Thanks, Diane. It’s ordered. Merle Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Okay, everyone, you might want to read this book. I ordered it this afternoon for my Kindle and I've read about a third of it. But I have to quit nwo and go to bed. Interesting read. I write mysteries

Thanks for this, Diane. I just ordered The Peat Dead for my Kindle. Sharee

I just noticed a mystery book set on Islay - The Peat Dead by by Allan Martin. I think I'll read this one. And I know of another - Above Suspicion by The Mulgray Twins. Has anyone read either? Are

Ryan, Glad to see another Islay McGilvray who has the surname. I hope you are considering taking the Y-700 DNA test at FamilyTreeDNA so we can find out how the Islay McGillivrays are related. I

Hello Ryan. I don't know if I can be of much help to you. I found a small cluster of McGilvays following the mariage of Mary MacKenzie and Alexander Brown about 1806. A granddaughter, Marion Brown,

Hello sons and daughters of Islay! 1. Family surnames: McGilvray, Campbell, Lamont 2. Family info: My ancestor, John McGilvray (b. 1831?), left Islay around 1850. His father, Archibald, and his

Thanks Sue. This will take a bit of studying to find my way around, but it very nice to know that the Tweedsmuir Books are available. I knew several women who were members, including my Mother.

Thank you for the information. Hope all is well with you and the family Jean

Thank you for this. --

http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=31822 Tweedsmuir Community History Books digitization project complete The Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) have completed their three-year project to

Thank you, John - I suspected this but hadn't/haven't taken any time to research it.

Lamont and Currie My ancestor was Coll Lamont born c. 1786. Was born in Portnellan ( Portneilan). On the census of 1851 Kilmeny occupation listed as dancing master. Emigrated to Ontario late 1851

Justin, I have a number of McDuffies in my tree and (in case you haven’t come across it already) there is a 1841 census record for your Donald in Cornabus, with his mother and four older sisters,

I am trying to learn more about my second great-grandfather, Donald McDuffie (16 April 1814 to 25 January 1892. I believe he was born in Cornabus and I know emigrated to Canada, where he died in

The Gaelic surname MacMhuirich went through several stages of Anglicisation, becoming McVurich, McCurrie and Currie. They are all the same name really. Virus-free.

I also have an Archibald Curie born on Islay in 1820 (father also Archibald, born 1795). He moved to Ontario and married Ann Gillespie there in 1845. They ad a daughter, FLora, my great-grandmother,

Hi Lois - I don't think i have anything for you. I have 3 Archibald Curries in my tree, one of which was born in 1840 and married a Flora, but she was a Campbell born in Scotland. They moved to Canada

Janice, Is one of your McGilvray-Ferguson couples Donald McGilvray and Ann Ferguson who married ca. 1786? If so, do you have a DNA test? I have a hypothesis that this couple are my direct paternal

Thank you. I knew about the "Fairs", but did not imagine the folks to look so grand! Johan