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From: Alec Cameron <>
Subject: 1. Motherless Child 2. MACDONALD in ROC
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:34:14 +1000

1. Iain wrote here.......

> What would be the reason to leave the mother's name off the baptismal record?

Mark has made good reply I see, noting the male- macho tendency to down-
grade the females.

Another possible reason is that the bairns were found on someone's
doorstep. One of the parents unable, or unwilling to be identified.
"Invasion of privacy"?
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2. Mark wrote here...........

> hi folks, since the list has been a little slow recently, can I ask is there anyone else who has been researching MacDonalds in the Parish of Cromarty. I have 3, 4 and 5x great grandparents there I am trying to pursue.

I have one only, of early date: Christina MacDonald married John Cameron
in parish Contin, 1799. They were in Strathgarve, an estate since
cleared to make a forest. They soon moved to parish Urray, built a croft
at Ardnagrask by Muir of Ord, and my cousins live in the croft <now>.

Cheers..................

ALISTAIR M. CAMERON, A.A.G.R.A. also known as ALEC
**My Ancestral File No. is TO4M-WJ**

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