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Visited Skye the last week of October 2009 and found it wet and windy five days out of seven.  Still enjoyed showing my sister around our ancestral places.  (Stayed at cosy Roskhill up on the way to Dunvegan.)

Bracadale-related folks in my database include John Lamont, b. 1771 and  Murdoch (his son)  born ca. 1800 and married in the Parish of Bracadale 10 Jan. 1831.  The wife of Murdoch Lamont (also found in at least one record as Murdow Lamond) was Euphemia (Effy) MacRae, b. 1802, Bracadale.  Siblings included: Marion, Ann, Angus (who married a Mary Campbell at Bracadale), Mary, and possibly a Margaret.  Their parents were Donald MacRae, b. ca. 1780, married to Catherine MacAskill, ca. 1800.  He died 15 June 1860 in Harlosh but is buried at Harport.  Probably this MacRae family hailed from the Carbost area. 

Ring a bell with anyone in researching or living in the area?

Awesome chart.  I'm impressed!  I have some Skye ancestry too, including MacAskill and Campbell.  So far have found them in the parishes of Bracadale and Duirinish, late 18th and early 19th centuries.  Will post more later when I have time.  Leaving this coming Wednesday for two weeks in Scotland.  (Skye, then East Lothian) 

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There are some Lumsdens associated with East Linton and Prestonkirk.  Mention is made of a Lumsden family in a book called "By the Linn Rocks."  If you'd like I can do a look-up for you. 

The name caught my eye because my East Lothian-born great-grandfather had it for a middle name:  Alexander Lumsden Lamond (or Lamont).  His parents lived and worked at Nether Hailes when he was born in 1880.  They were members of the Prestonkirk at the time and I suspect that someone with the surname of Lumsden may have been a benefactor or baptismal sponsor for the family.