William and Margaret Baxter Dallas lived and died (he 1841, she 1843) at Grastle (other spellings also noted), the Oa, Isle of Islay. Their children Alexader born 1789 died 1858 Greene Co., AL, USA;

Good evening. I am not sure if this is relevant, but will post it here in case someone finds it interesting. It is from an article written by Dr. David H.Caldwell entitled “The Ilich- People of

Hi Toni Are you talking of John Sinclair who married Catherine McCuaig 7 Sept 1777 in Kilarrow (but NOTP)? If so, I don’t have John’s history prior to the marriage. Yes, I too have 4 brothers

Can be hard to dislodge “known” family history ;-)

Thanks Johan. I think you've also corresponded a bit with this gentleman, so I won't go into the details. However, he is very certain that his Mullindry Sinclairs were definitely not tenant farmers.

Toni, I have family history in both Islay and Orkney, but on separate lines. On both lines, there are peripheral connections to Sinclairs. There are lots of Sinclairs or St. Clairs in Orkney and

Toni, Hello, and thank you for your investigations. Even after all these years, I am still an amateur, and I have no links, that I know of to Orkney. My only observation is that I do share DNA with

Hello all, I've recently been contacted by someone with a Mullindry Sinclair connection. He is quite sure his Sinclair ancestor and his brother, the sons of a "Magnus Sinclair" from Orkney came to

I agree wholeheartedly with Sue that the Facebook Islay groups are well worth the effort. She also gives wise advice. [As ever.] Facebook does have security issues, but it's easy to set up a dummy

I haveconcerns about groups who require you to be on favevook

Hi Morag and any others who are interested in Old Islay but have concerns. Like you want to do Morag, I have my Facebook account very tightly secure. BEFORE joining, make sure you have good

Hi Flora, You have a good memory. Yes, I have had my DNA tested, but came up with little Islay connection. I must look up that Neil Orr. I have a suspicion that all the Neil Orrs are

Hi Allan, Thanks for addressing the safety of Facebook. I’ll do as you say, but I hope you don’t mind if I ask you some questions. How do I make sure all my details are for my eyes only? How do

Hi Flora...don't see a message on facebook messenger, but just saw the email and responded.

Jennifer, I messaged you on Monday and also emailed you after finding your address on this group.

I requested to join the Old Islay group but have not received a message so far...

Hi Morag I only joined Facebook for Old Islay and don’t have any personal information such as date of birth etc on my profile. Return of the Children seems so long ago! If I remember correctly

Morag Just a suggestion - create an account as “Morag F” and leave the photo blank, make sure all your details are for your eyes only and don’t add any friends. Then let the Admins know who you

Hi Flora, Thanks for your speedy reply. I’ll try to find out how safe Facebook is nowadays. Apart from the friends’ trouble with it, I had to go to the police over a man getting my contact

Hi Morag I’m afraid you need a Facebook account to be able to join Old Islay and also our other page “Islay from the year 2000 to the present....”. Regards Flora