Anyone have any info on an Alex and Janet Currie who had a daughter named Margaret Currie. She was born in 1899 (possibly '98) in Bowmore. Margaret is my grandmother and all I have are her parents nam

Since we have had Curries as a subject lately - Below are the transcribed Kilchoman marriages for Currie (men). I have claimed the couples of Duncan Currie /Janet McNiven, Hugh Currie / Mary Bell, Mal

While the topic on the Curries is hot thought I would like to put in my interest in the Curries . Dugald Currie b abt 1807 , Kildalton and wife Jane Buie b abt 1811 , Jura . Daughters Flora and Isabel

In 1905 my great grandfather was living on Shore Street in Bowmore, Islay. On the Valuation Roll for 1905 he is listed consecutively after the Temperance Hotel. Is it a reasonable hypothesis to sugges

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

Hi all / Roger McWee / Russ McGilvary, Roger was a great help to me with my McFadyen family research a year ago, unfortunately I let the trail go cold and did not follow up – I would like to try and p

Jan - if you'd like some help with the Currie family, please contact me directly. You should be able to e-mail me directly. If not, do let me know here.

Thanks to John Klemplen's help I was able to find the valuation rolls for my great grandfather, Archibald McDiarmid, in Bowmore, Islay. It affirms that he lived on Shore Street which is the street men

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There don't seem to be any Valuation Rolls published for Islay. Is this correct? My grandmother, Flora McDiarmid, was born on Shore Street in Bowmore, Islay, Argyle, in 1883. Of course there are no ho

There has been so much traffic recently I thought I’d have another attempt at seeking more information on my forbears. My Great Great Great-Grandfather Hector McInnes married Marion McCaffer at Kilcho

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

A dcument came out recently that had all the people that were doing research on their Islay ancestry. I noticed that the list had an old e-mail address for me. I had sent in the up-to-date one but it

There is a spot for storing databases. Perhaps someone who is good with excel could create a new spreadsheet and everyone could enter their own name, e-mail and research interests on that sheet. It wo

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 Folks I have a more up-to-date email moonjettgenea@... PS - My address on the list still works moonjett@... but I’m shift to gmail. Thanks Lois Moon Searching CURRIE and GALBRAITH

Hi all! (researching MacDougall, McDougall) Please change my email address from herbertfsc@... TO mudslingers99@... Please note that the Mudslingers refers to my Mountain Biking days. Thanks all! Herb

I am Marion Larmer -in Ontario and have been researching McDougald, MacDougald of Nosbridge farm, Islay Scotland. My email is mlarmer55@... Happy and HEALTHY New Year everyone. Marion

Sending Christmas greetings to all – and a Happy, Healthy 2021. Sue Visser

If I have this worked out correctly, in Ontario the time is 2 pm on Wed. https://www.shetland.uhi.ac.uk/studying-at-sc/online-open-week/events/spotlight-on-cultural-theme-norse-place-names-in-scotland