John, Have you found out why they changed their names? You are the third person on the list I have found this funny little quirk of "Name Changing". Did you try the 1841 Census to get more information? Peter, "they changed from M'Isaack to McDonald in 1852" At 02:43 AM 10/19/00 -0400, you wrote: >Murdo MacOdrum b abt 1700 North Uist, moved to Scorrain, Waternish, changed >his name to MacDonald, m Mary...,had five daughters, Isabella b 1826, Marion >b 1835 and Mary b 1837 m Alexander MacLeod in 1866. They had William >b abt 1870 and Mary b abt 1871. >Shows up in the 1851 and ' 61 census I hear. > >Would appreciate any info on this family--doing the MacCodrum Family Tree. Was it MacOdrum also? >Thank you John Stinson