This website is dedicated to my loving dad in his memory -
William John Christopher MacKinnon (1915 - 2006) whom I dearly miss.

My dad had always held a keen interest in his roots in South Uist, Scotland 
having lost his own dad at the tender age of 6 yrs old. He was always 
interested in "who was who" and how they were related/connected and had a 
vast knowledge of family affairs, names & dates among other "snippets" which 
over time has enabled me to build what I can call "My Family Tree".

I was fortunate enough from a very young age to have inherited my dads interest 
through our many trips "Home" to 455 Strome, North Lochboisdale, South Uist.

Although I was only a child, I remember our trips like it was yesterday and the 
vast amount of people we used to visit. I was in awe at the amount of relatives 
we had then. Being such a young girl I was unaware that because the Island was 
so small that it was inevitable that we would have so many relatives & family 
connections as my 4 great grandparents on my paternal side were all born and raised 
on the Island and all came from reasonably large families.

Our family is spread throughout Scotland, Canada & England which I know of but 
there may be others in different places which I have yet to discover and my aim 
is to reach each and every one who is part of my family. If you think you are a 
leaf off my tree please email me either through this site or: 
annebarr38@hotmail.com

I would like to thank all my relatives & friends who have been a great source, 
with valuable information and of course "corrections"!!! Especially:-

Mary (Campbell), Mary Kate (Morrison), Mary (MacDonald), Peggie (Millmow), 
Margaret (Steele) & last but not least my younger brother Iain.

I apologise to you all for being so inquisitive but every little bit has helped 
and you can now reap the benefits in this lovely informative site but none-the-
less, will still welcome any new info. - especially old photo's of our ancestors.

Many thanks to you all for your contributions and enjoy reading!!!!!!

Anne-Marie xxxxx

P.S. Remember to call back periodically as this site is still very much in 
progress and I hope to be adding to it all the time. If anyone has any info. or 
dates they can contribute - just email me.