And that's what I would do but my older relatives are deceased and for as long as I"ve been researching I've never met anyone that was looking for these same lines. But I will keep plugging along. cindyy On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Have several McDonalds in my tree as my daughter married one There a > couple of others too. Really suggest you try to get Lucille Campey's book > on the Scots to the Maritmes if your ancestors were there early in Canada. > > When you have more common names, it is wise to contact all older living > family members and ask lots of questions. Do this in collateral lines as > well as your direct line. Record all clues and gather every speck of > information. So often there is one person per generation who is interested > in family history. They have information. There is often a "gossip" in > every family who can be a goldmine (could be a cousin, aunt or uncle). Keep > in mind this "gossip" may also tell fibs to hide any family secrets. Thus > you need to verify the information via documents. > > As my main paternal Smith family originated in Shetland, thanks to a > wonderful man called Tony Gott and his marvelous research site > http://bayanne.info/Shetland/ some of the research was easier. > > Lauraine > > > > > From: "Cynthia Phillips" <[email protected]> > > Date: 2008/11/23 Sun PM 08:06:27 CST > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Simple surnames > > > > heehee I have the commonest of scottish and italian names > > Mc/MacDonald, Iuliano/Juliano/Uliano and DeSimone on top of this > Malcolm > > and Arthur are very common first names and PEI is full of Malcolm > > McDonalds. The italian side is John and wife Josephine. > > > > cindy > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Linda Mock <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Wow, can't imagine haveing a surname that can and probably does now, > > > include millions...like Brown or Jones, geeze. It must really get > > > frustrating...I have a hard time with Irish "RYAN" name at times, > luckly > > > my Paternal surname is a bit easier is "FILIPPINI", tough to pronounce > > > but fairly easy to find... > > > Wishing all a happy Turkey day, where ever you are. > > > > > > ~Linda~ > > > Happy Holidays, to you and yours~ > > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > > > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > > > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure > there is > > > a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > > > To search the archives: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > > The information page is: > > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cindyp > > > > http://grammiesbears.com > > http://teambeachbody.com/cindylu > > http://OurGV.com/cynthiaphillips <http://ourgv.com/cynthiaphillips> > > http://shaklee.net/naturalngreen > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is > a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > > > To search the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > > The information page is: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I > find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the > SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is > a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Cindyp http://grammiesbears.com http://teambeachbody.com/cindylu http://OurGV.com/cynthiaphillips http://shaklee.net/naturalngreen