Mike, May I add a welcome to the list! - and may I pose several questions to you? 1. The Crest does not display in my browser - is the img link proper? 2. From my family's internal historical notes, I had read that Slone is an Irish name - but obviously this is not the case. Do you have any other perspective on this? 3. What is your perspective on the Sloan versus Slone naming convention? Thanks! Later, Ben ********************************* Finite Matters Ltd. 2604 Fairground Road Goochland, Virginia 23063 mailto:sloneb@fml.com http://www.fml.com 804-556-6631 Voice 888-766-1086 Pager mailto:7661086@skytel.com Pager email 804-840-1776 Mobile 804-784-0850 Westlab Voice 804-556-3828 Fax 804-784-3147 Westlab Fax ********************************* > ---------- > From: Mike Sloan[SMTP:gu3whn@guernsey.net] > Reply To: gu3whn@guernsey.net > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 1998 7:55 AM > To: SLOAN-SLONE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Hello! > > May I extend a warm and hearty greeting to all recipients from the > beautiful island of Guernsey. > > I am Michael Charles Sloan. I am a direct descendant of James Slowan, > born 11th April 1784 in Dundonald who married Ann Andrew on the 8th > December 1812. He was my Great, Great, Great Grandfather. There is a > possible connection to what may be his father, James Slowan of Troon. > > We came to Guernsey in the 1970's and were, at that time, the only Sloan > family on the island. There are now another four families. We intend > to make contact. > > I have a modest web site at http://www.guernsey.net/~gu3whn/index.html > > The Crest is purely symbolic, of my design, representing the Scottish > Crest and Scottish Motto uncovered by my own research. > > The Scottish Roots page is just a quick guide and I intend passing on > all the information presently available to me in a yet to be created > "Notes" page. > > Kind regards to you all, > > Mike >