Or do you have an inkling who THEY were? They being you’re island ancestors - perhaps its one of those family legends about your great granny Morag from the Isle of Skye. Is there any foundation to the story? If so where was she from and when did she leave? Why? Is there any family here now? Is she in the local school photograph? Is there a headstone that marks the link? Once started, one single fascinating question can become a gripping obsession and a path of discovery. Not just about who they were, but where they lived, what they did, why they moved? Skye and Lochalsh, home of the Macleod’s, MacDonald’s, and MacRae’s with many other smaller sept’s well documented, there is a great resource in the area to start your path of discovery. Castles, local libraries, archive departments, graveyards, monuments, registrars and local genealogists all available to assist in you search, it’s a great place to start tracing your family tree. Intrigued or stuck for something to do; why not start today?