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