Hi - My grandmother told me this( fact or fiction) that Mc was the English version and Mac was the Scottish version. When I worked in the hospital, in later years I was told this again by the people whose last names start with Mc or Mac. Yours, Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: <CAN-NS-PICTOU-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <CAN-NS-PICTOU-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:03 AM Subject: CAN-NS-PICTOU-D Digest V02 #90

This note from a document researched and written by James F. MacIntosh in 1984, which included an item about James MacIntosh (1839-1921): " ......Returning to West Branch, Nova Scotia, he and Jane had their six children after which they returned to the Boston area. Settling in Hyde Park, he prospered as a fine harness maker and property owner. It was while in the greater Boston area that he changed the spelling of the name to that used by the Clan and its chieftains, "MacIntosh". In Boston 'Mc' indicated Irish, with whom the city was being flooded. James wanted it totally clear that he was no Irishman; he was Scottish!" Kathleen ==== CAN-NS-PICTOU Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe place only the word unsubscribe in the body of a message and send it to the LIST or DIGEST address you are subscribed to below. LIST mode: send to CAN-NS-PICTOU-L-request@rootsweb.com DIGEST mode: send to CAN-NS-PICTOU-D-request@rootsweb.com