Just a suggestion....what about MacKillop....according to a family tree that I have re the MacLeods of Harris...on an neighbouring island of Lewis...their was a John MacKillop b. 1843... MacKillop appears to me to sound a wee bit similar to Marcarla...lol...if said quickly... Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coastal Faggs" <lakers@exemail.com.au> To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:56 AM Subject: [SCT-INV] macaulay - isle of lewis > G'day > My gt gt gt grandmother came from Lewis Isle. > She was born abt 1785. > She was married in Gravesend Kent in 1810. > She was illiterate, so the person who wrote her name on the marriage cert > in > Gravesend Kent wrote her name as he heard it.........as Marcarla. > I am hoping that this was Macaulay as a Scottish person told me that would > be close the the pronounciation. > Does anyone have an alternative? > Anyway, her name was Christiana Marcarla, and she married John Walford. > > I am having great difficulty finding her a family in Scotland. > Can anyone give me some ideas please? > Thank you > Karen in Australia > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >