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Islay McGilvrays Database
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 coveri
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 coveri
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Russ McGillivray
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suggestion for a new list
You don't want anything to do with Rootsweb! There is a Files folder right here in Islay@Scotland-Genealogy groups.io All we need is to create a Google Docs spreadsheet with the same columns as the ol
You don't want anything to do with Rootsweb! There is a Files folder right here in Islay@Scotland-Genealogy groups.io All we need is to create a Google Docs spreadsheet with the same columns as the ol
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Russ McGillivray
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heads up - informative Scottish conference online right now
Sue, I hired Emma Maxwell to do some Scottish research for me a couple of years ago, involving records at the Archives that are stored off-site (unrelated to Islay). This was my only experience with h
Sue, I hired Emma Maxwell to do some Scottish research for me a couple of years ago, involving records at the Archives that are stored off-site (unrelated to Islay). This was my only experience with h
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Russ McGillivray
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Roll Call -- Gillespie, Bell, McGillivray, White or Whyte, McDermid, Heyman
Chris, As it happens, my closest Y DNA match (Y700 test) is with a descendant of the Jura McGillivrays, but the match is so far in the past that it was before they got to Jura. Russ
Chris, As it happens, my closest Y DNA match (Y700 test) is with a descendant of the Jura McGillivrays, but the match is so far in the past that it was before they got to Jura. Russ
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Russ McGillivray
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Roll Call -- Gillespie, Bell, McGillivray, White or Whyte, McDermid, Heyman
Chris, What is the username you are matching with in Ancestry?
Chris, What is the username you are matching with in Ancestry?
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Russ McGillivray
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Roll Call -- Gillespie, Bell, McGillivray, White or Whyte, McDermid, Heyman
Chris, In the 1901 census of Nottawasaga, John and Mary McLean’s grandsons Hector and James McLean are living with Malcolm and Bessie McGilvray and are termed “nephews”. Malcolm and Bessie were siblin
Chris, In the 1901 census of Nottawasaga, John and Mary McLean’s grandsons Hector and James McLean are living with Malcolm and Bessie McGilvray and are termed “nephews”. Malcolm and Bessie were siblin
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Russ McGillivray
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Roll Call
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 made a
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 made a
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Russ McGillivray
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Roll Call ?
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 anc
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 anc
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Russ McGillivray
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PAF software
Ken, I upgraded from PAF to Legacy years ago and would recommend it. There is a free version of Legacy that has almost all of the functionality of the Deluxe version. The Deluxe only costs about $25 s
Ken, I upgraded from PAF to Legacy years ago and would recommend it. There is a free version of Legacy that has almost all of the functionality of the Deluxe version. The Deluxe only costs about $25 s
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Russ McGillivray
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Ballantrae, Ontario
Sue, I have lots of relatives that lived in Ballantrae, but not from the Islay side of my tree. Could you scan the postcard? Russ
Sue, I have lots of relatives that lived in Ballantrae, but not from the Islay side of my tree. Could you scan the postcard? Russ
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Russ McGillivray
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Russ McGilvray - McFadyens
Roger, Wow, a whole family tree that spans from 1795 to 1962! We should all be so lucky. Russ
Roger, Wow, a whole family tree that spans from 1795 to 1962! We should all be so lucky. Russ
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Russ McGillivray
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Donald McGilvray of Ballachlavan ca 1833
Roger, Could I ask you a favour? As I mentioned in my introductory email, in 1833 Donald is married to Ann McDuffie and has a son baptized at Kilmeny. (I assume they were married because the child was
Roger, Could I ask you a favour? As I mentioned in my introductory email, in 1833 Donald is married to Ann McDuffie and has a son baptized at Kilmeny. (I assume they were married because the child was
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Russ McGillivray
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Surnames McGilvray, McDuffie
I am descended from Donald McGilvray, son of "Donald or Peter" McGilvray and Anne McDuffie, who was born in 1833. They were of Ballachlavan, called "the worst wadset in the countrie" by the Book of Is
I am descended from Donald McGilvray, son of "Donald or Peter" McGilvray and Anne McDuffie, who was born in 1833. They were of Ballachlavan, called "the worst wadset in the countrie" by the Book of Is
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Russ McGillivray
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Craock or Craast or Cruach?
Phil, The baptismal record says Craock in the OPR transcription in Steve Gilchrist’s website. In my database I have the ‘corrected place’ as Craast. But I don’t know where the correction came from. It
Phil, The baptismal record says Craock in the OPR transcription in Steve Gilchrist’s website. In my database I have the ‘corrected place’ as Craast. But I don’t know where the correction came from. It
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Russ McGillivray
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Roll Call ?
Phil, Years ago I put together a database of Islay McGilvrays. I have that Ann who married Angus McFadyen (18 Jan 1831, Kilarrow) was baptized 19 Jun 1794, Kilarrow, daughter of Donald McGilvray and F
Phil, Years ago I put together a database of Islay McGilvrays. I have that Ann who married Angus McFadyen (18 Jan 1831, Kilarrow) was baptized 19 Jun 1794, Kilarrow, daughter of Donald McGilvray and F
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Russ McGillivray
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