Alister) Murray, one of Captain Baigrie's sub-tenants, as indeed he had been of his predecessor, Major Sutherland of Midgarty, who held Tuaraidh as a Highland pendicle to Midgarty. Murray's wife was a sister of Barbara Corbet, my nurse, and an intimacy, in consequence of this connection, held between us children and the family. My brother, my sisters, and myself were often invited, and nearly as often went to spend days and even weeks at Tuaraidh, and the scenery, as well as names of hill and dale, in that wild and sequestered spot, are still familiar to me. The Innis mor, the Innis beag, the Lon, as also Tuaraidh-bheag and Tuaraidh-mhor - the site of Alister Murray's house, of his barn on the brow of the hill, of his swaggering corn-rigs, of his peat-moss on the banks of the Loist, which meandered through the Lon, and the houses of his sub-tenants, are all at this moment vivid in my memory. Two events arise as fresh to my remembrance as if they had happened but yesterday. These are the marriages of Murray's two daughters, Barbara and Janet. Barbara was married to Robert Mackay, a native of Clyne. At their wedding my sisters, my brother and I were amused and feasted for nearly a week, whilst our fellow-guests numbered about fifty. Her sister Janet, a few years later, also married a young man named Mackay, a younger brother of William Mackay in Ascaig* [see note below] who was one of my father's elders, and as single-hearted and sincere a Christian as I ever knew. It was at Janet's wedding that this impressive incident took place. The marriage service was performed by my father in church at noon. As was the practice, after the day's festivities, the guests of both sexes retired to sleep in the barn. My brother and I were placed beside each other at the lower end of the building; the season might be about the end of autumn, as I remember that the nights were dark. So long as the sound of the voices, after we had all lain down, rang in my ears from all corners, I felt very drowsy; but when to the hum of speech, a deep silence succeeded, broken only by the hard breathing of the sleepers, I became wide awake. I felt an undefinable dread creep upon me, and looking towards the upper part of the barn, the whole of which was enveloped in pitchy darkness, I noticed a white figure gliding slowly down from the upper to the lower part of the building, where it disappeared. It seemed to be a human form covered with some white garment hanging about it in loose folds, but although it passed within little more than a yard of me, I could neither see its countenance nor even hear the tread of its feet. On my way home the next day, I told the circumstance to those who accompanied us, and they accounted for it by saying that a young woman at Tuaraidh-bheag had long been confined to bed with consumption, and that she had been found dead in her bed that morning. Be that as it may, I never could satisfactorily account for the singular apparition. Had it been any of my bed-fellows rising in their sleep, and walking in the night-clothes, which, of course, were white, I could not possibly have perceived them without the aid of light, and light there was none, either shining from without through the chinks of the doors, or yet from within. Then how could the figure pass me without my hearing the tread of its feet. What it was I am as unable now, after the lapse of forty years, to account for as I was then." Christine -----Original Message----- From: Rena Singleton [mailto:rena@pathtech.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 12:18 AM To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Memorabilia Domestica "Memorabilia Domestica, or Parish Life in the North of Scotland," is a rare book. It is a treasure to family genealogists tracing their roots in Sutherland, especially if their ancestors and their families are mentioned in the book. Since the book is not readily available to everyone, I am offering to prepare lists of persons named in it ... if others are interested. Does anyone want these lists? Rena ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ ============================== Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.244 / Virus Database: 119 - Release Date: 4/2/01 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.244 / Virus Database: 119 - Release Date: 4/2/01

Very interesting reading. I look forward to reading more. Isabella. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Stokes" <chris@northants26.freeserve.co.uk> To: <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 7:06 AM Subject: RE: Memorabilia Domestica > Hi Rena > You also are a treasure and a very brave person to offer such a thing. A > list of the names of persons in Memorabilia will inevitably bring you much > further work. The names alone mean little and people will want the 'story'! > Perhaps those who have the book or access to the book could type and post > the various 'worthwhile' stories during the coming months? > > I feel I also must offer the information to the list that most of the people > discussed in this book are of a class above the common crofter so for the > majority there will be little genealogical detail but lots of social > interest. > > This is an example: > "A family named Murray, lived at the place of Tuaraidh, Kildonan. The head > of the family was Alexander (Alister) Murray, one of Captain Baigrie's > sub-tenants, as indeed he had been of his predecessor, Major Sutherland of > Midgarty, who held Tuaraidh as a Highland pendicle to Midgarty. Murray's > wife was a sister of Barbara Corbet, my nurse, and an intimacy, in > consequence of this connection, held between us children and the family. My > brother, my sisters, and myself were often invited, and nearly as often went > to spend days and even weeks at Tuaraidh, and the scenery, as well as names > of hill and dale, in that wild and sequestered spot, are still familiar to > me. The Innis mor, the Innis beag, the Lon, as also Tuaraidh-bheag and > Tuaraidh-mhor - the site of Alister Murray's house, of his barn on the brow > of the hill, of his swaggering corn-rigs, of his peat-moss on the banks of > the Loist, which meandered through the Lon, and the houses of his > sub-tenants, are all at this moment vivid in my memory. > > Two events arise as fresh to my remembrance as if they had happened but > yesterday. These are the marriages of Murray's two daughters, Barbara and > Janet. Barbara was married to Robert Mackay, a native of Clyne. At their > wedding my sisters, my brother and I were amused and feasted for nearly a > week, whilst our fellow-guests numbered about fifty. Her sister Janet, a > few years later, also married a young man named Mackay, a younger brother of > William Mackay in Ascaig* [see note below] who was one of my father's > elders, and as single-hearted and sincere a Christian as I ever knew. It > was at Janet's wedding that this impressive incident took place. The > marriage service was performed by my father in church at noon. As was the > practice, after the day's festivities, the guests of both sexes retired to > sleep in the barn. My brother and I were placed beside each other at the > lower end of the building; the season might be about the end of autumn, as I > remember that the nights were dark. So long as the sound of the voices, > after we had all lain down, rang in my ears from all corners, I felt very > drowsy; but when to the hum of speech, a deep silence succeeded, broken only > by the hard breathing of the sleepers, I became wide awake. > > I felt an undefinable dread creep upon me, and looking towards the upper > part of the barn, the whole of which was enveloped in pitchy darkness, I > noticed a white figure gliding slowly down from the upper to the lower part > of the building, where it disappeared. It seemed to be a human form covered > with some white garment hanging about it in loose folds, but although it > passed within little more than a yard of me, I could neither see its > countenance nor even hear the tread of its feet. > > On my way home the next day, I told the circumstance to those who > accompanied us, and they accounted for it by saying that a young woman at > Tuaraidh-bheag had long been confined to bed with consumption, and that she > had been found dead in her bed that morning. Be that as it may, I never > could satisfactorily account for the singular apparition. Had it been any > of my bed-fellows rising in their sleep, and walking in the night-clothes, > which, of course, were white, I could not possibly have perceived them > without the aid of light, and light there was none, either shining from > without through the chinks of the doors, or yet from within. Then how could > the figure pass me without my hearing the tread of its feet. What it was I > am as unable now, after the lapse of forty years, to account for as I was > then." > > Christine > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rena Singleton [mailto:rena@pathtech.org] > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 12:18 AM > To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Memorabilia Domestica > > "Memorabilia Domestica, or Parish Life in the North of Scotland," is a > rare book. It is a treasure to family genealogists tracing their roots > in Sutherland, especially if their ancestors and their families are > mentioned in the book. > > Since the book is not readily available to everyone, I am offering to > prepare lists of persons named in it ... if others are interested. Does > anyone want these lists? > > Rena > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. 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