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Hi ! My 4th great grandparents are Kenneth and Ann MacLeod also! I only got as far as the parish records. For at least 8 yrs I’ve been trying to find Kenneth’s father. A lot of people put Donald And Catherine MacLeod as the parents. Donald was from Trotternish. Hope we can share some ideas.

Pam

I have on my ancestry tree, that Donald is a possibility. So how does one go farther back? Just give up? I would think with all the children that Kenneth and Ann Mcleod had, that someone would at least have an oral history somewhere online. I guess I'm just too impatient.

Ian,
They did not follow the naming pattern unfortunately. My  2nd great Grandfather John was second born with Kenneth being firstborn brother. My great grandfather was the only son and he is also John.

Now I'm confused. I added Neil MacLeod to my tree on ancestry and went to search for records. There are marriage records for a Neil MacLeod living in Saingo, Sutherland, Scotland in 1772 and Isobel is the wife. Then there is another record, same place in 1775 and the wife is Janet. The records are from the parish.  Also, many, many of the trees there have Donald as the father with many kids and one is Kenneth. Catherine MacDonald is his wife. Marriage, Isle of Skye, 1769. And Donald dies 1830 in Durness. I don't want to monopolize your time but you've been most helpful.
Another tree has their  marriage date as 7 June 1775 at  Balamhulich, Sutherland, Scotland.

So are you saying that your conclusion that Neil MacLeod is Kenneth's father would be based on the evidence? So unless someone came forward with documented records, this would be just an assumption and put that name in your tree? Where else would you find any records other than the ones you know of? Oral history? Is it possible there would be a book written about the area with mention of the families living there? I tried googling that and came up with nothing significant. Have you ever seen DNA pinpointing an area or tree? Or possibly a specific MacLeod branch?