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:/

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

Hello: I've found a reference on My Heritage to the deaths of Donald Currie who died just before 1851 in this poorhouse and his wife Catharine Sinclair who passed away shortly after. I and my cousins

Is anyone aware of an index for the Inverchaolain Church, Churchyard and how one might get a copy? Is there a website that has pictures of headstones? I'm interested in Whyte or White , Ferguson possi

Hi Cas Houston I just wanted to tell you that this is faith Harvey Embleton Not Elizabeth but I think this family tree may fir with mine also I will check it out. Hope you are staying well. All is wel

Minister William Campbell of Kildalton Parish was my great, great grandfather. The information that I have is as follows: William Campbell (1853-1893) married Jessie Sinclair (1849-1888). Following he

The next Scottish Indexes conference will be on 6 December 2020. They seem to alternate conferences on a Saturday or a Sunday. The website is www.scottishindexes.com. Morag M Fowler

Hi all Yesterday I was getting ready to watch a webinar about Scottish Wills when I discovered there was a Scottish conference happening right then. I started watching and it was excellent and had to

An excellent presentation: Found on genealogy a la carte on Facebook: https://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=32946&fbclid=IwAR09PqP3te-SvkL-RbjHH9ywgzZe4dsOdAh1YhVVaVCUWbzm-s9SQ5SC764 On YouTube https://www.

With COVID19, the Islay Book Festival has morphed to an online version. This morning (my apology for the late notice) Jim Hunter will be speaking about his book about the story of Scotland’s forgotten