My grandmother was born in Campbeltown,Scotland 1899.I went to the clans website and tartans website.The spelling they have for clans is MacNaughton.Is my grandmother part of this clan ?

I am searching for sheet music to "The Earl of Ross's March" for a young piper who has recently become a member of Clan Ross Association of Canada, Inc. (founded in 1960). Personally, I'm rather neutral about the Earls and subsequent chiefs. Let them amuse themselves with the sheep which infest the valleys. The "Clearances" also involved the turfing of cotters on run-rig farms to make way for larger farms run by Factors; my ancestors were affected in this manner. But who am I to dissuade a youngster who wants to torture neighbours with the horrid contraption? Gie us a hand ... to shut this wee tad up ..... Somebody????

I am of the FLEMING line and I have a paper my father wrote many years ago. The name FLEMING originated in the land of Flanders. About the year 1085, much of the land of Flanders was flooded by water from the North Sea, causing many people to migrate to Scotland and on to Ireland and England. These people too were called FLEMING as they came from Flanders. Some also migrated to Germany where the name is spelled FLEMMING. The FLEMING'S in Scotland became part of the MURRAY CLAN. The town of Kirkaldy, in Fifeshire, on the Firth of Forth, near Edinburg, Scotland was inhabited almost entirely by people named FLEMING. The earlist known man to use the name FLEMING was a Benedictine Monk who orignated in Flanders as a monk in the monastery of Bec of Normandy and he was known as William le Bec. In the year 1066, Duke William of Normandy who was considered by many as the rightful heir to the throne of England, recruited a army from the mainland of Europe to gain the crown of England from the Anglo-Saxon rulers. William le Bec was selected as one of the military leaders to accompy Duke William to England. On Christmas Day, 1066, William of Normandy was crowned King Of England. Willian le Bec was given a barony and a large area of land to govern, and was soon know as William le Flandrensis. His name was changed again to le FLEMYING, then to le FLEMING and finally to just plain FLEMING. All of this meaning, William, the man from Flanders. Baron William FLEMING married a woman of Normandy and had several sons and daughters. One son, Richard le FLEMING, was granted the barony of Slane and other estates in County Meath, Ireland. As Lords of Slane, the FLEMINGS held sway in Meath until the end of the 17th century. All of this and more was written by my father years ago and I am trying to verify this information and to make some family connections and history. Thank-you, Paulette

Okay, you asked for it! My Grandparents, born and bred in the Border regions (Hawick, Scotland) Nesbit..... Scott INGLIS Glover I have read that INGLIS is associated with Douglas Clan, is this correct? I have read conflicting info on NISBET, some say it is a clan, others say not. My Nesbit married YOUNG, I have found clan info, but cannot know how reliable it is. Now to GLOVER, while I find then beginning circa 1600 in the Borders of Scotland, I have never found a family association, I would very much appreciate it if anyone can tell me either where to look for a history of this name, or impart some knowledge. Last, but not least, my family often used the term TRIBE in leu of CLAN for GLOVER, is there any foundation to this? Thank you all Marcia Moore Collins -----Original Message----- From: Joebroom@aol.com <Joebroom@aol.com> To: CLANS-L@rootsweb.com <CLANS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 12:23 PM Subject: [CLANS-L] THE PARTY > >Greetings from the List Manager! > >Over 150 people have now subscribed to this list. It's like having 150 people >at a party, all waiting for someone else to start up a conversation. > >Come on! Let's post! You are invited to post a genealogical query, a >question about clans, about highland dress, or about anything related to the >Scottish clans. Let's get this party going! > >Joe Broom >List Manager > > >==== CLANS Mailing List ==== >CLANS-L Homepage: >http://www.geocities.com/~brooms/scotclans >

