Hello Candy, If it helps, in the book "For the People's Cause", it says that John Murdoch was born in Lynemore in the Nairnshire parish of Ardclach on Jan. 15, 1818. He was the second child and eldest

Hello everyone, and Happy (?) Valentine's Day I've been reading "For the People's Cause" by James Hunter, based the writings of John Murdoch, Highland and Irish Land Reformer. Much of his boyhood was

Hi everyone, I recently heard from Bill Caudill of the Scottish Heritage Center (St.Andrews University) in North Carolina that they will continue to hold their annual (30th) Scottish Heritage Symposiu

Thanks for Roger McWee for noticing the error of my ways. The date I wrote for the marriage of son Alexander Sinclair and Annie McLellan was NOT 29 Jan. 1828. That was her birth date! (wrong column).

Hello Julie, Here's what I have for "Annie" McLellan in my notes. She and Alexander Sinclair were married 29 January,1828. She was the daughter of Archibald and Catherine McLellan. Alex died on the 9t

Hello Robinson! I have a LOT of this Sinclair family information for you! I have John's birth year as either 1782 or 1786, depending on the census. Sarah,b. 4June,1788. She was the daughter of William

Hello all, I hope you don't mind if I butt into this conversation. I found my record of the marriage between Donald Currie and Katherine Sinclair, Feb.1786. This is what I have for their family: 1. da

Hello Glynn, If it helps at all - in the 1828 Black Book (List of Tenants on the Estate of Islay), I see a listing for "Neil McDearmid's heirs" in Bowmore. No specific address back then. I typed up th

Hi Malcolm. Nice to hear from you again. Thanks for the information, because I seem to have made a mistake in my records. I agree that Christian S. married Alexander McDougall, but I had their son, Jo

Hello to all of you Islay researchers. Yes, the "Return of the Children" was a wonderful gathering back in 2004 - so great to meet the folks we had been corresponding with! Sorry to have been absent f

Best wishes for good health to all of you this Christmas season I'm curious about the Gaelic word Bliadhna. I assume it means Happy. In Dutch, the word "blij" (pronounced Bly, means happy. I've seen o