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

Hello sons and daughters of Islay! 1. Family surnames: McGilvray, Campbell, Lamont 2. Family info: My ancestor, John McGilvray (b. 1831?), left Islay around 1850. His father, Archibald, and his mother

Hello Ryan. I don't know if I can be of much help to you. I found a small cluster of McGilvays following the mariage of Mary MacKenzie and Alexander Brown about 1806. A granddaughter, Marion Brown, ma

http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=31822 Tweedsmuir Community History Books digitization project complete The Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) have completed their three-year project to digi

Hi Lois - I don't think i have anything for you. I have 3 Archibald Curries in my tree, one of which was born in 1840 and married a Flora, but she was a Campbell born in Scotland. They moved to Canada

Lamont and Currie My ancestor was Coll Lamont born c. 1786. Was born in Portnellan ( Portneilan). On the census of 1851 Kilmeny occupation listed as dancing master. Emigrated to Ontario late 1851 sett

I am trying to learn more about my second great-grandfather, Donald McDuffie (16 April 1814 to 25 January 1892. I believe he was born in Cornabus and I know emigrated to Canada, where he died in Markd

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

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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

I hope this photograph is visible to others. I posted it to the Old Islay group on Facebook. Many people said it helped them think of where their ancestors had walked.

My early ancestors were Allan McDougald born 1783 died 1847 in Ontario, Son of John McDougald and Isabel Carmichael natives of Parish of Killarrow, Bowmore, Isle of Islay Allan married Isabella Campel

Hi there Larachaluil is clearly shown on the Ordnance Survey 1878 survey (old). I've attached the modern aerial view which appears to show the walls of the buildings but no roofs. Here's a link The Oa

Hi everybody! My name is Chris MacDougall, and I have a wide range of Islay connections that I have been attempting to put together, with my focal point being Malcolm McDougall (my fourth great-grandf

My Great-Grandfather Angus: 22 July 1882 24 July 1882 25 July 1882

Sorry, Mike. I have no further infomration on the McAulay family...just the soin Donald born in1823.

My great great grandfather Duncan McAulay was born in Kilchoman, whether the parish or the town is not clear, around 1795 according to the 1851 Scottish census. He married Rachel McLellan - this is fr

Hello, Just to let you know that DUNCAN does appear in the 1851 Scottish Census at Glasgow BARONY. He appears as "DUNCAN MCANLEY" aged 60. Ref: 622/63/21. He is listed with his children Mary, John and

Some years ago, I found this note in a family Bible. It was written in pencil on a small piece of lined paper by my great-grandmother Elizabeth (Lizzie Smiley) MacAulay, wife of Angus MacAulay, I supp