I recently obtained a copy of our grandfather's attestation papers for WW1 in Canada and he lists his next of kin as James McLean and address as Milsares, Sorbie - that's the best I can read - anyone have any ideas as to which farm that is? Also he says he served in the 395 Battalion Royal Scots Fus. - which I assume is Fusiliers - was this a militia? It says he served 5 months so was there a mandatory service period? Thanks for any help Barbara McLean Murrieta, California

Hi Barbara, I would say it is probably Millairies, which these days is known for its sheep's cheese (Ewe for You). It's about halfway between Sorbie and Whauphill. This link shows you the location (if it is broken you may have to cut and paste it in two parts): http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=241500&y=548500&z=3&sv=Millairies&st=3&tl=Millairies,+Dumfries+and+Galloway+&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf If you zoom out you can then see it in the greater context of the Machars. Hope this helps Paul Wigtown http://www.dumfriesandgalloway.info, http://www.scotlandsecrets.com http://scotlandsecrets.blogspot.com http://www.audiobook-s-tore.com http://www.australasianpacificinformationservices.com/mount-cook-new-zealand.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara McLean" <malcolmsmom@verizon.net> To: "sct-wigtownshire@roots" <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:05 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Need the name of farm please I recently obtained a copy of our grandfather's attestation papers for WW1 in Canada and he lists his next of kin as James McLean and address as Milsares, Sorbie - that's the best I can read - anyone have any ideas as to which farm that is? Also he says he served in the 395 Battalion Royal Scots Fus. - which I assume is Fusiliers - was this a militia? It says he served 5 months so was there a mandatory service period? Thanks for any help Barbara McLean Murrieta, California ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Fabulous! That must be it! Thank you so much! Barbara -----Original Message----- From: sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sct-wigtownshire-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Paul D. Chilvers-Grierson Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:00 PM To: sct-wigtownshire@roots Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Need the name of farm please Hi Barbara, I would say it is probably Millairies, which these days is known for its sheep's cheese (Ewe for You). It's about halfway between Sorbie and Whauphill. This link shows you the location (if it is broken you may have to cut and paste it in two parts): http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=241500&y=548500&z=3&sv=Millairies&st =3&tl=Millairies,+Dumfries+and+Galloway+&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.s rf If you zoom out you can then see it in the greater context of the Machars. Hope this helps Paul Wigtown http://www.dumfriesandgalloway.info, http://www.scotlandsecrets.com http://scotlandsecrets.blogspot.com http://www.audiobook-s-tore.com http://www.australasianpacificinformationservices.com/mount-cook-new-zealand .html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara McLean" <malcolmsmom@verizon.net> To: "sct-wigtownshire@roots" <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:05 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] Need the name of farm please I recently obtained a copy of our grandfather's attestation papers for WW1 in Canada and he lists his next of kin as James McLean and address as Milsares, Sorbie - that's the best I can read - anyone have any ideas as to which farm that is? Also he says he served in the 395 Battalion Royal Scots Fus. - which I assume is Fusiliers - was this a militia? It says he served 5 months so was there a mandatory service period? Thanks for any help Barbara McLean Murrieta, California ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message