David a wee snippet of information: the fellow who emigrated or his son (well, at least the heir male of the Macdonells of Glengarry) died and was buried in my home town of Dunedin, New Zealand in the 1860s. He might have moved on from Australia for the Otago gold rushes. I think he was unmarried and in his 20s or 30s and remember reading that the Clan Donald Society had some sort of graveside service a few years back. While on the topic of family heads, a few miles north in Oamaru (still in the same province of Otago), a Grant immigrant ended up as Earl of Seafield, Chief of Clan Grant etc in the 1880s. After his premature death, the family went back to Scotland and although they had the title, the crusty old dowager back at Cullen House near Banff wouldn't commune with the "colonials upstarts" and they only had a small allowance until her death. Peter Grant London (ex New Zealand) -----Original Message----- From: David McDonald [mailto:condor@ansonic.com.au] Sent: 10 September 2000 00:45 To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCT-INV-L] Glengarry MacDonnells I read a little bit of history on the net that stated that the last of the Glengarry MacDonnell's was Colonel Alexander Ranaldson MacDonnell who married Rebecca, second daughter of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo in 1822. The Colonel had encumbered his estate to such an extent that when he died during a shipping accident in January 1828, his son (unanmed) had to sell the estate to the Marquis of Huntly and then he & his family migrated to Australia. I assume that this would have been in the late 1820's or early 1830's. Are there any experts out there that would know the name of the Colonel's son and when / where he immigrated to in Australia. If all this is true, it would suggest that the Glengarry MacDonnell line now resides in Australia. David Port Fairy ______________________________