This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Forfarian Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ans.general/6017.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wendy, I think you are at risk of looking for needles in haystacks! Mackenzie was the 45th commonest surname, and McKenzie the 11th commonest surname in the Scottish birth registers in 1858. (McKenzie as a separate spelling didn't make it into the top 100). Digression - In 1990 Mackenzie came 45th and McKenzie 69th, which is interesting because it seems to indicate a shift in spelling away from Mackenzie to McKenzie. If you mean the current telephone directory, you can look it up for yourself online at http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/residential/search.publisha If you mean older trade directories, there may be some on the National Library of Scotland web site at http://digital.nls.uk/directories/ As for any other information, you won't get far without giving his approximate date of birth. Do you have any other information, e.g. when he went to Canada, whom he married and where etc? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.