Hello, I'm back again looking for my great great grandparents who did a "disappearing act" mid 1800s from Burg, Kilninian, Mull - but likely never left! Archibald MCKINNON abt. 1810 - before 1882 & Catherine MCARTHUR abt. 1810 - before 1882 had a daughter, Catherine MCKINNON, abt. 1839. Archibald & Catherine are on the 1841 census at Burgh in Kilninian, both given as 35 years old with then 4 year old daughter, Catherine (born 1839, later married James MCDOUGALL). More children arrived later - Donald 1843, Neil 1847, Ann 1849. On the 1851 census for Burgh, only young Donald MCKINNON, by then 8 years old, turns up on the record. He is living with maternal relatives, Malcolm & Anne MCARTHUR. So where is the rest of the family? The children appear in & around Burg in later years, as they married & had a family of their own, which is why I know they did not die off nor immigrate. But Archibald & Catherine never appear on another census nor did they ever die apparently! We believe they developed an aversion to authorities after being "cleared" more than once & were quite likely scarce at census time. Our new theory is that they may have adopted an alias, which might explain why no record of their death anywhere in Scotland can be found by us. Possible surnames they may have used: MCARTHUR (their sons Donald & Neil turn up as MCARTHURs on 1 census) or perhaps MCLEAN? My question is: Does anyone have census records for Kilninian for 1851, 1861, 1871 or 1881 that show a couple born abt. 1810, with given names Archibald & Catherine, with ANY other surname at all? This is a complete fishing expedition, I know, and I don't expect anyone to dig through 100s or 1,00s of names, but I'm just wondering if they've been right under our noses all along. Thank you very much! Mary Fletcher Harris in Canada hoping to come to Mull summer 2008