Posted: 10:36 AM - Aug 11, 2000
Michael McKay
I'm heading off to attend the Collett-McKay Picnic in Ohio. This event is held every 2nd Saturday in August.

More info. can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/mckyrbnsn/collmc.html

This gathering is made up of the descendants of Moses McKay (who married Abigail Shinn). He is a great-grandson of Robert Mackay Sr., descending in this line: Moses McKay - Andrew McKay - Robert Mackay Jr., - Robert Mackay Sr.

After this I will be going to Chincoteague, Va. for a week.

Posted: 9:02 PM - Aug 12, 2000
Mark McKay
Michael

Saw you at the picnic. Couldn't wait to return home and look at what you had created.

It was certainly a beautiful day on Gurneyville Rd. at the 166th reunion.

I will be looking through the information you have created. Will let you know if I have any comments or questions.

Mark McKay

Posted: 11:13 PM - Aug 12, 2000
Michael McKay
Glad to see you posting here. Yes, I enjoyed the picnic very much and got a few pictures in that I'll be adding to the website when I come home from vacation.

One is of the Moses McKay house in Warren Co. OH and another is of the picnic grounds.

The house photo will go in the "Robert Mackay Clan Photos" section with a caption telling of it's involvement in the Underground Railroad.

The picnic grounds will go on the page about the Collett-McKay picnic.

Come back often.

(P.S. I'm still at Kate's and I'll be leaving tomorrow morning so I'll be back in "Virginia Robert Mackay Country" in time to see one of our cousins in the Miss Clarke County Fair contest. After that I'll be gone for a week at Chincoteague.)