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Hello All,

Searching for origins for my ancestors Peter Taylor and Margaret Taylor. Margaret's maiden surname also appears as Taylor on documents for their children, death certificates and marriage certificates etc. They both appear to have lived in Argyllshire, that is in Campbeltown. Both born c.1805 or thereabouts. Their son Donald / Daniel Taylor married Euphemia Campbell in 1866, and he died in 1902. I don't have records for the lives of their other children, though they do appear on the 1841 census. I'm really just looking for definitive evidence of their own parents and origins. Perhaps some death records or marriage records. Nothing that I've found so far. Thanks.

Hello All,

I'm trying to find the ancestry of my g-g-g-g-g-grandfather Godfrey/Geoffry MacDonald. He was born c.1763 and died sometime between 1851-1855, since he is listed on the census of 1851 but no death certificate can be found on Scotland's People. He also appears on the census of 1841. He was married to a woman named Catherine MacPherson who was born c.1777. According to one of his descendants, Bishop Roddy Wright, the family can "be traced back to the Clan Ranald, back to the Middle Ages". He was one of the last kelp makers in Uist and lived around Torlum.

His son Archibald married a woman named Christina Monk and emigrated to Canada. Their descendants are well known, and published a detailed tree on Mundia a few years ago. I am descended through his son Alexander born c.1807 and who died in 1886.

Any help would be much appreciated. The issue of going further back in time seems impenetrable but I am sure there must be Clan records somewhere.

A final point is that I noticed he has been conflated with the 8th Baron MacDonald who shares the same name and roughly the same date of birth. I think this must be an error on Mundia?

Best,

amac1210

Hello All,

I'm looking for details on an ancestor of mine's named William Reid. He was born c. 1771 in Glasgow and married a woman named Euphemia Marylees on the 3rd June 1797 in Old Monkland or Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. He appears on the 1841 and 1851 censuses but after that I can't find anything else out about him. His occupation was as a Handloom Cotton Weaver. This is quite interesting - in the mid 1840s this job became useless and paid very little. He'd have been one of the last people to be doing it by 1851. His wife was born on the 6th July 1778 in Boghall, Lanarkshire and died on the 05 June 1869 in ripe old age at the same place. I'm hoping to flesh out William Reid's story - i.e. find a birth and death record, but particularly work out who his parents were.

Cheers,

Tony

Hello All,

I've been investigating my Irish ancestors lately and found a woman named Ann Carey. She married a man named Anthony Kelly and lived in Belmullet, Co. Mayo with him until he died in 1911. Thereafter, she moved to Glasgow in Scotland to be with her daughter and her family. She died in 1935 and her death certificate records her parents as Hugh Carey and Sarah Corrigan. It also lists her age as 82 years, however on Mundia I noted the same woman associated with someone born on 29th July 1848 in Killearny, Co. Kerry. I'm hoping to confirm where she was indeed born and when. Above all, I'm interested in finding details on Hugh Carey and Sarah Corrigan and any other children they may have had.

Many Thanks,

Tony