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Just a quick reply to your latest post, Dorrie - Elizabeth Scott Anderson was my first cousin, 1 x removed.  Her father, Alexander, was my grandmother's brother.  I have at least two photos of her.

Hello cjm67,
Apologies for late reply.  It is very good to hear from you and hopefully we have much to share.  As my current focus is on my Great Grandmother Isabella, the LEES ancestors, and Stonehaven/Cowie,  I haven’t gotten very far (as yet) on her siblings, or the McKechnie ancestors in general, and would welcome any help you can give me.

Your 3xG Grandmother, Mary McKECHNIE, would be my 2xG Aunt, and of course her father, Donald, is my 2xG Grandfather. I do hope I have this figured correctly.  We are surely “Cousins”.
I do know that Donald, (B. 1819 in Portlindrain, Argyll – D. 1884 in Stonehaven), was the son of Hugh McKECHNIE (1795 Portlindrain-1850) and Agnes SINCLAIR (1793-1856).  He married Mary ADAM (B. 1827 in Stonehaven-D.1875 Stonehaven, the daughter of David ADAM and Jean MASSON) in 1848 in Stonehaven, and, I have uncovered 11 children so far, born in Stonehaven I believe.  I have verified all the data on Isabella, but have very little in the way of verified facts on the others. 

I hope that you can help me piece all this together, and I do hope I can offer you the same.
My daughter and I will be visiting Stonehaven next spring, and I have yet to find what I am looking for - any living grandchildren of Isabella's daughters, Mary LEES (husband David MOIR), Christina LEES (husband George CHRISTIE),  and Elsie WOOD (husband John WOOD). These people would be my First Cousins, 1 x removed. 
Kind regards,
Lynn

Hi Joan, (jlmc),
Wonderful to hear from you.  I am definitely very interested in connecting with my Scotland people.  My daughter and I are planning a (first time) trip to Scotland next year, so I guess I will be working overtime to find my "cousins" from Stonehaven.  I would very much like to meet them in person.  My grandfather, David Lees' siblings have all passed, of course, and so have their children I would guess.  But I hope descendants can be found - surely one still lives in the Stonehaven area.  I would appreciate any help you could give me. 
Looking forward to our chat,
Best Regards,
Lynn

Hi Kirsty and Margaret103, 
Many apologies for the very late reply to your message.  Genealogy is a winter hobby of mine and I am just now trying to catch up on the messages and get back into the groove.
Kirsty - if I understand it correctly, you are both a LEES and ANDERSON descendent?  How wonderful !  There is so much to tell.  Perhaps if you could send me a private message (to my email) we likely have much to share.
Margaret, I do have your email address and will send you some information and photos as soon as I catch up on things.
Looking forward to hearing from you both.   My email:  laungar@telus.net.
Kind regards
Lynn

Hi Harry.
Nice to hear from you.  I never tire of your history lessons or your stories. 
Many thanks for the information on James Welsh GAY - it filled in many gaps. I will private message you on this later.
I must say, to all, I am quite thrilled with the response I am getting on RootsChat.
Best regards,
Lynn