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From: Jo Ann Garey Mistnrain54@aol.com

I have enjoyed reading all these wonderful enlightening stories of Scotland and her descendants. I have been leary of putting in my two cents...lol But here goes. The surnames of my ancestors are: Blue,Campbell, Galbreath, Murphy/McMurchy, Lammond/Lamont.
Malcolm Blue d.abt 1800 in Cumberland Co. N.C , m. Elizabeth ?
Anna Jane Campbell b. 1815 m. Jame Thomas Murphy Blue b 1806, son of James Blue b 1764
Jennet Murphy, daughter of Thomas Murphy and Margaret Porter, and grandaughter of William Mc Murchey, who came over on the Edinburgh from Kintyre, Scotland in 1770. William is my ggggg grandfather and Margaret Lammont, daughter of Angus Lammont, married John Blue. I have traced us back to Kintyre, but no further. I am happy with what I do have so far. I would love to learn more about family crest though, and clan colors. Who am I kidding, I want it all...lol anyone know more let me know please.
Jo Ann Garey
Mistnrain54@aol.com

Dear Sirs:

I have just found the web the site of the "Magazine of the Kintyre Antiquarian and NaturaL History Society". On page 5 of issue number 21 there is a note about geology which quotes a paper by Dr. W. J. McCallien, who is noted to be a Tarbert native

Do you have any further information about this Dr. McCallien?

My reason for asking is that I posess two water-colour paintings signed W. J. McCallien. In my opinion they are not unskilful. Both depict Tarbert scenes which are readily recognisable: one from the quay looking west towards the Free Church shows a "puffer" unloading; the second, a view of the harbour mouth looking east over LochFyne shows a number of
fishing boats coming in under sail.

If you can let me know of there is any way of finding out more about the artist I shall be very grateful

Hello Dugal,

And thanks for your very interesting e-mail. It seems that, every day now, I get an e-mail from great folks such as yourself who have just found the Magazine site. I received this e-mail on my old e-address but, as you can see, my address has changed to AOL.

My best suggestion to you, if you want to discover more about WJ McCallien, is to send an e-mail to Elizabeth Marrison, of the Society, asking the same question. Her e-address is elizabeth.marrison@virgin.net She will be very pleased to hear from you, I'm sure. For my part, and as long as you don't mind, I'll post your e-mail on my Wee Drams page in the next online issue.

You may also want to have a look at this page http://www.tarbertlochfyne.com/thome.htm and perhaps e-mail them with your enquiry.

I hope that I have been of some help, and you get the answers you seek. All the best until the next time.

Dear Ian:
I just returned from a wonderful visit of Scotland and managed a brief visit to Campbeltown and Southend. One of my goals was to visit the farm Eden on which my ancestors lived in the late 1700's. We were able to find the farm but unfortunately all indications were they were protecting the area from foot and mouth as the driveways were roped
off. Not wanting to raise there anxiety level we drove off with out contacting the owner. However, I was wondering if it would be possible to get the name and address of the residents at Eden farm so that I might contact them by mail. Also my ancestors emigrated to the US in 1836. I had always assumed that they were no doubt caught up in the clearances but was informed that might not be the case. Can you recommend a book of the history of Kintyre that might shed some light
on the era in question.
Thanks......Jerry Loynachan,
Flagstaff,
Arizona

Hello Jerry,

I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to answer you, but I have not long returned from a visit to North Carolina.

I have - this minute - rang my brother in Campbeltown, and left a message for him to get the details you require.

On your other query, can I suggest that you e-mail Elizabeth Marrison on elizabeth.marrison@virgin.net who is better placed than I to offer advice about books.

Until we're in touch again, look after yourself and yours, and ca' canny.

Ian

Hello again, Jerry,
Here's your address:

H. McCorkindale,
Eden Farm
Southend,
Argyll,
PA28 6RG
SCOTLAND

The telephone number is: Local 01586 830226 or, from abroad, +44 1586 830226.

