Hi Flora, Can you join the Facebook Old Islay page without having a Facebook account? If so, could you tell me how, please? I am wary of Facebook itself as friends were vilified on it without

Could any member from this group who has recently requested to join the Facebook page "Old Islay" please check their Messenger inbox. We have received a number of requests over the past few days but

Thanks Sue. I will try that. It is quite interesting to step outside the Family Tree stuff and look at how people lived these many years ago. Glynn Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Hi Glynn – are you on Facebook, specifically Old Islay group? I suspect these questions could be answered there. Happy hunting, Sue Visser

In comparing the valuation rolls and street maps for Bowmore, I have noticed a couple of discrepancies. I compared the 1885 assessment roll with an 1882 street map and compared the 1895 assessment

Very true Marian. Life in early Canada was very rough. But life as a tenant farmer in Scotland was also tough, even before the clearances. It took a hardy soul to survive those first few years in

There was a programme on TV in UK some months ago which told the story of some families- they were recruited by a priest to go t Canada - promised all sorts - on arrival in Canada there was nothing

Thanks for the information Toni. I will look for those books you mentioned. They sound interesting. Glynn Currie Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Thanks for sharing this with us, Russ. I'm enjoying the photos of our "old" gatherings, and playing a guessing game with myself - trying to put names to the faces, before I cheat and read them! I've

Thank you, Russ. Unless you saved it many of the useful databases were lost in transition. Hopefully together we have most of them. Your databases with sources and notes will be a big help. Families

It is no wonder those farmers came to Canada where they suffered huge deprivations and hard work. Here, depending on time and place, they received 200 acres of land for themselves! They were used to

Back in 2006 I created a database of McGilvrays of Islay and put it on Rootsweb WorldConnect. After Ancestry took over Rootsweb the site was degraded by stripping out the sources and notes, and

Clearances in Scotland, evictions in Ireland and enclosures in England -- different names for the same phenomenon. Subsistence farmers were removed from the land, forced into towns or to emigrate, so

Here is an Islay-specific piece: https://www.islayinfo.com/islay_clearances.html My family (McKellars) moved in to Islay around 1840 when many others were being moved out, to live at

I have just finished reading The Highland Clearances by TM Devine and wanted to share it . Following this note is a review I wrote. In The Scottish Clearances, TM Devine argues the Highland clearances

Hi Donald, The closest I have is doubtful, and comes to me from another researcher. I have a Neil Morrison, b. before 1780, seen in 1841, apparently a widower, aged “60”, at Stremnishmore, with

Hi Ken; i don't think I posted this already. You had stated that the McVorran name was changed to Morrison. I have been reviewing the family tree. I have a Neil Morrison whose spouse was Mary

The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario Digital Collections are here: https://collections.fwio.on.ca/search Diane R

The ladies from the local WI branches worked hard on these digital copies. If you cannot find an answer, you can try to contact the local branch secretaries. Go to FWIO website and find the menu that

Thanks for your note. I hope you find the answers you seek Regards Johan