Here is a new project I have begun. There are an awful lot of sites out there on the web about kilts, tartan, Scottish clothing, great kilts, etc., and the...
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eoganog@...
Oct 4, 2000 3:14 pm
I just had some MacQuarrie tartan special woven in the colors used by early 19th century weaving firm, William Wilson's and Son's of Bannockburn. These colors...
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Vincent
vincent.mccorry@...
Oct 8, 2000 7:14 pm
Anyone fancy doing some scanning of the various McQuarrie books available and posting them on the net? Im not sure about copyright, cant see anything in the...
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eoganog@...
Oct 9, 2000 3:04 am
Before we do anything of this sort, we definitely need to get the author's and/or publisher's written permission to do so. Assuming we can get this, I would be...
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Vincent
vincent.mccorry@...
Oct 9, 2000 3:52 pm
So is anyone in contact with any of the authors?...
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Wilmer Fawcett
Viveza@...
Oct 9, 2000 5:26 pm
Hi Matt and list: I too could share in the scanning and posting, providing that the permission of Bruce McQuarrie and other authors is given. I have 3 books...
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eoganog@...
Oct 9, 2000 5:40 pm
I'd be glad to write to Bruce and see what his thoughts are on having his books scanned in, but if I remember right his daughter (granddaughter?) was on this...
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Wilmer Fawcett
Viveza@...
Oct 10, 2000 11:56 pm
If any of you are descendants of MacQuarries who lived in and around Caledon, Ontario, I have copies of papers from the "Perkins-Bull" collection which refer...
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eoganog@...
Oct 11, 2000 6:01 pm
I just got off the phone with Bruce McQuarrie and he has given us permission to scan his book in and place it on the web as long as: 1) it is scanned in full ...
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Wilmer Fawcett
Viveza@...
Oct 12, 2000 4:15 am
Matt: If the book is "Far From Their Island Home", I have it (from Bruce) AND a scanner. HOWEVER, I am just going on a business trip and won't be back till the...
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eoganog@...
Oct 12, 2000 12:37 pm
Sorry, I should have said this earlier. ;-) The book I was talking with Bruce about, specifically, was his hardbound one. CLAN MacQUARRIE: A History by R. W....
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Vincent
vincent.mccorry@...
Oct 12, 2000 3:41 pm
I have a copy of this book I can scan as text, but its very hit and miss as the wether or not it picks up the right letters, its only about 99% accurate. It...
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eoganog@...
Oct 12, 2000 4:00 pm
In a message dated 10/12/00 11:46:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Yes, mine is about 99% accurate, as well. The text is pretty clear and standard, so it...
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frank fisher
fydf@...
Oct 12, 2000 10:27 pm
Hello all, Let me tell you that Clan MacQuarrie is alive and well living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. You can get in touch with them through Byrchill MacQuarrie...
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Jim MacQuarrie
macquarrie@...
Oct 12, 2000 11:34 pm
Have there been any fictional characters named MacQuarrie? A long time back (early 1980s) there was a comic book character called Starslayer. He was a "celtic...
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Wilmer Fawcett
Viveza@...
Oct 13, 2000 5:43 am
I too have the Munro-Macquarrie book, and could scan sections. At present I have only image scanning, no text conversion, if that's a help. Do you want someone...
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Leah Wayland
leahm@...
Oct 13, 2000 12:11 pm
I just wanted to say to you that are scanning the book - THANK YOU! And thank you to Bruce McQuarrie for allowing us access over the internet. Had I a...
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eoganog@...
Oct 13, 2000 12:23 pm
In a message dated 10/13/00 1:47:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I'll have to play around with my software, but I *think* that I am capable of taking a JPEG...
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eoganog@...
Oct 13, 2000 12:24 pm
Are any MacQuarries going to be at the Stone Mountain Highland Games outside of Atlanta, GA, weekend after this? I'll be there working diligantly at the ...
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eoganog@...
Oct 13, 2000 7:06 pm
In a message dated 10/12/00 7:34:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I don't see MacQuillon listed in Black's Surnames of Scotland, so I have a feeling it was...
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Vincent
vincent.mccorry@...
Oct 13, 2000 8:45 pm
Please add/Remove your name and repost Clan MacQuarrie - A History - by RW Munro Alan MacQuarrie Text Vincent McCorry Leah Wayland Matt Newsome Images Wilmer...
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Jim MacQuarrie
macquarrie@...
Oct 13, 2000 9:15 pm
on 10/13/00 1:47 PM, Vincent at vincent.mccorry@... wrote: Please add/Remove your name and repost Clan MacQuarrie - A History - by RW Munro Alan...
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Vincent
vincent.mccorry@...
Oct 13, 2000 11:17 pm
Re: [macquarrie] Sacnning ProjectAll the images are greyscale, which is what gif is designed for(?!?!?!). I dont think the format is too much of an issue, as...
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Sheri Stanley
mountaingolfer@...
Oct 13, 2000 11:26 pm
Hello Everyone... I'm just getting to some long over due reading of my e-mail! Did I read correctly that, somewhere on the net, we'll have access to Bruce's...
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eoganog@...
Oct 14, 2000 12:25 am
In a message dated 10/13/00 7:26:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Yes. I'll host it off of http://macquarrie.homepage.com. The address will most likely be...
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Jim MacQuarrie
macquarrie@...
Oct 14, 2000 1:03 am
on 10/13/00 4:18 PM, Vincent at vincent.mccorry@... wrote: All the images are greyscale, which is what gif is designed for(?!?!?!). I dont think the...
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barry.mcguire@...
Oct 17, 2000 10:06 am
Aye ta all o'ye My name is Barry McGuire, grandson of James McGuire, who lived in West Wemyss in Fife, and came to South Africa to work in the coal mines in...
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barry.mcguire@...
Oct 17, 2000 11:51 am
Let me introduce myself - I am Barry McGuire of the Clan MacQuarrie, living in Johannesburg South Africa (see the message McGuire's of West Wemyss). I have...
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Stephanie .
ladyotter@...
Oct 17, 2000 1:39 pm
Dear Barry McGuire, Good den. I would like to wish ye and yer lovely bride all the blessings o' heaven, ten fold. May the rains falls soft upon yer fields,...
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eoganog@...
Oct 17, 2000 2:04 pm
Congradulations on your upcoming celebration! I, too, am getting married this year, Dec. 30, in South Carolina. Tradition has it that anyone getting married...
