Hello, I'm going to post this query to more than 1 list, so please forgive me if you receive it more than once. I'm struggling with my MCKINNONs (I have at least 3 lines of them on my Dad's maternal side!) & I wondered if anyone might be able to help me figure out who is who & who was where - with 1 branch anyway. My gggrandparents were Archibald MCKINNON (b. abt. 1810 to Neil MCKINNON & Margaret MCARTHUR) & Catherine MCARTHUR (b. abt. 1813 to Archibald MCARTHUR & Catherine MCLEAN) both in Kilfinichen & Kilvickeon, I believe. (Notice I have 2 MCARTHUR lines too!) My gggrandparents were reportedly married in 1831 at K & K. After this, things get foggy. My Dad, has been trying to get a handle on these folks for years & has come up with these children for Archibald & Catherine ... Catherine b. 1839 Donald b. 1843 Neil b. 1847 Ann b. unknown maybe 1849? He can find no actual birth records for them & after 1847, the family is basically unaccounted for. Neil (my ggrandfather) had no education or English ... were they somewhere very remote? They were last known at Burgh. In my recent research, I keep coming up with a couple by the same name, but I'm not sure if it's them or not because they were found on Iona & most of the above children are missing. This Archibald MCKINNON & Catherine MCARTHUR had ... Allan b. 1832 John b. 1835 Rory b. 1837 Catherine b. 1839 Mary b. 1842 Hugh b. 1844 Thomas b. 1848 Margaret b. 1851 All born Iona but Allan was born K & K I'm really confused ... were there 2 couples with the same names or just the one? Help! Thanks so very much. Mary in Canada p.s. The Tiree connection comes when Neil MCKINNON married Ann PATTERSON (d/o Donald PATTERSON & Isabella PATTERSON) of Tiree ... yes, I have 2 PATTERSON lines too - this couple was in fact 1st cousins to each other!