Hi Lorna, I'm writing from London Ont Canada. Always nice to see meet people with the name Macaskill. I always thought the 'Giant' was from Cape Breton? I...
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Hi Lorna, My ancestor Donald MacAskill came from Berneray as far as I can tell. I had Bill Lawson look into my family a few years ago and this is what he...
Is London anywhere near Hamilton Ontario? That's where I'm from....
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Jul 3, 2003 3:18 pm
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well yes, it's just down the road (2 hrs?). You must have left Ontario a long time ago not to know that. DEM. ... From: cdimmick@......
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Jul 3, 2003 3:23 pm
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Hi David, No, the "Giant" was born on Berneray. The locals have erected a beautiful Cairn in his honor. I beleive he left at a fairly young age. It's kind of...
Hi Shirley, Thanks for the e-mail! Listen, If you'd like I'll get in touch with the "head guy in charge" with the documents with the emigration history. I...
"Cairn" - boy it's been a while since I heard that word. And as for New Jersey, I think it's got a stigma in the New York area, but the further you get away,...
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Hi Lorna, Thanks for the reply. I am researching a McAskill line that married into my Egan line on Prince Edward Island. Thanks, Joe...
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Hello, one and all! It's been a while since I contributed, but I have kept a note of the debates as they filtered through my inbox. I appear to be one of the...
...just to say that I would also be more than happy to welcome clansmen from closer to home, as I seem to recall that there were a number of us living south of...
Dear Martin, Thanks for the information even though my traveling days are probably over, I thought you might be interested in this article in The Highlander...
Joan, That's fantastic, thank you. I'll drop him a line. Never say never. Why do you say your travelling days are over? There's so much still to see! Thanks...
Hi, I am looking for the ancestors of George Manson Macaskill c1905. George supposedly immigrated to Australia from Caithness, Scotland in 1923 at the age of...
hi martin you are not alone i am also from scotland,my name is david macaskill im from dundee,my great grandfather was from skye i was up there last october...
Hello everyone! Melonie Key (maiden name is McCaskill)here. Interested in learning what I can about my family history. All I know at present is that my grand...
Hi Mel, My last name is also spelled McCaskill and from what I know my great grand parents came from South Carolina and the Daniel McCaskill of the family went...
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That is so sad. Was your grandfather born in 1811?...
Sorry I don't have much information but my grandfather died in the 1950's and he must have been in late 70's or so. I expect to have more information when I...
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Hi folks, My g. g. grandfather Allan MacAskill, b. 1800, (1810 if you believe what he told the HIES) emigrated from Struan, Parish of Bracadale on the Hornet...
HI Don, My GGGGrandfather, John MacIver( born about 1775 in the village of Erista, Isle of Lewis, son of Angus McIver and Christian MacLoud) married Christiane...
Hi everyone- just a wee note to say hello, I have just found this site on the web, and find it fascinating that there are so many people around the world...
Hi Lorna, My name is Lorna MacAskill too! I live in New Jersey.(US) I too, am related to all those Harris folk. My father was from Berneray,isle of Harris. He...
Hi Gail, Your e-mail to Don came up on my screen as a member of the MacAskill website. It gave me quite a jolt since I'm in the process of doing a four family ...
Hello Joan, Gail wrote: My GGGGrandfather, John MacIver (born about 1775 in the village of Erista, Isle of Lewis, son of Angus McIver and Christian MacLoud)...
Don I hope you were not thinking Brigadoon when you asked about Bracadale in 1850's. That would have been at the end of the famine, which hit the Hebrides as...
Joan, Thank you for the information. The info I have on the MacAskills comes from Michele Douchette and the LDS library - I believe that all of the McIver...