Hi all. My 4xG Grandfather Hector McInnes married Marion McCaffer at Kilchoman on 17 December 1822. The 1851 census shows most of the family living at Coullabus and gives Hector’s place of birth as

Hello Everyone, My last direct ancestors to raise their families on Islay were: William Campbell born Abt. 1775 (parents and siblings unknown) and Elizabeth Graham born Abt. 1781 (parents and

I’ve changed the subject. In case others mightn’t realize it, this chart can be saved to your own computer. Happy hunting! Sue McCuaig Visser

Hi Diane: Thank you for all your work with the group! I have wonderful memories of our get togethers in Ontario and Islay. My gr-grandfather, John McNabb was born on Islay in 1842. He immigrated to

My information on the chart is still valid. Thanks Iain MacIntosh. Sue McCuaig Visser

Hi Seymour, Perhaps a list of GEDMatch kit numbers would be a start. Mine is A384121 Sharon Stewart Duff Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Donald McEachern b Islay 1840 & Catherine McDougall b Chinguacousy, (Brampton) Ontario 1846 – named for her sister who died at Grosse Île, Québec on the voyage over. My name is Sharon

Hi Diane, My names is Colin Donald, Aberdeen Scotland. My interests from Islay are primarily McDougall, McCaffer, McNabb. Main places of interest are Port Ellen and Bowmore. Regards, Colin

Hi My name is Alan Cameron and I have many family connections in Islay. My mother was Mary Fraser, her sister Annie Fraser and their brother Iain Fraser. They were born and brought up in Ardbeg where

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Here is the original spreadsheet of Islay researchers Johan & I produced a good few years ago Regards Iain

Dixie I have been wondering whether there are now enough of us who have done DNA tests that we can put our details together to prove our descent. Remind me where I can see your family tree. My

There is a spreadsheet of researchers on Steve Gilchrist’s Islay webpages. This was done o few years ago by myself and Johan Lochridge. It might save you some work Diane.

Hi, my name is Dorothy Milne, and my Islay ancestors are McFarlanes, McDonalds and Carmichaels. All from the Port Ellen area. Possibly some early connection to Torradale.

I have James Morrison from Glasgow who went to Canada in 1786, and my Gillies grandfather was the brewer at Laphroaig Distillery. Regards Kris Herron

Hi All, My name is James Morison. Names of interest Johnston, Kildalton, Laphroaig Distillery, Jackson, The Lotts, Whyte, Kildalton

My complicated Islay family Goodness knows how to put photos on the links, however here are my great grandparents Donald Gillies and Ann McKewan (brewer at Laphroaig) The Carson children of

Hi all, Happy to share my info in case a roll call is set up. Names of interest are McKellar, Campbell, McLugash, McArthur. People moved around a lot; places include Kilbrannan (near

Hello, I am Johan Lochridge, been interested in my Islay ancestors for many years and my names are Keith, Campbell, Brown, Sinclair, and Stevenson, Dunlop the latter two moved to Islay in mid 1800s.

Hi, everyone. There are now 177 of us here. Would you like to start a roll call? Just the Islay people's names and places you are interested in. I am thinking we can also build up a database for the