Hi. I may be a bit late but here are a few names that might be of interest. John Gilespie (1778-1872)---Catherine Bell (1805-1884) Dugald Ferguson (1796-1874)----ca 1825----Margaret Bell Mary

To stick my nose in this one This is on Find a Grave for the Nottawasaga Cemetery The stone lists John McLean’s wife as Mary McIntyre who died in 1924 DEATH REGISTER John Allan

Hi Russ, The username is helloplanet2000. You took the Big Y test as well? I also took a Big Y test and have found that most of my close matches are actually MacLeans (various spellings). I do have

Chris, As it happens, my closest Y DNA match (Y700 test) is with a descendant of the Jura McGillivrays, but the match is so far in the past that it was before they got to Jura. Russ

Chris, What is the username you are matching with in Ancestry?

Hi Russ, I am sorry, but I don't have anything for you just yet in regards to the McLeans and McGilvrays. I did note in the 1901 census of Canada it lists Hector and James as living with their family,

Hi Dorothy, Thanks for connecting! I'd love to know your source for Catherine Bell being the daughter of Duncan Bell and Mary Sinclair. Is it a birth or baptism record? There are a lot of trees on

Chris, In the 1901 census of Nottawasaga, John and Mary McLean’s grandsons Hector and James McLean are living with Malcolm and Bessie McGilvray and are termed “nephews”. Malcolm and Bessie were

Hi Jeanette, Like Dorothy, I have Gillespie and Bell in my tree. I don't have an Ann McGillivray, but I do have a Mary McGillivray, born approx. 1799, who married a John Allan McLean, born approx.

I have a Catherine Bell b. abt 1805 Kilchoman Parish, Gearach, Islay, Scotland; d/o Duncan Bell & Mary Sinclair. She married John Gillespie, b. abt 1777 Kilchoman, Islay, Scotland s/o Duncan Gillespie

I'm a bit late to join in the roll call but am interested in finding others with interests in these families: Gillespie & Bell John Gillespie b. Abt 1777 m. Catherine Bell b. Abt 1805 They moved to

Hi, everyone, I've been participating in a Family History Challenge this month, mostly blogging about family treasures. Some of you will remember I published an index quite a long time ago to my

What a great idea, Rosemary. I hadn't thought of that, since the libraries are all closed. But I definitely will check that out. I have already read the other two ad enjoyed them both. I liked the cat

It might be worth checking out your local library to see if they have a copy that you could borrow and read. A local library not far from where I live has a copy, so once libraries open again, I will

Maybe once I have a chance to read it again..I'm in the middle of a couple of projects so it will probably be a couple of wees.

Where so you live, Carolyn? If you're i the US, maybe you could loan it out to people. Book rate isn't very expensive to mail. I's be willing to pay for you to send it to me. then maybe someone else

Sorry..I've had a copy for years. Plan to read again.

Thanks for that nfo. I will get it as soon as I have finished The Peat dead. Sharee

Above Suspicion is available on Kindle for $5.99 under its new title Who Would Suspect!

Amazon has a copy of that book for $112.87. A little steep for my blood. Must be rare. Sharee