The motivation for starting this family history came from a desire to investigate the  death of John James McLean outside Amiens, France in 1917. The circumstances  surrounding this death had been a mystery within the family since that time.  Once this research was complete the objective changed to that of trying to locate the  first member of each side of the McLeans and Fletchers to migrate to Australia and  detail the circumstances surrounding their decision to undertake such a journey, or  in some cases why the decision was made for them. With a few exceptions this has now  been accomplished. 
 On the McLean side this lead to the Isle of Skye in Scotland, Ballymore in Ireland,  Kragero in Norway and Neider Weisel in Germany. 
 On the Fletcher side to Wakefield in Yorkshire, Lanarksire in Scotland, Gwennap in  Cornwall and Eccles in Lancashire. 
 However it did not stop there. As Genealogists will attest, one thing leads to  another; a new mystery arises and just has to be pursued.

Sources: 
 There are far too many organisations and people who have assisted in the formation of  this family history to name each one, and I would not like to miss anyone. However I  would particularly like to recognise the contributions of W. B. (Bill) Clarke, the  author of 'Araminta' emigrant ship 1852 and Kelvin Williams for his research on  Neider Weisel. It was Bill Clarke who gave me the full story of the circumstances  surrounding the first McLeans migration to Australia from Skye. It was the late  Kelvin Williams  who was responsible for the research behind the excellent  website "The Neider Weisel Story"; detailing Katharina Haub's journey to the  Goldfields of Victoria. 
  
    This tree is still a work in progress, both in terms of being added too, and  corrected. I would appreciate any suggestions, corrections and request they be placed  in my Guestbook.