General Cameron Genealogical Help

[Thomas Cameron]

I am posting this on behalf of Alistair Cameron, of New South Wales, Australia. Alec is Clan Cameron Online's Designated Genealogist, tehe former President of Clan Cameron NSW, and is a wonderful person to contact with questions. His contact information is at the end of this message - he does not have a late enough web browser version to access the new message boards, but those from the old board will remember his great contributions...anyhow, please contact Alec directly with questions, since he can't view anything posted here.



These publications are quite useful:

Book: Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry, by Kathleen B. Cory.

SCOTLAND Research Guide, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Series A No 60. Ask to see it at any of the thousands of Family History Centres.

Leaflets: free issue from General Register Office for Scotland. Ask for S1, S2 and S3.


For Research we need some important assets:

* Starting data- accurate vital data as to your own birth record, your parents' marriage, grandparents' ditto and so on backward in time. Ideally you'll acquire accurate data from certificates of births, marriages, deaths. No short cuts. Get it right. Sloppy work can easily divert you to an incorrect ancestry.

* Libraries, archives, family history societies. Locate those that are handy to your home address, and which suit your interests. In Scotland there are genealogical societies for the various localities, and their membership tends to be world- wide. In Scotland there are local Record Offices and local Libraries. A brief letter of enquiry may bring you a generous response. I
always say in such letters "I shall be pleased to repay your postal and photocopying costs, as appropriate".

* Internet Lists and Web addresses where you may contact like-minded correspondents.

* Work method. Keep tidy recoverable records. Ensure you keep the numbered reference or citation code, so that the event found may be second- looked later. Be distrustful of info that lacks any source reference. "I found it on the Net" and "I found it in the IGI" are vague, unworthy statements as to source of information.

What is available from Scottish records?

Compulsory Registration of births, deaths and marriages was introduced in 1855. These records are available right up to current date.

Before 1855 there were records of christenings, burials and marriages BUT!! these are quite bare in detail and many events were either unrecorded or cannot now be located. The best are those records of the Church of Scotland in the period 1555 to 1854. The worst are those of the other Churches, very few exist today. Scotland had many churches outwith the Church of Scotland, including Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, United Presbyterian, Associate Congregation, Free Church, Cameronian, etc
etc.

Population Census records exist for most of Scotland, the useful ones are those at 10 year intervals 1841, 1851,...........1891, 1901.

How to use your research time?

A great deal can be achieved by personal effort. The Family History Centres of the LDS Church are excellent. These function as public libraries and the Church officers attending are forbidden to discuss matters of Faith with library patrons. So there's a possible embarrassment you'll not have to think about!

Sometimes you'll stall and not know how to get around a "brick wall". Occasional hiring of a professional researcher can prove cost- effective.

Keep tidy records!!

=============

Cheers..........

--

ALISTAIR M. CAMERON A.A.G.R.A.

Professional Genealogist
quozl.netrek.org/cameron-research/

PO Box 215 BUNDANOON NSW 2578 AUSTRALIA

Scottish Heritage Week 2002 in Sydney AUSTRALIA-
Nov. 23 to Dec. 1 For INFO go to: www.pip.com.au/~sahc/

[retaylorsc]

Greetings from South Carolina. My name is Robert E. Taylor Sr. My line of Taylors were Scots-Irish protestants who arrived in America (Charleston, SC) in 1767 aboard the ship Earl of Denegl.
I will provide further info later, but at this point I would like to learn more about the relationship of the Taylor family to the Clan Cameron.

Thanks

[*R~Taylor*]

Hey! im from the Taylor family.

[kataylor]

I'm another Taylor.. My ancestors sailed to New Jersey as indentured servants in the wake of Culloden and the clearances. They later homesteaded and were burned out as loyalists in War of Independance. We walked to Canada & have been here ever since...
Maybe we should start our own little "Sept Taylor Corner", where we can discuss our family stories and origins...

Kevin Taylor & Family,
Ontario, Canada

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Hi Kevin,

Welcome to the message board - its been kind of quiet lately - but stick around, it will get a lot more active. It seems to go in cycles.

