Shelley and all It is my understanding that all available Islay parish records were put on wonderful searchable spreadsheets by someone and then kept on roots web which then went defunct. Perhaps

Oh my! I’m terribly sorry for not specifying. I was referring to John Lynch. I should have been more specific - it was very late, and I was having a bit of a hard time figuring out the site - I was

Dear Shelley, Being descended from illeachs there is every chance that we are connected, however from your history I can’t see a link to my known family tree. The only Neil

Hi John, I believe we are connected. I have been doing similar research for the past two years and have learned much. Charles McArthur was the brother of John and Christine McArthur. Their parents

Sorry not to have made a direct link Anne but hopefully someone else might. I am sure John would have been the grandson of Thomas and Marion. In the 1881 Census he and Janet (nee Lamont) are living

Hi Sue Thanks for getting in touch Sue. I am a member of Old Islay. Best wishes. Sent from Mail for Windows

Thank you so much for the information Eleanor. In my tree I have a Janet Lamont who married a John Spalding ( in 1871) who must have been the grandson of Thomas Spalding who laid the cornerstone..

Are you on Facebook? Are you aware of a closed group (only members can see posts, photos, articles, etc) called Old Islay. I think what has been posted here could get some good response there. Sue

Hello Our common ancestor was Thomas Spalding who came to Islay to build the Round Church in Bowmore, Islay, which was completed in 1767. I was always aware of a story that he lived to be 105 and

Being as it is a snowy day, I've been searching around ancestry and I came upon the following information that pertains to one of my ( distant) Lamont relatives. A birthday announcement for

In 1896 the death record for Malcolm McDermid recorded that he was 83 years old, the son of Donald McDermid and Ann Turner. I have not been able to locate his birth record. From this he would seem to

Thanks once again Seymour. You are always very helpful and it is appreciated. Glynn Sent from Mail for Windows

Property deeds are available from the Land Registry https://landregistryservice.uk/services/scotland Old records are held in the Register of Sasines which are searched from the same site and cost

Does anyone know how, or if it is possible, to view property deeds in Bowmore? Glynn

Here is the 1885 Assessment Roll. It would be good to see if we could match up the residents listed in the assessment roll as living in Bowmore with the building in which they lived. Glynn

Streets Project For quite some time I have wondered where my paternal grandmother was born. Her husband, my grandfather, was born on a farm at Duich Lott's in Kildalton. While not knowing which of

Hi John I forwarded your email to Bob. Cheers, Sue

Thanks for copying this file to us, Sue. Is Bob in this group or would I have to e-mail him direct to thank him for this update? One small update to his Note 1: if you want to buy paper

Bob McQueen of New Zealand has updated his Islay Farms/Place Names doc to include GPS coordinates and Google maps links. He’s asked that I try to get it ‘out there’ as the updated version.

Bob – if you are still a member here, please contact me. I emailed you about your research but it was returned as ‘undeliverable’. Thanks, Sue Visser genealgal2ATexeculink.com