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

Hi, Ken, Scotland's People's Index shows - MCNABB DUNCAN DONALD MCNABB/ M 03/09/1796 541/ 10 82 Kildalton Someone might have a copy from Scotland's People. Diane R

Hi, Faith, At the bottom of any of our Islay messages, click the 'Your Subscription' button. You will see options, e.g. for a daily digest of up to 12 messages or for a summary of the messages which m

Thank you, Toni. I'll be there. I'm particularly looking forward to Dr. Bruce Durie's talk - "The Confusing DNA of the Scots" ! Diane R

Lately I've been reading this - lots of place name info. THE NORSE IN ISLAY: A Settlement Historical Case-Study for Medieval Scandinavian Activity in Western Maritime Scotland Alan Macniven PhD The Un

There is a free virtual "Robert Burns Celebration" coming up - Presented by ScotFestBC and SFU's Centre for Scottish Studies. Sat, January 23, 2021 6:30 PM – 11:30 PM PST On Zoom Register here: https:

OK. Faith. Thanks. She can be in touch with me about a new list. In the meantime, I will take a look at the website in the next few days and enquire about adding it. However, bear in mind that Rootswe

Did you mean a GEDmatch kit #? I was wondering how many of us with a direct maternal or paternal Islay line have joined the Islay/Hebrides DNA group at Family Tree DNA. Diane M Diane Rogers

I agree with Helen. We can start a new list - and date it. Maybe link to the older lists. Diane M Diane Rogers

Feeling nostalgic today. Just came across this photo from the 2004 Reunion on Islay. Lots more Reunion photos on Steve Gilchrist's Isle of Islay site: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/photos

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 great

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 the

Seymour - your lovely photo is already in our album. (Now several copies though.) I'll make it a cover photo later today. It's nice to have a few to change periodically. Members must agree to be publi

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Just wondering if anyone else has a little Islay plaque like this one. At its widest, about 3 1/2 inches; 4 1/2 inches long. Painted on thin laminated? wood. No initials or signature. On the back is a

James Gilchrist and Ann Calder, both born Islay, are my 3rd great grandparents. I am descended from their daughter Margaret and Donald Carmichael. Margaret was born on Islay. I always heard that Donal

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Hi, Ellen, You can send them to me diane_rogers@... Thanks! Diane

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Thanks to Sue Visser, we now have a new cover postcard photo. Take a look. Thank you, Sue. I have a small collection of Islay postcards which we can use. If you have some, do let me know. Or if you se

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Thanks very much, Iain, I will upload this. If not too big, I will add a column for DNA Gedmatch users and a column for family tree locations e.g. FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, if applicable. I

Hi, everyone. There are now 177 of us here. Would you like to start a roll call? Just the Islay people's names and places you are interested in. I am thinking we can also build up a database for the p

Welcome to our new list, everyone. I noticed some of you came 'early' to get good seats :-) I appreciate that. As a few know already, I like to learn something new every day, so bear with me as I lear