Thank you, as ever, Toni. Catherine d. 1894 was my GGgmother and I have visited and photographed the grave. I was unaware of grave #84 and can not place these. They appear to be siblings, and if they

Very interesting, Anne. Thank you. So that’s where the name Cardwell came from. I know, from reading the microfilmed census, that the name “Cardwell Co.” was on each page in the space for “county”, so

Check on the Canadian Census site. About 40 years ago I learned that “Cardwell Co.” (not Cardwell Twp.) as used in this census was a fictional County and the location was actually in Peel County. I do

Josephine, Yes, that’s him. I have the complete census as I noted below, and he was living in the household of Alexander McLaren his son-in-law. Not sure what your question is, but Duncan had 6 childr

Duncan & Grace were my GGGgparents. I have found no connection to anywhere on the Prairies. Duncan was a weaver, and emigrated to Canada with the family about 1852, but I have not located a death reco

Donald, Apart from the use of the very small number of identical names used in Islay at the time, I can not find in my data any of the persons you name. I have multiple cases of persons with the same

Glynn, I have your Andrew and Catherine (who I assume you meant was born 1779) in my data, plus 8 children and several generations below them. Catherine sometimes went by the name McMath. I have no da

Donald, It was indeed a farm, in the south of the island, and where several generations of my ancestry lived, from at least the late 1700s to mid 1800s. They were tenant farmers and there were several

Bailer should read Baillie (a civic leader). Ken iPad

Thank you, Anne This also applies after the revolution. Ken

If he was 39, he “should” have been shown as 35. But application was very inconsistent. If it shows 39, then it is highly probable that in the Spring of 1841 he claimed to be 39, and so born in the la

Anne and Josephine have touched on the original reason why I raised this question. There is a lot of bad information on line and it can be a lot of work to sort the good out of the bad. Josephine list

Thank you, Seymour. The link to the name books is interesting. It still doesn’t list Culnacurie, but then the advice is that it had disappeared before mid-19th Century. Ken

I was about to reply to Jack that, although it took me a long time to find it, Culnacuries looks like the best bet to be Gualnacarrie. It’s in the right general area, and who knows which spelling is “

Thank you to the several persons who provided information on my request. I am working thru them and will reply as I track down the leads. Ken

Thank you to all who have offered help so far. I see now why I was puzzled. I have viewed a film showing the Muthill parish registers (Spine of book clearly says “Muthill – B1704-1819; M1676-1761”) an

I sent a reply to this, with an image, a couple of hours ago but it has not yet come to me. Did anyone else see it? Ken

Thank you, John. I knew that most of those locales were close to Muthill, but I’m still wondering whether they would have been “part of” Muthill and so BDMs would have been recorded in the Muthill reg

I’d appreciate advice from someone who knows Perthshire. I’m looking at a page in a book which is named parochial registers of MUTHILL, Perth but the writing at the top of the register page says “COMR

Ian & Josephine: I’m very interested in this thread, even tho I may not be able to add much. I have a lot of McVorans (various spellings) in my database, including many (like my own direct line) who c