Hope this helps,
Take care,
Ian

Hello,
I am an American who used to live in Scotland 1977-79. We were stationed at RAF Machrihanish. I was the only American at Campbeltown Grammar School at the time. My name is Debbie Fleming. I would love to correspond with some people from the area. I really enjoyed the Scotland and it's people. As a matter of fact my father ended up marrying someone from Campbeltown. I would love to hear from you. Especially if you were at Campbeltown Grammar School during that time. Especially if you remember an American girl. I would love to hear from you anyway. I loved living on the Mull of Kintyre.
Sincerely,
Debbie

Hello Debbie,

I'm sorry to take so long to get back to you, but I've been on holiday in America. I too went to CGS, but a little earlier than you, I think. Can you remember any of the teacher's names? I remember Batman, Bunny, John the Boot, Miss Krinos, Mr Coull and a few more.

I'll post your e-mail in the next Wee Drams and, hopefully, you'll get a few replies. Can I suggest in the meantime, that you have a look at Johnny MacKinnon's 'Midges' page. You might find some kindred spirits there. His URL is http://home.rednet.co.uk/homepages/jmack/topleft.html

Take care of yourself and yours until the next time we e.

Ian

Ian:
What with all your problems, you have done a great job putting on the Wee Drams and keeping your 'followers' informed.
All the best,
Jean

It was with great delight that I recently came across your website. Several years ago I was a subscribing member of the hardcopy version and especially in the mid-eighties had a long and fruitful correspondence with Mr AIB Stewart. How is Mr Stewart? He has done so much to put early Kintyre on the map. Those contacts were lost through 'busyness' (and sickness) on my part .

Now retired from full-time university life, I have found new family contacts in New Zealand, Canada and USA who are interested in our Kintyre connection and I have passed on the webpage address to them. Our Cameron descent is recorded from an Islay base with strong circumstantial evidence that we come from Neil McNeil of StKitts and Bristol who died in Islay in 1770. Neil is one of Lachlan Buidhe's descendants.

Neil Cameron (Niall Beag), born Fife SCO, resident Melbourne AUS.................

.............Having read further I now discover that Mr IAB Stewart died some time ago. My belated condolences to those who knew him. I warmly recall a pleasant afternoon spent with him in his home during a visit to Kintyre and Islay in 1987.

Neil Cameron

From: Larry Bethune lbethune@berklee.edu

Ian,

I haven't written in a while. I have been extremely busy away from genealogy and into research re Scottish music emigrating to America 1739-1850.
I see by your mag that you have not been feeling well. I hope it's nothing serious and you are on the mend.
I noticed that one of my links on the surname page under Bethune is not working. Turns out that the host changed the addresses and didn't tell me. Actually, they didn't so much change it as mess it up. It was okay and somehow when they converted, they dropped some URL info.
In any case, if and when you get a chance, might you fix that?

The errant URL is:
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/robeson_maps.html

The correct URL is:
http://www.geocities.com/ncrobeson/robeson_maps.html

Job done, Larry.

Ian,

I thought I'd send you my family history from the ancestor that came from Kintyre to North Carolina. If you can use it, great. I send it more in the hopes it can help you fill in the mag with info that someone may find useful.

If the format will not work, let me know and I can save it in a different format that can work.

Good Hunting,
Larry Bethune

Larry's family history can be found on Page 5 of this issue.

I was trying to find ancestors of Robert McEachern, born 1738 in Kintyre. Can you help with this ? He immigrated to North Carolina in 1756. Thanks in Advance...Tim

Hello:
My name is Gordon "Mac" McKerral. My grandfather, Malcom McKerral, came to the United States from Glasgow in 1914, according to the Ellis Island N.Y., manifest documents recently posted on the Web. I have encountered no one in the United States with the name spelling "McKerral." In fact, outside of my family, you are the first McKerral have had contact with, assuming you get this. I know very little about my father's side of the family, and he died some years ago. I only met his sister once, at his funeral.
Anyway, I was searching my name one the Web via Google and found your article. Interesting. I write a weekly column for a business publication in Tampa, Fla., and it's odd that I should stumble on a McKerral. The column has to do with my Irish-Scottish roots.
It will be posted on the newspaper's Web site on Monday, June 25, at www.bizjournals.com/tampabay under the "Opinion" section. The headline: "Why Irish eyes are smiling."
Take care-
Mac

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