Greetings from British Columbia: I believe this is my first posting here (don't always keep track), and I wondered if SKS could help me with my Mac/McDonald dilemma. The information I have is as follows: I have been researching my husband's (Greg) Mac/McDonald family for over 10 years. We finally found the first sign of our MacDonald family in Fox Harbour, Nova Scotia. The entry is in the 1841 Scottish Christening Records for Tarbat, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland. Alexander McDonald & Isabella McMichael of Fox Harbour, Scotia, had a child, Archibald, born 25 Sept 1840. The bottom of this page is signed by an H. MacKenzie (there are initials behind his name but they are too difficult to read) and we have been told that he was a Minister from Tarbat who came to Canada and made a note of Canadian-born children who were born to people who originally came from his parish). We have been able to reconstruct most of the family tree from Archibald down, but nothing is known about Alexander or Isabella. Apparently, the McMichael's were not from Ross & Cromarty. The first names of Alexander, Archibald, Angus & Charles appear in most, if not all generations from our first Alexander onwards. Alexander & Isabella also lived in Westchester & River Philip, Nova Scotia, with some of the family finally settling in Springhill, Nova Scotia. The last name ORMOND was given as a second name to one of Alexander's descendants. Is this a surname common to Ross & Cromarty? Any help or guidance would be most welcomed. By the way, the page from the Christening Records mentioned above also contains these entries: 1. Alexander MATHESON & Ann MCIVER of Gulf had a child born 8 July 1841 named _________ Christian 2. Norman MCLEOD & Eunice (last name illeg.) of Gulf had a child born 14 Apr 1840 named _________ Donald 3. John McLEAN & Janet MCLEOD of Gulf had a child born 16 Jan(?) 1841 named Margaret 4. John MCLEOD & Isabella NICHOLSON of Gulf had a child born 6 Feb(?) 1841 named Roderick 5. Norman MCLEOD & May REID of Gulf had a child born 12 Mar 1841 named John 6. John MCAULAY & Ann NICHOLSON of Fox Harbour had a child born 19 Jan (?) 1841 named (illeg) Nicholson 7. George MOODY & Janet ROBERTSON of Fox Harbour had a child born 15 Jan (?) 1841 named William 8. James SCOTT & Margaret NICHOLSON of Fox Harbour had a child born 7 Oct 1840 named Anabella 9. Alexander MCDONALD & Nancy MCDONALD of Big Cove had a child born 1 Jan (?) 1841 named Duncan 10. David R_____(illeg) & Margaret (no last name) of McLennan Cove had a child born 14 Oct 1840 named Roderick 11. Welwood MCNAB & Sarah WAUGH had a child born 14 Aug (?) 1840 named Welwood. Where I have put question marks in the dates means that the writing appears to be the month I have written. The writing is very difficult to make out for a lot of it. Our Mac/McDonald information has been put onto our webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/8316 Betty Stewart