Slainte,

John

[kataylor]

Thanks John !
I will make a point of checking in here regularly.
I've noticed from your postings that you have a keen interest in geneology. Nice to see some other Canadians on here !
Best Regards from Ontario !
Kevin

[Thomas Cameron]

Hi All,

Please take a moment to visit the new section of Clan Cameron Online dedicated to the Cameron Surname DNA project, coordinated by Clan Cameron North America.

www.clan-cameron.org/dna

You'll probably have some significant questions, the bulk of which may be answered by the verbiage within the website's DNA section. Any additional questions may be directed to the Project Administrator, Cerise Cameron Blair, at: [e-mail]

[Katie42507]

Do you know Mary Agatha Cameron or John Donald Cameron or an Elizabeth Dalgleish? If you do please tell me anything about them

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Welcome to the family message board! And Merry Christmas!

I do know of a John Donald Cameron, he owns a music store in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. I don't know if there would be a connection - it is a fairly common name in Nova Scotia.

John Donald is also an accomplished fiddle player, and the brother of the godfather of Celtic music, John Allan Cameron.

If you have any more details - dates or approximate locations for the individuals you are searching for, we may be able to point you in the right direction.

Good luck with your search.

Slainte

[Katie42507]

I do have family in Nova Scotia. But the John Donald Cameron i'm talking about died in 1948. he was my grea-grandmother's father. My Grandma grew up partially in Nova Scotia during ww2 and lived with her mom. The only relatives I know in Nova Scotia are my something cousins Bruse and Jack Cameron. they live in Mabou, in an old school house. I think...

[paul]

Hello-

I tried to contact Alistair Cameron, but the email address
appears to be incorrect. Any help? Thanks. Below is the message I tried to send to him:

I am a distant descendant of Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Cameron (Born July 26th 1779, died May 15th, 1827 in Chinsurah, India) He was father in law to my ancestor Dr. George Bennett, the noted Australian naturalist (1804-1893). Charles was Commandant, Port Darymple (now Launceton) Van Dieman's Land, December 1822-April 1825. He arrived in Derwent on the Phoenix, May 1822, and first came to Australia c1821, with the 3rd Buff Regiment.

According to the Australian Dictionary of Biography, page 197, he was born at Driminasalie, Kilmallie, Inverness-shire, Scotland to Donald and Catherine Cameron. I'd like to know where they fit into the Cameron clan in Scotland, but so far the details have been too sketchy to verify. Charles and Catherine may have had at least two other children named Archibald and Ewen(Angus?) born Nov 20th 1774.

I need something that proves this connection, and I am well aware that there were/are a lot of Donald Camerons around. Is this something that you could see yourself taking on? Please let me know your rates, schedule, etc. I live in NYC, but have had experience hiring genealogists from overseas. Thanks, and regards, -Paul Vernet

[SherbrookeJacobite]

Hi Paul,
Failte! I am no professional genealogist (far from it!) - but there is a bit of information on the Cameron's of Drumasallie around. Our own website has the following:
[glow=red,2,300]KINLOCHIEL, (THE CAMERONS OF):

This tribe of Clan Cameron was descended from John Dow/Dubh M'Ewen, one of the sons of Ewen Allanson Cameron of Lochiel, XIII Chief of Clan Cameron. The Camerons of Kinlochiel lived at Drumasallie for centuries. [/glow]

[glow=red,2,300]DRUMASALLIE / DRIMNASALLIE (GAELIC: DRUIM NA SAILEACH / DRUIM NA SAILLE):

The "Willow Ridge/Ridge of the Willows," deriving its name from a hill/ridge overlooking this location on the north. At the western end of Loch Eil, Drumasallie is in actuality the extremity of Loch Eil, not, as commonly believed, Kinlochiel. This little settlement is where the hill waters of the Fionn Lighe and Dubh Lighe wind through a grassy plain and sandy shore to mingle with the "brackish" water of Loch Eil. Home to the Camerons of Drumasallie. Upon the Estates of Lochiel, circa 1788. [/glow]

I will have a look in some reference materials I have to see if I have any more on this family. There are others on this site who undoubtedly will be of more assistance than I can be.

I'll write more if I come across anything. Good Luck!

Slainte,

John

[Cameronian]

In reply to Paul’s attempt to contact Alistair Cameron, as of last weekend he is still rebuilding his complex computer requirements and hopes to be back in action very soon.

However with your Cameron connection into Australia, could I suggest that you look into the Genealogical section of the Clan Cameron Australia site www.clan-cameron.org.au and check out your ancestry…. If you do not find it mentioned, please make your details available to Dr Robert Cameron who will assist you if possible.

[paul]

Thank you, I'll check it out..

[paul]

Thanks John, this will get me started..

