On Monday, June 1, 1992 4:35:00 PM UTC+8, mcge...@topaz.ucq.edu.au wrote:   
   > Could anyone on this net help me to find info on the group known as THE   
   > COVENANTERS,formed in the 1680's to oppose the takeover of the Church of   
   > Scotland by the CofE. My ancestor JOHN McGEACHIN was a member. He was   
   outlawed   
   > in 1684 and shot dead by the English in 1688 near CUMNOCK (AYR). Data on   
   these   
   > events is scarce in this part of the world so any assistance with sources   
   would   
   > be gratefully recieved   
   >                         thanks in advance   
   >                                         Neil McGeachin   
   >                                         Lecturer-Health Science   
   >                                         Uni. Central Queensland   
   >                                         Rockhampton   
   >                                         AUSTRALIA   
      
   Hi Neil,   
   I see you posted this above though not sure how long ago. I've got McGeachin   
   ancestors from there too but can't get any further back with surity (sp?) than   
   a Hugh McGeachin born 1767. I can make assumptions that take me another two   
   generations back but    
   can find nothing from there. Definitely curious as to weather this covenanter   
   was an ancestor. At least I know from your post that he had at least one   
   child. Is there info you can give me that might help?   
      
   (I also have a distant Aussie relo arriving in Cumnock in two days for a week   
   of research, so any clues are particularly pertinent right now.)   
      
   Kind regards,   
   Brigit, Perth (via the Ballarat/Scarsdale McGeachins)   
      
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