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The woman back at the house asked me how id got on and then she remembered that the woman who owns the post office on Berneray is some descendant of that family - I'd been in the post office just yesterday and spoke to her but i didnt know then she was a relative!
SO i went back to Berneray but it was shut!! So i asked for the number...on the way back i passed Clachan Sands cemetry and i thought id have a look round - your MacIntosh's definitely arent in there - at least not any of the stones that were readable. Clachan overlooks Boreray...oh by the way there was a boat trip scheduled to go to Boreray the day before i arrived on the island
typical.
Anyway i asked a few people and they reckon that there was a churchyard on Boreray itself but they thought that they wouldnt be wealthy enough to erect hedstones...so i turned to my definitive book on EVERY island in Scotland when i got back and sure enough there is a churchyard on Boreray!
When I got back to Aberdeen I phoned Boreray Post Office - somehow she remembered that id come in the shop..but i wasne researching then??? Weird - she remembered my voice anyway from 2 weeks ago...dont spose they meet many people.
She's called Mairi and she is a relative of peter macIntosh in Oz...she said she knew his wife had done a lot of research (is that you??) - extremely small world - it gets spooky! I think she said that her great granny Mairi was one of Peter's daughters (Peter b.1828). I asked if she knew where her g granny was buried and she said she didnt have a clue but that she would ask round and ring me back - she also thought that there would be no headstones cos they wouldnt afford it...
Anyway i would say that theyre likley buried on Boreray...hope iv helped a little
here is Seallam's website - i strongly recommend that you get in touch with them - even if you have to pay it will be worth it i think - theyre excellent and very experienced - they have a lot of success stories.
http://www.seallam.com/ Co leis thu - means 'where are you from' - if you follow that link it should take you to the relevant bits.
Good luck!
Alison