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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: kelticwarrior on Tuesday 30 September 14 20:10 BST (UK)
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Looking for ancestors in Gigha!
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A beautiful place!
Hello, kelticwarrior, and a very warm welcome to Rootschat. Do you need help with tracing these ancestors? If so, please provide us with full details of what you already know and what you are looking for.
Unfortunately, many of the best records relating to Scotland are on a payperview site: Scotlandspeople.com. You have to pay to access these records. But folk on here may be able to help you by other means -- you never know!
CELTICANNIE
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Welcome from me too :)
To avoid duplication, more info on the family here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=645146.msg5439399#msg5439399
My progenitor Neill McNeill left Gigha on June 28, 1739 for the Cape Fear area of North Carolina. He boarded the Thistle and landed in North Carolina in October. Neill died in about 1764 and had sons Roger, Henry, and Harry and daughters Catherine, Margaret, Flora, Mary, and Ann. I have evidence that his brother was Taynish Donald McNeill. Donald Taynish McNeill descendants included Anna Mathilda McNeill Whistler a.k.a "Whistler's Mother". Any information on this family in Gigha is greatly appreciated.
Gadget
Moderator comment: topic locked. If you can help, please answer on the other thread in order to keep all information together.