Dave, please read below about my Macisaac's........ Peter Macisaac........... At 06:04 AM 5/10/00 -0400, Skyedam@aol.com wrote: >Subj: [SCT-INV-L] Isle of Eigg/ McIsaac surname >Date: 5/10/00 12:02:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time >From: Skyedam >To: MaryEllenZ >CC: Shamoidart, HilandeRPM, JayofEigg >CC: eric.salmonson@ns.sympatico.ca > > >Subj: [SCT-INV-L] Isle of Eigg/ McIsaac surname > >Date: 5/9/00 8:01:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time > >From: MaryEllenZ@aol.com > >To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > > >Hi, > > Could someone please confirm that the Isle of Eigg is in Inverness >county? > > I am researching McIsaacs from the Isle of Eigg. Please contact me if > > you share the same interest. > > > -Mary Ellen Moulton, Plaistow, New Hampshire, USA > > >Hi Mary Ellen, > >I'm not researching McIsaacs from the Isle of Eigg but we are researching >McLeods there. Yes, the Isle of Eigg is in Inverness - usually referred to >as Inverness-shire. I do have MacIsaacs in my line - they were from Moidart >on the mainland (about 10 miles east of Eigg) and came out in 1801 on the >Nora to Antigonish, Nova Scotia. They then went onto Cape Breton and then to >the western shores of Newfoundland - Bay St. George, Sandy Point Island and >Port au Port / Berry Head. If yours came to Canada, if you don't have it, >you should get the book, Drummer on Foot. I can give you the info on how to >obtain the book. Your people must be Catholic, they almost have to be coming >off of Eigg. Our Mc/MacIsaacs are undoubtedly related - both coming from >Clanranald territory and in close proximity to one another. > >Although I have a lot of reference material here, actual genealogies of Eigg >have been very difficult to come by. I don't think any have been formerly >published although there could be some in private hands. There is a book >named: The Isle of Eigg, by Camille Dressler, which is a good read. > >Fill me in on your research. How did you trace you McIsaac's to Eigg? Where >did they go from there? > >Look forward to hearing from you. I'm next door in Scarborough, Maine. > >Dave MacLeod >Skyedam@aol.com