Hello all, Just want to advise everyone that I finally finished the MacKeigan book after 10 years of research. I would also like to take a minute to thank everyone who had donated family information. Everyone who seen the book up to now had nothing but praise for the work that went into it. Taken from the introduction by Judy B. Cluett Those of us who are descendants of the those early pioneers to Cape Breton have been the recipients of a wondrous legacy forged by the blood, sweat, tears, sorrows and joys of our ancestors. We are who we are, in part, because of their efforts to create better lives for their children and the generations to come. Their faith, mingled with their desire for education has led many of us to become lawyers, doctors, teachers, nurses, and other leaders of the communities in which we live. We have become responsible citizens of our communities and have taught our children to carry on this legacy. It is to those first MacKeigan settlers that this book is dedicated. We have not forgotten the roots from which we have come, and we leave this book to the generations to follow, so that they may know and appreciate those who have gone before. The information presented here represents years of work by many, many people. We want to thank every person who has contributed information on a family line; we want to thank the folks who have so kindly shared with us records they have found for us, often in searches connected to other families not necessarily related. Thank you, too, for all of the resources that were contributed by families in the past, to the Beaton Institute. Thank you to the ³neighbours² of MacKeigan families who have shared stories and interesting incidents and who have made it possible for us to ³know² our families a little better. And finally, a big thank you to Lark Szick, for the hours and hours of emails, phone calls, research and overall work in putting this book together. Without you, Lark, this book would not have been possible. A last note: To those of you who may have questions about accuracy, this book has not been written hastily. Over a period longer than ten years, Lark and I have been in correspondence with people in the Hebrides to help verify our information from records there, and we have been in contact with MacKeigan families throughout North America. We have tried to put down everything as it was told to us and as much as possible, you will find things documented in the back of the book. Yet, it is possible that you may find something with which you disagree, and if that is so, please remember that genealogy is almost always ³a work in progress². The book is 138 pages, has lots of photos, maps, a section dedicated to their forefathers in Scotland and lots of info on the Cape Breton side.

Congratulations Lark, As family historians we can appreciate the work involved in such a project. The putting down of the pen (so to speak) and the feeling of accomplishment is like no other for genealogists of that I am sure. Once again ..Congratulations! Bernardine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lark Szick" <bmwlark@sympatico.ca> To: "*NS list" <nsroots@ednet.ns.ca>; "*Cape Breton list" <NS-CAPE-BRETON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 1:32 PM Subject: [NS-CB] MacKeigan Book finally finished Hello all, Just want to advise everyone that I finally finished the MacKeigan book after 10 years of research. I would also like to take a minute to thank everyone who had donated family information. Everyone who seen the book up to now had nothing but praise for the work that went into it.