Here we go: Kenneth MacLeod Sr. born circa 1752 rumored to have come from Lord Reays County. That information came from a letter written in 1834 by the Rev. Alexander Farquharson to the Edinburg Ladies Association. He was quoting Kenneth MacLeod when he gave that information Kenneth Sr. was married to Robina MacDonald born circa 1760 in Scotland. They had at least 5 known children who came to Nova Scotia based on the 1812 census in Middle River. Elizabeth born ca. 1780 who married Roderick (Rory) MacKenzie Sr. once she came to Nova Scotia. John born ca 1787 Kenneth (W) Jr. Esq. born 15 Sep 1790 rumored to have been born in Caithness. I have documentation saying he was a native of Sutherland Shire when he petitioned the King for a grant of Land in Nova Scotia in 1812 (which was granted) and two other unnamed children one may have been a male named Malcolm but that hasn't been verified yet. Kenneth Sr., Robina, Kenneth Jr., Elizabeth, John and the unnamed children immigrated to Wagamotkook Nova Scotia about 1800, which was later named Middle River, Nova Scotia. Christina, you mentioned the IGI for the old parish records, does the GROS online OPR have the same information? One last question. Kenneth Jr. used Esq. after his name. What does this mean? He was not a lawyer that we know of. Once they got to Middle River there is a lot of information about this family as they were one of 4 original families of this town and the Historical Society there has published a few books with mentioning them. When I questioned the birth information no one ever tried to document the accuracy of the passed down information. We are direct descendants of this family. Any help and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Tracy Tracy A. MacLeod e-mail tamacleod@mediaone.net web site http://people.ne.mediaone.net/tamacleod/index.html