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Janet Morrison Harold Ralston Zac Caldwell Alice Mason Doug Purcell Carl Porter
From: Janet Morrison morrison@dialpoint.net
Hi Ian,
I know it's not "my turn" to write, but I'm writing anyway! No need to stand on ceremony!
I made a fantastic discovery last night and wanted to share it. Perhaps it could be worked into the June Mag. Someone named Dean Currie in Delta, British Columbia has put the index to the 1779 Census of the Argyll Estate on her home page at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/8997/agyllcensus.htm .
This is such a great service to people doing genealogical research! I have found the name of my g-g-g-g-g-grandmother but not my g-g-g-g-g-grandfather, which tells me he had died by 1779.
There is a personal name index and a place name index. They are taken from a book entitled, "The Inhabitants of Argyll Estate 1779", by Eric R. Creegan. The book is on microfilm and can be ordered through the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints' Family History Centers, film number 0844784.
WOW! I'm going to the LDS in Charlotte today to order it. They won't do it by phone. Just thought I'd share my excitement and pass along some information that just might help someone else.
It's another gorgeous day here in Carolina. The birds are singing... and I'm ready for our wee one from Georgia to arrive tomorrow! All is well in this corner of the world.
Have a great weekend, you and Helen! Since the wee one and her parents will have my computer room, I'll be cyberly-handicapped for a few days.
All my best,
Janet
From: Harold Ralston
haroldr@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~haroldr/index.html
Dear Ian,
I would like to announce a web page for Genealogy and History Researchers who have an interest in the USA communities of Argyle and Caledonia, in the Illinois counties of Winnebago and Boone. Many Kintyre natives located here in mid-19th century.
http://www.execpc.com/~haroldr/arglcald.htm
This page contains links to local sources and an opportunity to exchange or request information through a new mailing list.
Thanks and, Enjoy ;-)
Harold A Ralston, Racine, WI, USA
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From: Zac Caldwell caldwell@midwest.net
Hello Ian,
Have you been able to find a picture of Southend Church for me yet?
I am very anxious to see this place and would gladly pay for the time and
effort to photograph and mail.
I would also appreciate any info on Jean Armour .
Elizabeth Marrison is helping and I find her
quite knowledgeable.
Thanks again and hope to hear from you soon.
Zac Caldwell
From: Alice Mason amason@tntech.edu
Ian - Thank you for publishing the on-line edition of the Kintyre Antiquarian magazine. It's a wonderful resource, and I am really enjoying learning about my Scottish heritage. My gg-grandmother's name will tell you a lot: she was Lovedy Campbell McAllister, a descendant of the Balinakill McAllisters, both the Lossett and the Ardelay McNeills, and the Rev. James Campbell from Campbeltown; her husband (my gg-grandfather) was Alfred Augustus McKethan, a descendant of the same McAllister and McNeill families. Unfortunately, I don't know where in Scotland the McKethans came from, but they were part of the early Argyll settlement in North Carolina.
Your readers might like to know that I have placed the entire contents of the book "Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Col. Alexander McAllister of Cumberland County, N. C." on the web. This includes descendants of Alexander McAllister's sisters Mary McAllister (married "Bluff" Hector McNeill) and Isabella McAllister (married Farquhard Campbell). I have updated and extended the material as I have found new information, and attempted to verify as much if the contents of the book as possible (so far, I have found very few mistakes). This can be found on my Mason-McKethan Genealogy page at http://mason.math.tntech.edu/alice.htm.
Thanks again for putting the magazine on the Web.
Alice Mason
Mathematics Department
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee USA
PS As a mathematician, I must point out that I am also distantly related to the great Scottish mathematician Colin McLaurin, and that connection can also be found on my web page.
From: Doug Purcell dpurcell@the-link.net
Seeking information on the Purcell and
Graham families who emigrated from North Knapdale
to Cumberland County, North Carolina (USA) c 1770.
Other connected families who probably lived in the Kintyre area included
Malloy, Munn,
Gilchrist, Torrey,
McKay, McPhail,
McPhaul and
McEachern.
Would like to make contact with helpful individuals in the North Knapdale
area as well as learn of research facilities that may be helpful to me.
I will be in Scotland July 1-16, 1999 doing genealogical research on these
families. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.
Doug Purcell
633 North Randolph Avenue
Eufaula, AL 36027-1209
From: Carl Porter CPort1214@aol.com
Hello Ian,
Many thanks for my Kintyre "fix" . I really look forward to every issue. I seem to always learn something.
Request, please : Please put this in the next issue---
I have a suspicion that the Porter family may
have come from the Beith area of Ayr. If anyone has any local
knowledge of this area and could help, I would be most grateful. I believe
that the family relocated to Kintyre as part of the Duke
of Argyll's Plantation efforts in the late 1600's. They are first
located in Smerby & then in Crossibeg in 1679.
Many thanks & best wishes,
Carl Porter
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Page 2: Campbeltown Whalers
Page 3: Franciscan Converts in Kintyre - Part 1
Page 4: Mr. Macslimun - Clydeside Cameos
Page 5: Military Echoes
Page 6: The Cuckoo is a Bonnie bird // Roadside Flowers
Page 7: James Watt at Campbeltown - Part 1
Page 8: By Hill and Shore - Part 1
Page 9: The Screws