Hi Christine Many thanks for your response. The intermarrying sure is confusing at times. There was another John Cameron and Catherine Kennedy (from Feychiarren, Kilmonivaig) who had children at the same time as "my" family. Feychiarren is another of those "towns" I have not been able to locate. To help identify which is "my" Cameron/ Kennedy family I have added below a transcription of the "certificate" I received from the GROS for the birth of Mary Cameron - my g g grandmo. I have found the immigration record of the whole family arriving in Australia so John was apparently an ex shepherd not an ex person. I have recently learned from a posting on the Mull list that such declarations were often made, prior to the family immigrating, if the births/baptisms had previously not been recorded. The death certificate here in Australia records Catherine Kennedy's parents being Duncan Kennedy and Sarah Buchanan and that she was born at Glencoe (the latter not so clear to read). As I said on the last posting, the reference to Mianacha only occurs on an IGI record placed by a member of their church. I agree that Briananach is likely to be a small farm or croft and I will certainly forward to you any useful information which may be forthcoming. Thanks again for the reply Brian ----------------------------------------------------------- Extract of entries in an OLD PAROCHIAL REGISTER 78773 Parish of Kilmonivaig County of Inverness children "The following of John Cameron late Shepherd Briananach, and of his wife Catherine Kennedy, were recorded here to day, by desire of his said wife as being born of the dates under mentioned,Alexander Cameron elder of the Kirk Session of Kilmoni vaig being present and attesting: ? Margt Cameron, born 14 Augt 1828 Catherine, do do 12 Oct 1830 Ewen, do do 27 May 1832 Duncan, do do 28 Nov 1834 Mary, do do 31 Augt 1835 The said John Cameron was also sta ted to have been born in 1808 His wife Catherine Kennedy, in 1809 & that, per testimony of said Alexander Cameron, & said Mrs Cameron, the parents of the above were married in July 1847 1 July 1852 James Munro ? ?" ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine J Tregonning" <[email protected]> To: "'Di & Brian Logan'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 8:03 AM Subject: RE: [SCT-INV] Kilmonivaig Parish place names > Dear Brian, > > I can't help you directly with your enquiry however I am also interested in > the surnames of Kennedy and Cameron from Kilmonivaig, Inverness. > > My understanding is that these two families were extensively inter-married. > > My ancestors were Alexander Kennedy, son of Ewen Kennedy b.c 1777 and Sarah > Cameron who were married in 1815. They lived at Brackletter near Spean > Bridge which is in the Parish of Kilmonivaig. > > Could Briananach be the name of a small farm or croft? > > I would be interested in any replies that you receive. > > Regards, > > Christine > > -----Original Message----- > From: Di & Brian Logan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, 26 July 2003 17:58 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SCT-INV] Kilmonivaig Parish place names > > > Dear Listers > Some assistance would be appreciated. My g g g grandparents were John > Cameron and Catherine Kennedy from Kilmonivaig (I know, surnames are not so > unusual). In identifying which Cameron family in official records, place > names were often used to identify the area from which the family came. John > Cameron b. 1808, was a shepherd at Briananach. My Cameron family are > recorded on the IGI by an LDS Church member as being from Mianacha or > Manacha, Kilmonivaig, although the official GRO records only record > Kilmonivaig. Mianacha or Briananach are not mentioned in the 1841 > Invernesshire Census. > Does anyone know of these place names or how to find out more - given where > I live! > Cheers > Brian Logan > Melbourne > Australia >