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Submitted by
Name: Nancy Miles
From: Winter Park, Florida
E-mail: nancymiles@gmail.com

Comments:
Great website! We will be visiting the area in September and hope to see where my husband's ancestors lived. James Hamilton is said to have lived and died here as did his daughter Agnes Hamilton McMillan. Agnes died in 1887 and I would love to know if there are gravestones nearby. Thank you for all of the great local history.

Added: May 2, 2023

Submitted by
Name: john hope
From: east k[lbride
E-mail: hopeipoh1@gmail.com

Comments:
Have enjoyed by accident reading and seeing the photoes.i was born in ballochmyle terrace now mauchline road.

Added: December 23, 2021

Submitted by
Name: Elizabeth Ream
From: Virginia, USA
E-mail: Eaream@verizon.net

Comments:

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Admin reply: You can respond on the site. You didn't need to make this a private entry.It would be good to know if you make a connection and if you get any photos of your ancestors from Catrine I will be pleased to put them on my website.

Added: October 20, 2021

Submitted by
Name: Joe Stirling
From: Limerigg
E-mail: joestirling27@outlook.com

Comments:
Hi all, great to visit the site. Rab you are doing a great job. I'm now a paramedic in W. Lothian, busy and enjoyable. Good to see lots of people I grew up with doing well. Stay well and enjoy life.

Added: October 12, 2021

Submitted by
Name: tom mcewan
From: stocton on tees originally catrine
E-mail: tommcewan@btinternet.com

Comments:
hi robert this is a very good web site i have been following for a long time and very informative we used to live at 59 shawlands st and you lived at 51 i think my dad/mam was always very friendly with all of your family ( well everybody helped each other out )especially when it came to playing music i remember you were into music in a big way and your brother david was and my dad and gordon were good pals all the stories i got from him every body was close me and my sister have some good photos of the village that were taken in the 60S ect i will have to send but keep up the good work we all need sites like this to keep our history alive

Added: March 28, 2021

Submitted by
Name: JOHN M COLLIGAN
From: New York, NY
E-mail: POPCOLLIGAN@GMAIL.COM

Comments:
Thank you so much for all the amazing photos and information here. My dad, Jojn Connolly Colligan lived on Clark street and was born in 1912 to Johnstone and Janet Colligan. He was a tenor and quite popular at Church and Scottish events in New York before and after WWii. His Sunday School teacher was a Miss Mary Carson. I wish I could find an old photo of him as a wee one.

Admin reply: The names Connolly and Colligan I don't know and I don't know a Clark street in Catrine. His Sunday School teacher Miss Mary Carson I do know of.

Added: March 21, 2021

Submitted by
Name: Annabelle Robertson
From: Dailly
E-mail: Annabellerobertson6@gmail.com

Comments:
Hi what a great site a have started to look back on family history my papa james mccluskie was born at st cuthbert street a noticed a pic of barnie mccluskie and a think its my papas brother any information would b great thanks very much 😁

Added: December 30, 2020

Submitted by
Name: william jamieson
From: born london
E-mail: williamjamieson1@aol.com

Comments:
My father was from Catrine, and I believe brought up by his Grandma or Aunt,in the Volunteer Arms.
Which I believe was in the family for 40 years.
His Mother died young and his Dad remarried and moved away.
We went to Scotland for the first time when I was 50 years old. not knowing any past history as most people who leave home early do not often talk much about it.
We found a librarian in Ayr, who was very helpful with family records, as such and we were really surprised about the pub connection. Which as luck would have it,was closed down just two weeks before. If anyone can give us some info on my family It would be really good.

Added: December 24, 2020

Submitted by
Name: Claire Bleakley
From: Carstairs
E-mail: c.bleakley26@gmail.com

Comments:
What a great website - I love learning about local history, I wish all towns had a website like this.

I'm looking for the parents of James Elliot Hall (born 6 February 1939/1940) in Catrine. James is still alive but has dementia and his son would like to find out more about his father and his family history. I've been trying to help but with the records offices all closed with covid its proving a challenge!

Added: December 4, 2020

Submitted by
Name: Alan Johnston
From: United Kingdom
E-mail: wannamakeemlaugh@aol.com

Comments:
This is a fabulous website full of so much information and photographs. I'm researching my family tree at the moment and have found that I have Inglis & Steele ancestors who were born and lived in Catrine. I'm especially interested in my Great Great Grandfather Alexander Piper Inglis born 1889 in Wood Street. He married a lady Called Jeanie McCaig in Mauchline but they were divorced and he remarried a lady called Frances Steele but he had a number of brothers and sisters who were also born in Catrine and lived there. If anyone has any information or pictures about the family I would be overjoyed to hear it. Thanks

Added: September 25, 2020