[bak]

admin said:

I am posting this on behalf of Alistair Cameron, of New South Wales, Australia. Alec is Clan Cameron Online's Designated Genealogist, tehe former President of Clan Cameron NSW, and is a wonderful person to contact with questions. His contact information is at the end of this message - he does not have a late enough web browser version to access the new message boards, but those from the old board will remember his great contributions...anyhow, please contact Alec directly with questions, since he can't view anything posted here.



These publications are quite useful:

Book: Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry, by Kathleen B. Cory.

SCOTLAND Research Guide, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Series A No 60. Ask to see it at any of the thousands of Family History Centres.

Leaflets: free issue from General Register Office for Scotland. Ask for S1, S2 and S3.


For Research we need some important assets:

* Starting data- accurate vital data as to your own birth record, your parents' marriage, grandparents' ditto and so on backward in time. Ideally you'll acquire accurate data from certificates of births, marriages, deaths. No short cuts. Get it right. Sloppy work can easily divert you to an incorrect ancestry.

* Libraries, archives, family history societies. Locate those that are handy to your home address, and which suit your interests. In Scotland there are genealogical societies for the various localities, and their membership tends to be world- wide. In Scotland there are local Record Offices and local Libraries. A brief letter of enquiry may bring you a generous response. I
always say in such letters "I shall be pleased to repay your postal and photocopying costs, as appropriate".

* Internet Lists and Web addresses where you may contact like-minded correspondents.

* Work method. Keep tidy recoverable records. Ensure you keep the numbered reference or citation code, so that the event found may be second- looked later. Be distrustful of info that lacks any source reference. "I found it on the Net" and "I found it in the IGI" are vague, unworthy statements as to source of information.

What is available from Scottish records?

Compulsory Registration of births, deaths and marriages was introduced in 1855. These records are available right up to current date.

Before 1855 there were records of christenings, burials and marriages BUT!! these are quite bare in detail and many events were either unrecorded or cannot now be located. The best are those records of the Church of Scotland in the period 1555 to 1854. The worst are those of the other Churches, very few exist today. Scotland had many churches outwith the Church of Scotland, including Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, United Presbyterian, Associate Congregation, Free Church, Cameronian, etc
etc.

Population Census records exist for most of Scotland, the useful ones are those at 10 year intervals 1841, 1851,...........1891, 1901.

How to use your research time?

A great deal can be achieved by personal effort. The Family History Centres of the LDS Church are excellent. These function as public libraries and the Church officers attending are forbidden to discuss matters of Faith with library patrons. So there's a possible embarrassment you'll not have to think about!

Sometimes you'll stall and not know how to get around a "brick wall". Occasional hiring of a professional researcher can prove cost- effective.

Keep tidy records!!

=============

Cheers..........

--

ALISTAIR M. CAMERON A.A.G.R.A.

Professional Genealogist
quozl.netrek.org/cameron-research/

PO Box 215 BUNDANOON NSW 2578 AUSTRALIA

Scottish Heritage Week 2002 in Sydney AUSTRALIA-
Nov. 23 to Dec. 1 For INFO go to: www.pip.com.au/~sahc/

[bak]

My son-in-law, found a long knife on the beach after Hurricane Katrina, with the following markings; "GILLEANBURG E. F. CAMERON 1851" "WM MASON INs" "PRO REG_ _ _ ET PATRIA". this knife it a very spical made, and most of all would have cost alot to make even back then. To have one made like this one today would cost better then $1000.00.
I am interrested in returning it to the owner, as well as the history of this knife. Please if you can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it very much.
B.A. KINCAID 601 749 0545
6001 WOODS ROAD [e-mail]
PICAYUNE, MS 39466

[brenda]

Hi ,
Not quite sure how to find information on my family roots. Hope that someone can help get me started.

My gradmother was a war bride from Inverness, Scotland . She fell in love and married a handsome millitary man ( William Fred Day) durning WW2. Several years after the war ended she traveled with her husband and three kids to Newfoundland, Canada.
Her full name is Mary Ann Cameron (Day); fathers name was Donald Cameron and Mothers name was Anne. She had one sister Margret and a foster sister Mary. I am very intrested in connecting with my family roots and history. I would very much appriciate any information that anybody has to offer. Thank you

[Thomas Cameron]

I have e-mailed B.A. Kincaid regarding the amazing discovery of the knife (presumably a dirk) found after Hurricane Katrina. As soon as I can glean a few more details, we'll begin spreading word.

[albe1kanobe]

Need help figuring out best way to find my ancestors in Nova Scotia. I know that my Grandmother told me she was a Cameron, but she never told us anything more specific before she died. please let me know if any of you have any advice or links...thanks. Albe of Alaska