The Macleods of Isle of Lewis?

Question

Who has information on the genealogy of the Macleods of Lewis in particular the branch of the Macleods of Pabbay and Uig ?

Answer 1

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk has all parish records from around 1555 - 1854 and then statutory records from 1855 onwards.

It's a pay-per-view service and it can start to tot up quite steeply so beware.

A lot of the Scottish Parish records are on the IGI at:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...

It's a free service so is definately worth a look.  I've just had a quick look and there are quite a lot on there so I'd definately say it's worth a try.

Answer 2

The MacLeod Clan

Crest: A bull’s head cabossed Sable, horned Or, between two flags Gales, staved of the First

Mott Hold fast

The origins of the MacLeod Clan are shrouded in mystery but it is fairly certain that its Chiefs are of Norse origin and that Leod was the younger son of Olaf the Black, one of the last Norse Kings. He is believed to have inherited the Islands of Lewis, Harris and part of Skye. Dunvegan, on Skye, was and still is, the seat of the MacLeod Chief. It was to become the virtual cultural centre of the Isles.

Later the Clan split into two branches, the principal one being on Skye and the other on the Isle of Lewis where, to this day, MacLeod/McLeod is still the most prevalent surname.

As with all clans, they were more-or-less continuously at war with one another and, from time to time, they fought further afield. In 1651 for example the Macleod’s joined the English Royalist side at the Battle of Worcester where they were beaten by Cromwell’s army and lost over 500 clansmen. They were highly sceptical of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s chances in the 1745 uprising and adopted a fairly neutral position. This enabled them to keep their estates after the Hanoverian victory at Culloden.

The Clan continues to thrive and societies throughout the world (see the Associated Clan MacLeod Societies website at http://www.clanmacleod.org/. Like many clan societies, the MacLeod’s are actively involved in a DNA research project aimed at identifying a typical MacLeod DNA “fingerprint”.

You can email them for information at :-http://www.clanmacleod.org/

Also

http://www.macleodgenealogy.org/Research...

Answer 3

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/...

has 1,300+ entries for

surname = MacLeod and birthplace = Lewis.

Some of those will be false hits, since there are towns or counties named "Lewis" in the USA and Australia. I didn't try "McLeod".