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finella · Member

Hello I'm new

Luckey · Michigan State Commissioner - CLSNA

You most certainly did find the right place Finella! Let me be the first to welcome you to our humble forum. What was your grandfather's name?

David · President - CLSNA

I second that! Definetely in the right place and we are happy to have you Cousin.Since I see you are in the UK I would strongly urge you to visit the Clan Lamont Society Website there so you can stay on top of events happening there.

http://www.clanlamontsociety.co.uk/

Mary Lamb who provides many roles such as Treasurer, Restorator of The Manse, Curator of our Lamont Museum and Archive and all around Champion of Lamont causes would love to hear from you. She can be reached at:

clanlamontsociety@gmail.com

Let us know how we can help and welcome again!

-- Edited by David on Saturday 2nd of October 2010 05:35:01 PM

finella · Member

Thank-you! It was Donald Brown and he and the ancestors hailed from the Argyll area - thanks for the link I will have a look. I am hoping to visit the area next year and stay at a place where there is reputrd to be the ghost of a Lamont so watch this space!

Luckey · Michigan State Commissioner - CLSNA

Finella,

I have Brown's on my mothers side, we may be distant cousins! I haven't quite found where they come from in Scotland, but still looking.

If you are looking for an inn with Lamont ghosts, try the hotel in Kilfinnan. A beautiful, cozy little inn. Owners and hosts Helen and Andrew are the best. The inn is reputed to be the home of several ghosts. My wife and I stayed there for several days, and as I'm an early riser, I was downstairs admiring some of the dispays in the cases and when Andrew came down to open the doors, I think I took several years off of the poor man's life. Good thing he's a strapping young man because I'm out of date on my CPR cert.

Kilted Carver · Senior Member

Greetings to you, hope we can help you to enjoy your stay here on the forum.

Drac · Senior Member

Welcome, pull up a seat and stay a while.

Jim

MacPatrick · Senior Member

Welcome, we are happy to have you here on the forum.

My grandmother was a Brown of Scottish descent, we have not had any luck tracing the family line back to Scotland. We lost track of them in Baltimore somewhere in the 1700's.

I have a kilt made of the Brown Tartan, it is a very distinctive and beautiful tartan.

finella · Member

Thank-you one and all for the warm welcome.......the Lamont ghost sounds interesting Luckey!I just may have to try that place

and I didn't realise MacPatrick that Browns had a tartan - but after "googling" it have to agree it is a good'un, as you say quite distinctive.
I am also trying to trace the scottish connection, it isn't as easy as you may imagine but will keep trying.

MacPatrick · Senior Member

I've tried to trace my Browns back, but there are just too many Brown families out there with sons named James, William and George.

finella · Member

That is so true!To say nothing of Ians Donalds and Gordons smile

lambiec · Newbie

Hi, my name is Christine Towery (Lambie). I am fourth generation American and when I was younger I was told that my Great Grandfather John Lambie married Jeannie Kerr and before they left Scotland they had a son named James. My Grandfathers name was Peter Allen Lambie. He was the younger brother of James. I was wondering if I am in the right location?

Knockdow · Guru

Yes the Lambies are part of Clan Lamont. Tom Lambie is our Western Region VP. He doesnt come on the forum, I will send you his email via PM

lambiec · Newbie

More than anything I was wondering if the family story is correct and if anyone knows about a John Lambie marrying a Jeannie Kerr and coming over to the United States with his wife and son. If you want to send me Tom Lambie's email you can send it to christinetowery@ymail.com. As I was saying this is a story my mother told me when I was younger and have now become very interested in finding out about my family history. I work with quite a few Scottish people and they have been helping me to find the proper web sites to search and here I am thanks to them :)

LaCalif2 · Senior Member

Sorry for the late reply. I will check in my Lambie data base for your answer. Paul Lambie in Scotland has a wealth of information on Lambies.

My "e" mail is LaCalif2@cs.com

Tom Lambie
Far West VP