Cape Breton Deaths courtesy of CAPE BRETON GENEALOGY & HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE - <http://www.cbgen.org/>www.cbgen.org NEW MEMBERS WELCOME https://sites.google.com/site/musichillpub/publications/boisdale To The Hill Of Boisdale This book, by A. J. MacMillan, is the result of forty-five years of research into the families of the BOISDALE area of Cape Breton (in Nova Scotia, Canada), as well as the surrounding areas, such as: Beaver Cove; Ironville; Barrachois; Long Island; George's River; Scotch Lake; Frenchvale; Rear Boisdale; Rear Beaver Cove; and South Side Boularderie Island It is, essentially, a short history of the area followed by a genealogical tracing of the pioneers, who came from the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland in the early years of the nineteenth century, right up to the present time. Families treated are: Beaton; Campbell; Currie/Curry; Ferguson; Gillis; Johnson/Johnston; Lynk; MacAulay; MacCormick; MacDonald; MacEachern; MacInnis; MacIntyre; MacIsaac; MacKenzie; MacKinnon; MacLean; MacLeod; MacMullin/MacMillan; MacNeil; MacPhee; MacPherson; MacSween; Morrison; Nicholson; O'Handley/O'Henley; Ross; Steele; and Walker A fifty-three page introduction and twenty-two pages of appendices treat, among other things, the reasons for emigration from Scotland, conditions of the voyages, and how they went about getting land once they arrived in Cape Breton. One fifteen-page appendix treats of the Gaelic names that the pioneers and many of their descendants bore. It also explains the origins of these names and their proper pronunciation. This hardcover book is completely revised, incorporating all of the additional information obtained in the intervening fifteen years since its first publication, and contains 905 pages of text (compared with the 650 pages of the first edition), 5 maps, and 18 pages of photographs. It sells for $50.00 Canadian plus postage and handling. For residents of Canada one must add $2.50 G.S.T. The book can be obtained from: Music Hill Publications P.O. Box 1612, Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada B1P 6R8. Phone: (902) 787-2795 from Canada411