As I get Email from the public, I will select some of them for posting to this section. I love to read them and thought others would too.
Ronald D. McNabb
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As I get Email from the public, I will select some of them for posting to this section. I love to read them and thought others would too. Ronald D. McNabb
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| Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 8:38
AM Subject: Re: Thanks for visiting my web page. Hello Ron, Yes there really was what was called the "Great Macnab Migration of the 1830's", the largest single year of departures from Scotland being 1837. Most of the migration was to North America, with a few actual ships' papers, manifests, etc. still being kept at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. I am in possession of my McNab family bible that dates back to the 1850's but which only kept births, deaths, marriages, etc; but nothing at all on where they migrated from in Scotland. What I do know is that my father's grandfather's family have been living in upstate New York in and around the Albany/Schenectady metro area since the 1850's, not that far from where the original Macnab/Mcnab communities were settled in the New Scotland/Berne towns near some beautiful mountains, similiar in appearance but not as high as the ones in Scotland older members of my father's family have told me in the past. Thanks for the email and hopefully a lot more information will be generated from your excellent website. Regards, Ray McNab |
| Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 5:04
AM Subject: RE: mcnab.us Hi Ron Is good to see a McNab site on the web. I have traced my line back to a definite of 1768. It all revolves in and around Glasgow. I can go a little further back (to the 16 C) but the details are not accurate/complete enough to be aboslutely sure of the line, to that time. My Name of McNab is consistent over the generations that I have traced. If the line I have, back to the 16 C is ever confirmed it stems from Moulin and Kirkmichael in Perth. Your history of the Clan is lovely, weather McNabb, McNab or witch ever deviation was first I don't know. I have not had the time to look at ferther. Dad and I visit Scotland regularly, mainly around Glasgow. He was born there. We are back there in early August. As you look at your own history you close doors on things, but only open more. Will keep in toutch as things develop, if you want a trace of my tree you are more than welcome. Best regards John |
| Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 11:48
AM Subject: Re: www.mcnabb.us Ron, I've had the domain for over 10 years, so that's one factor, but modern search engines often rank you higher if it finds a lot of other links to your site from other sites. So I would definitely ask other related sites to link to yours, especially if THEY come up in teh search engines. Good luck. It is kind of a mysterious process and may take some time. By the way, I would be interested in learning more about the Irish side of the McNabbs. I've heard more than once that this is the Irish spelling, and I certainly look far more Irish than Scottish. - Michael McNabb On Thursday, July 4, 2002, at 08:47 PM, ron mcnabb wrote: Hi, I am putting a web page together, and I noticed that your web page comes up on all the search engines. What is your secret? I would love just to get listed. Ron McNabb www.mcnabb.us |
| Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 7:16 AM Subject: Re: Macnab Clan Ron, Got your website through the Mcnabb genealogy forum. I often go there to see what's being posted. Mark Macnab's name you will see on this forum many times, I have talked to him a couple of times and found to be the one who seems to know the Mcnabb history in the US and Canada better than anyone. I traveled to Scotland last June with my son James. We traveled there to feel closer to our ancestral roots and we stayed in Killin for several days while a folk music festival was being held there, we had such a good time. We were shown around by a gentleman by the name of Iain Campbell, how about that. What's sad is that there are no Macnabs living there, they're all gone. The last Macnabs that did live there either drank or gambled their fortunes away. The KinnelI house where the last of the Chiefs lived and the last of the Clan lands is now a somewhat run down farm, nothing special. I left there feeling sad and angry. Good luck with your site, gary mcnabb |
