Hello everyone. I am new to the list and am really enjoying reading the letters. I am interested in finding out about my ancestors from an area near Lairg, called Cloenel. I have my gggg Grandfathers line directly to me. I don't have much information on 'sisters, cousins, and aunts', etc. It would also be interesting to find info regarding the family before they left Scotland in 1818, such as Donald's first wife, Jane's family. Any help would be appreciated. My direct line is in bold. Donald Sutherland b. Cloenel, Creich Parish, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, 1767 d. 1841, Lansdowne, N.S., married Jane Ross(1st) and Janet(Jessie) MacKay(2nd). Children by Jane Ross: Christie b. 1796 m. John Fraser, Piper(3 sons Simon, Daniel, William); James b. 1798 Children by Janet MacKay: William b. 1803, Jane b. 1802, Donald b. 1800, John Hugh b.1812, Roderick b. 1815. James Sutherland b. 1798, Cloenel, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, married Ann Gordon. Children: Robert b. 1831; James b. 1833, d. 1912, m. Ella Siddall, Bair Verte, NB; Donald b. 1834 (died in Foord Pit Mine Explosion in 1880); Catherine, b. 1836, d. 1921, m. David Pierce, Stewaicke; Jane, b. 1838, d. 1907, m. Hugh Holmes, River John, NS; Isabella, b. 1841, d. 1889; Thomas, b. 1845, d. 1941, m. sara Dorman (1st) and Annie Caldwell(2nd). Robert Sutherland b. 1831, New Lairg, NS d. 1911, Windsor, Hants Co., married Elizabeth Brown. Children: Avon b. 1863; James Stanley b. 10 Dec. 1865; George b. 1867; Annie b. 1869; Mary J. b. 1872; Belle b. 1873. James Stanley Sutherland (b. 1865 Nova Scotia, d. 1926, Birmingham, Alabama) married Adrianna Long (b. 1867, Norwich, CT d. 1936, Birmingham, AL) Children: James Stanley b. 1888; Clyde Avon b. 1891; Francis Scott b. July 31, 1894; Robert Gordon b. 1896; Margaret b. 1899; Sydney Dunbar b. 1901; Helen Elizabeth b. 1909. Francis Scott Sutherland (b. July 31, 1894, NS, d. July 30, 1969, Birmingham, AL) married Bernice Dee Wyatt (b. ~1899, Kentucky, died ~1982, Birmingham, AL). Children: Barbara, married Cecil Giddens; Jane, married Robert A. Weeks; Frank Scott. Frank Scott Sutherland b. Feb. 6, 1930, Birmingham, AL, d. Sept. 18, 1986, married Gloria Sue Price b. July 8, 1929, Birmingham, AL, d. Jan. 25, 2000, Knoxville, TN Children: Francis Scott b. Oct. 20, 1958; Shelby b. May 16, 1960; Steven Price Sutherland (this is me) b. July 14, 1961; Cynthia (now Sydney) b. June 2, 1962. Thanks. Steve Sutherland Minneapolis, MN USA ICQ 6960598 .