Hi Connie and other Campbell Cousins
, great to hear from you. I so agree with you about the stories , aren't
they great?
I get frustrated by those that just complain and show little tolerance for
anyone who posts something that they don't happen to be interested in. I
guess they think they are the only ones on the list, or the list is just for
them. I have been reading much friendlier posts lately. Maybe the crabby
subscribers have all unsubscribed. Tee Hee :-)
As for the proper terms to use, The land is Scotland, the people are Scots,
things from Scotland are Scottish and Scotch is a drink.
So your sentence was correct, records are Scottish or you can search the
records of the Scots, or the records of Scottish people. If someone from
Scotland moved to Ireland and then onto America (like so many of the early
American
settlers did) then they are considered Scots-Irish.
I have a small amount of Campbell history, and some Celtic history, and
information on my website. If you check it out you can find the info on my
Campbell Surname page and then lower on my main page click on Lynda's Celtic
page. I have links to many interesting Celtic sites (both commercial and
historical) and the link to the clan Campbell Society of North America. If
you have never visited that site, you are in for a treat.
Take care and happy hunting,
TTFN, Lynda (THOMAS) CAMPBELL
hilanders(a)jps.net <mailto:hilanders@jps.net>
Lynda's Genealogy Homepage
...And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the
heart of the children to their fathers... Malachi 4:6
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From: Connie Riley (Redirected by C. Thomas Hesler
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Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 9:49 AM
To: CAMPBELL-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Campbell stories/Margaret from Perthshire, Scotland 1605-1616
(Redirected by C. Thomas Hesler <tomhesler(a)earthlink.net>)
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I have been lurking too, and I haven't seen any of my family, but I
sure
have enjoyed the stories. I read them and then delete them. It doesn't
take but a few minutes. I hope someday I will find that I am connected
to some of these people and I can go back to the archives and retrieve
stories of my family. The stories make those people seem real and more
like families instead of names in a book.
I especially like the stories, legends, and lore about Scotland. It is
a lot better to hear (read) it from someone who is living it right now,
or has had it told it to them by their own people who were living it,
than to read it in a history or reference book. The books tend to leave
out all the little details.
So Diarmid, and all of you other people, who are taking the time to
share your knowledge of Scotland, the lore, the legends and the people,
please keep it up. It is certainly appreciated from this reader.
My Campbell is Margaret who married Alexander MacGregor (Magruder,
McGruther, etc.) anywhere from 1605-1616 in Perthshire, Scotland.
I have seen various names listed in books for her parents. The latest
I
found is on the Family Tree Maker Disks. They list Sir James Campbell
and Lady Mary Montifax. Since no two of the books have ever had the
same
names, there aren't that many books on Scotland at my library, and I
haven't had an opportunity to do any research in Scottish records
elsewhere, I am kind of at a stand still on my Campbell ancestry.
Does anyone know who her parents actually were?
And by the way, I don't expect someone to just dump a whole ancestor
tree in my lap. On one of the lists I am on, there has been some
griping about people asking for help. I am certainly willing to go out
and dig up information, but if someone has a few clues, I won't refuse
them.
So can anybody point me in the right direction to research Scottish
records on the internet?
Is Scottish the right term, or is it Scotch,or Scots or what?
Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
Connie Riley
criley(a)ghg.net
> >
> > In several years of lurking on this list I have not found any
connection to
> > my wife's family. Have I wasted my time? Not at all. This has been
one of
> > the most interesting and informative list I read.
> >
> > Darimid and David make history interesting. For their occasional
postings I
> > daily scan the digest with anticipation. They both have my deep
heartfelt
> > appreciation and admiration for their knowledge.
> >
> > As I understand it this is one of the purposes of this list.
> >
> > "Once in the flight of ages past,
> > There lived a man:__and who was he?
> > Unknown the regions of his birth,
> > The sand in which he died unknown:
> > His name has perished from the earth."
>
> Amen, How boring to only collect names & numbers. It's the history
behind the
> families: men & women, heroes & villians, kings & peasants that make
the hunt
> for our forebears more enjoyable. For what are we but stories in the
making?
> I, for one, do enjoy the background that is offered on our
illustrious(or not
> so) ancestors. It's not hard to hit the delete key if I don't see
something I
> can use or enjoy reading. So, keep it up people, let's pass along
those little
> tidbits that make life so interesting. Some folks can call it
clutter but
> one's clutter is another's treasure, right?
> Elle Campbell, Russellville, MO
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