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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: celia on Sunday 29 October 06 00:41 BST (UK)
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Hi
the McCloy's of Glasgow came into my family in 1866 when my G.Grandfather George married Jane McCloy.I Have the McCloys going back to 1792. to around 1930's all over Scotland. In all the time i have had the tree i have only ever found one person researching The McCloys.I thought the family must have died out or emigrated.So I was amazed today to find via the phone books for Scotland. That there are still lots of McCloys in East Kilbride,where my G.G.Grandfather Richard McCloy was born in 1810. There are some in the bridge of Wier,Renfrewshire,plus other places my ancestors came from. I know they spread out all over Scotland.The thing is i would like to write to some of these people but i think i have tried doing this before and never got any replies.Even though i sent a S.A.E,So i was wondering if it might be best to put a letter of some sort in a paper in Glasgow.Then people might feel less pressurized to reply.I think half the McCloys I Scotland will be descendent's of Alexander McCloy My G.G.G.Grandfather. Any thought on this as what would be best,would be appreciated
Celia
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Hi Celia.
I have been in the same situation as you with my Herbert's, I wrote to some people to i thought could possibly be relations. I never got any response so I sent a letter into the Wirral Globe, which was printed into there Globebox section( if you want to read my letter here's the link: Wirral Globe (http://www.thisiswirral.co.uk/search/display.var.768423.0.bid_to_solve_a_grave_mystery.php) )I had a great response from putting the letter. i think it was about a week after my letter was printed i got a letter from the editor of the Wirral Globe. I got in contact with two relatives via the Wirral Globe, one of them is the oldest member of my family at the age of 86.I also got information from a lady who lived in Heswall and she gave me information about my family's business , the Herbert's Dairy.
I think it is worth a try putting a letter in a newspaper in the Glasgow area.
I hope this is of some help.
Marc ;D
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Hi Marc
yes we get the wirral Globe thats what gave me the idea i often read requests in it. What happens is that you send you reply to the editor and he/she sends them to you.I do think people love to reply to a newspaper rather than direct.It's like there thinking they are not really writing to the person because they send it to the paper,one of those Strange But Tue things. ;D I bet the people you previously wrote to were a bit surprised to see your add and that you got replies ;) Right i will try my luck.
Celia
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Hi Marc
I was going to read your post to give me an idia of how to put my request in writing,but the link is to long so doesnt work. It is red so it should,I think :-\
Celia
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Hi Celia.
I see the moderator has tweaked the URL so hopefully the link should work if not go on the Wirral Globes website and in the serch engine type in " bid to solve grave mystery" it should come up with a few articles, mine should be the one at the top.Hope that helps.
Good Luck!!! I hope you get lots of replies.
Marc ;D
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Hi Marc
Now i am really convinced the moderators have a little machine by their computer that goes Beep, Beep, Beep,when something isn't correct on a post ;D ;D ;D
I have looked at you post so basically now know the things i need to mention.never written to a paper before.Now find some newspapers.
Celia
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Hi Celia, try these Glasgow newspapers for starters www.theherald.co.uk, www.dailyrecord.co.uk,www.eveningtimes.co.uk,good luck,Billy.
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Hi Celia,
You may want to try the East Kilbride News. Local newspapers are very popular in Scotland.
Email: eknews[AT]s-un.co.uk
Their address is, 2 Olympia Arcade, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G74 1LX
Good luck,
Anne
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Thank you Billy & Anne
I found the Scotland resources last night,in all the times i have used the Scotland boards i have never seen the resources board before.It is usually at the top this one is on the bottom,i only found it by chance.Anyway i found a very good link to Scotlands Newspapers,I wanted to start in E.Kilbride so i found that paper.I did type a message out asking how i put arequest in the paper.But when i went to send i got a message the mail site was unavailable.So i will try that again.As I have just mention on another post it wasn't my day yesterday ;D ;D
Celia
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Hi
I have just tried the E.Kilbride email service again, which is for various things. It isn't till you post your mail that you get a notice saying email service not available.You would think they would take it out of their contact us tray wouldn't you?thats one down ;D I will try one of Billy's
Celia
Anne I have just realized the email service i used wasn't the same as the one you gave. Have just been back and found it.So post now gone.I had copied and pasted my mail onto a document so i didn't have to keep re-writing it ;D
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If you're lucky they may print your request as a small article. Happens in my local newspaper quite often if they have space.
Good luck,
Anne
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Well it's now ten days since i emailed The E.K news asking how i go about putting a request in thier paper(like which dept do i send it to?,and so far i havent recieved a reply.Should i send another one send a letter or wait a bit longer :-\
Celia
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Hi Celia.
I think you shoul wait a few more days, then if you dont hear anything in about a week , contact them again. Have you got any other form of contact for the E.K news?
Marc :)
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Hi
the McCloy's of Glasgow came into my family in 1866 when my G.Grandfather George married Jane McCloy.I Have the McCloys going back to 1792. to around 1930's all over Scotland. In all the time i have had the tree i have only ever found one person researching The McCloys.I thought the family must have died out or emigrated.So I was amazed today to find via the phone books for Scotland. That there are still lots of McCloys in East Kilbride,where my G.G.Grandfather Richard McCloy was born in 1810. There are some in the bridge of Wier,Renfrewshire,plus other places my ancestors came from. I know they spread out all over Scotland.The thing is i would like to write to some of these people but i think i have tried doing this before and never got any replies.Even though i sent a S.A.E,So i was wondering if it might be best to put a letter of some sort in a paper in Glasgow.Then people might feel less pressurized to reply.I think half the McCloys I Scotland will be descendent's of Alexander McCloy My G.G.G.Grandfather. Any thought on this as what would be best,would be appreciated
Celia
Hi Celia
Never fear there are McCloy's everywhere. I am researching my husbands family from his grandmother's side. She was Isabella Colston McCloy Daniel. Her mother was Annie born in Rankinston Ayr in 1885 and Annie in turn was the daughter of Alexander McCloy/McLoy and Isabella Colston. Alexander born in Ireland in 1847 and emigrated to Scotland in the early 1850s - they were miners. Alexander died in Cambusneath Lanark in 1913.
Annie and her husband emigrated to New Zealand in 1912-1913. Don't know if we have a connection but would love to hear from you
Regards
Viv Sonntag
Nth Qld Australia
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Hi Viv
sorry i didn't get back to you sooner,but i have hundreds of McCloys by generation.Going back to the birth of Alexander McCloy in 1792 died in 1860 don't know where he was born but it was suggested Ireland.He married Ann wallace in 1809.I haven't looked at the file for a couple of years so i have been refreshing my memory.I do have 3 Isabella's
Isobella Smith McCloy Born 1873
the second born 1885 the third born Nielson 1825.
As far as i know i haven't got any miners,all the McCloys i have were in the cotton trade.Richard McCloy My G.G Grandfather was an Engineer,he died in 1888.
Celia
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Thanks Celia, but keep us in mind. Maybe the name McCloy/McLoy was a very common name in Ireland, therefore who knows where the connection might lead.
Regards
Viv Sonntag