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Perthshire / Re: CAMPBELLS IN KILLIN PARISH?
« on: Friday 29 June 12 06:48 BST (UK)  »
I was clued in about the Gaelic - spent some time with Irish friends after I left Scotland and she, who is a fairly fluent Irish-speaker, explained some of it to me.  But the wonderful staff at the SGS really filled me in on the names business. 

I had been thinking that my family had been located more in the Breadalbane territory - I don't want to limit myself, but that's where any interesting material seems to send me.  My next research project is to locate information about the fencibles under Breadalbane - who was enlisted and where they served. 

Where are you located - are you in the UK?

Lynne

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Perthshire / Re: CAMPBELLS IN KILLIN PARISH?
« on: Friday 29 June 12 01:45 BST (UK)  »
Now that's really interesting.  Where the heck is Easter Lix?  I'll have to check all of my maps.  All the names coincide with my family.  No James - no Colin - and I found out that Patrick and Peter are interchanged??  Someone told me that at the Scottish Genealogical Society in Edinburgh.  Floored me.  The 'children' in your family would coincide with the generation of parents to my Duncan/Christian.  I was interested to see that Isabell Campell married Patrick Campbell 1754.  My Duncan b. 1768 - son named Peter, daughter Isabella. The Peter Campbell letters that I found in the Archives would have coincided with this generation, too. 

Don't worry - I'm not giving up.  But I'm old, and I know that there's more than one way to skin a cat - so if I have no luck in Scotland right now, I'll find something else.  Don't know what, but I'll keep looking.  Thanks for the information about your family.  I've copied it and it's in my file now.

Lynne

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Perthshire / Re: CAMPBELLS IN KILLIN PARISH?
« on: Friday 29 June 12 00:16 BST (UK)  »
I saw that - in fact I asked someone from Killin who was helping me to tell me where Comrie was.  That is exactly the kind of record that I could not specifically tie into my Campbell family - but was so very close, could easily have been "my Catherine" - the dates are certainly right.  If I can't locate any other locally held records, I'm probably at the end of my research road.  I'm also digging on - looking for any surviving relatives of the family who might have family records.  But I think I've tapped everything possible at this time at the Archives - and I KNOW I've really covered the OPR's.

I really do appreciate all your suggestions - it continues to be so helpful to "chat" with other knowledgeable researchers like you all - especially people who really understand the ins and outs of Scottish history and research.  Every time I get one, it sends me back to re-look at my records and re-evaluate my assumptions.  I think now I'm going back to re-look at Pennsylvania records.  I know they stayed in Pennsylvania before they settled down in Ohio - but as with Scotland - I don't know where they were.  Lots of Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania - not so many Scots.  And one historian stated that Scots tended to stay in well-developed areas and didn't adventure into the frontier like the Scotch-Irish did.  However, Duncan Campbell, Scotsman, followed the frontier (was the first constable of his Licking county, Ohio township) as did his son, Peter.  Anyway - the search goes on - and thanks again -

Lynne
http://www.lynnesgenealogy.com

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Perthshire / Re: CAMPBELLS IN KILLIN PARISH?
« on: Thursday 28 June 12 07:09 BST (UK)  »
My Campbell left in 1795 - in the National Archives in Edinburgh I found letters to the Earl of Breadalbane from Peter Campbell (Duncan's son) about his son Duncan and his anger that the Earl was not providing son Duncan with the croft that had been promised him for serving in the Earl's militia.  The time frame was right - and although I would never suggest that this is my family, I suspect that this is the kind of thing that pushed him to load up his wife and child (children?) and head for the States in 1795. I have checked every single records regarding him that I can find - including naturalization papers - and I have never found any suggestion of where in Scotland he came from.  However, I got lots of help from very knowledgeable researchers in Edinburgh and they agree with me that the similarity of family names and the time period seems to lend itself to Killin, Perthshire.  And we did find Kiders in Angus - don't know anything about them, but contrary to everything I had heard previous - there WERE Kiders in Scotland in the 18th century!!  Researching in the National Archives was such a treat - hope to have the pleasure again - but I'm not going back unless I learn more about this family.  I stayed in the Kenmore Hotel (est 1572!!) very close to Killin and it was a real pleasure to see the beautiful country that my ancestors called home.  I can see why they settled where they did - same woods, rolling hills and green green terrain - in Ohio.

Lynne

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Perthshire / Re: CAMPBELLS IN KILLIN PARISH?
« on: Tuesday 10 April 12 21:06 BST (UK)  »
Well, as you see, I have.  Do you have any other suggestions?  I've exchanged emails with a variety of experts in Scotland, including the venerable David Dobson (he sent me to Black's book on Scottish surnames which has proven very helpful).  However, because of the time period and the corresponding dearth of records, no one I've sought help from has been very optimistic.

Lynne

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Perthshire / CAMPBELLS IN KILLIN PARISH?
« on: Tuesday 10 April 12 04:57 BST (UK)  »
I'm new to this - so bear with me - but I'm a USA researcher in California attempting to find out something about my 3rd great grandfather Duncan Campbell (b. 1768- d. 1850) who came to the States in about 1795 with his wife Christian (or Christiana) and very young daughter Catharine and perhaps one son.  I have been very unsuccessful in discovering his Scottish origins - not even in his naturalization papers in 1839 in Ohio.  Haven't been able to locate any passenger lists.  Too early.  I have been corresponding with the National Archives - sent them all of my research and they have told me that they have no records that will help.  I have spent hours - and pounds - plowing through the OPRs on scotlandspeople.gov - nothing looks specifically right, but I'm starting to think that Killin Parish looks like a likely place to inquire because of a similarity of names - nothing else.  I'm assuming that he came over because of the clearances.  Duncan was a farmer - did nothing else the whole time he was here - except to be the first Constable of Licking County, Ohio in 1814 when they were opening up that state.  If anyone can give me any suggestions as to places or sites for research, I'd really appreciate it.  Also - if anyone knows anything about the Campbells during that time period, that would also be helpful.  Thanks so much.
Lynne

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