Hi Barbara, I have the same problem as you do...a lack of information. >:) This is my line with Alexander Cross being my gggf. He married a Margaret McKenzie. I have a bit of information but always looking for more. . Just thought I'd join you hoping there might be a Cross or McKenzie searcher out there. Maybe our McKenzies are cousins of a sort. >:) Lynde Randall in Maine, USA Descendants of James McKenzie 1 James McKenzie b: Abt. 1780 in Scotland .. +Catherine Tolmie Ptolemy b: 1784 in Scotland d: December 11, 1859 in Madoc Twp., Ontario, Canada West ........ 2 Murdock McKenzie b: Abt. 1803 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ........ 2 Alexander McKenzie b: Abt. 1805 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ........ 2 Kenneth McKenzie b: Abt. 1807 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ........ 2 Annabelle McKenzie b: Abt. 1809 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland ........ 2 Margaret McKENZIE b: June 1811 in Gairlock, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland d: July 26, 1884 in Madoc, Hasting, Ontario, Canada ............. +ALEXANDER (SANDY) CROSS b: March 08, 1797 in Dingwall, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland d: May 12, 1893 in Victoria, B.C., Canada ........ 2 Mary McKenzie b: Abt. 1813 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > From Barbara, > I have just joined this list as I found that my 4xGreat Grandparents > came from Ross and Cromarty. They were Alexander Mackenzie and Isobel > Allan and lived in the Tain area at the beginning of the 19th century. > Their first five children were born at Tain and were James b. 1808, Ann > b. 1810, Margaret b. 1814, George b. 1816 and Elizabeth (Betsy) b. > 1818. They then moved to Kilmuir Easter parish and lived at a place > called Heathfield where Alexander was a shoemaker. They had two more > children, Gustavus Aird b. 1822 and Isabella (Bell) b. 1824, who was my > 3xGreat Grandmother. Some time between then and about 1840 the family > moved to Aberdeen as I have found four of the family there on the 1881 > census and three of them married in Aberdeen. > > If any of you have come across any of these MacKenzies or any Allan > family I would be very pleased to hear from you. I have not found the > marriage of Alexander and Isobel on the IGI or at Scots Origins (or > their births as far as I can tell - there seem to be several Alexander > MacKenzies around there of suitable age) so appear to have hit a brick > wall at the moment. > > Any clues or suggestions greatly appreciated. > > Barbara King > Cambridge UK > >