Hi: I am trying to trace the Cowan family that emigrated to Armagh from Melrose,Scot. in 1600's. They then emigrated to Ontario in 1844? What clan do the COWAN'S belong to? and if anyone else has information that would help I would really appreciate it.Thanks. Barnie McDonald Cowan from Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Hi: Love this list! Could anyone help me with McDonald from Glen Urquhart. Finlay McDonald m. Ann McMillan (from Doshyengy, I think) and their 5 Children left Scotland on the "Sarah" in the spring of 1801 and arrived at Pictou, N.S. in the fall. My question is how do I find what Clan Donald do we belong to? I would love to know more about the family in Scotland also! Thanks Barnie McDonald Cowan from Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Jim Carey asked for info about MacGregors: Try: http://www.clangregor.com/ or: http://www.tartans.com/clans/MacGregor/macgregor.html For US Clan info, try: http://www.webcom.com/us_scot/gregor/gregstuf.html/ Bobbi blbushue@aol.com TN, USA

I see that Joe & I have the same surname. I've been helping out my brother in researching them. My g-grandfather & grandfather were both William Henry Broom. In 1906 their first born : a daughter; Rose changed Broom to Broome in kindergarten. She was teased terribly & thought by adding the e , it wouldn't be so bad. Needless to say it still didn't help but the e stuck with us since then. Could we be related Joe? I've taken the nic Thena from g-grandfathers wifes name Parthena . Have all kinds of ? for you. Is Loch Broom in Scotland where family was from @ one time? Can't wait to hear from you. Wha clan r we from? What r the tartan colors? Leave u to think on these. Gotta go watch the super bowl. Thanks Debby Broome

My 8th great-grandfather was John MAITLAND who died at Beverly Manor about 1710, his son James came to America about 1714 and changed his name to LAUDERDALE. Does anyone know where Beverly Manor is? Do they have a Clan? My 4th great-grandfather Daniel BOHANNON was born 1760 in Scotland believed to be from the Isle of Skye. Came to America about 1801 with his 6 yr. old son Daniel born about 1795, Scotland. Would the BOHANNON's have a Clan affiliation? Any kind of additional information would be greatly appreciated. I would like to find where both of these families lived if possible since I am planning a visit late this year and would like to visit where my "greats" called home. Ann Bohannon McDonald Malden, Missouri, USA .

Hello one and all. I just want to add my names to the list. I am a Gordon by birth and my great grandfather James Gordon married Mary Bryceland in Greenock. I know the Gordo's are aclan however I cannot find anything about the name Bryceland. Can anyone give a push in the right direction? Denise Tampa, Florida

Would someone please check and see what, if any, clan affiliations may be connected to these surnames: PEEBLES MACKIE KING MACINDOE FOYAR ELLIOTT Thank you very much. Bill Hughes kinseeker4@juno.com Peoria, Arizona ô¿ô SMILE, it drives the "normal" folks crazy! ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I was just surfing about and found Clan Cameron website: http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/longford/44/index.html crussell@traversecity.com FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hi I don't know whether any of you would be interested, but here is a little story I found in my research. This was submitted by a descendant of the McDonalds of Caledon West, now Peel County, Ontario. Material found in the William Perkins Bull Family Histories Collection Peel County Archives, Brampton, Ont. 95.0032, Reel No. 45 Notes from Walker Wilkinson, Brampton [my comments are in square brackets] My mother's family (Walker) left Scotland in May and landed in Caledon in August, 1833. My grandfather [this would have been George Walker, John Brown's brother-in-law] came a year ahead. The Gibson and Walker families came together [David Gibson came with his sister Margaret and "the Patriarch's" party – perhaps this is an error or more Gibsons came with the Walkers]. When Archibald Clarke and his wife [a McDonald] came to Canada and were on their way to their new home by wagon from Toronto, someone of their party [this would have been the Patriarch's party] went ahead to find out where they were. When my mother's people were going up into Caledon to take up land, becoming uncertain of their way, one of the party was sent ahead to try to find out where they were. He came across Archibald Clarke and his wife who was Margaret [McDonald], and he came back and said to my grandmother, Agnes Brown [sister of John Brown] "We're among kent folk noo," meaning among friends. William MacDonald was a blacksmith in Belfountain. His daughters were [Jane] Mrs. Oliver, [Janet] Mrs. Longstreet and [Agnes] Mrs. Rams[a]y. His wife was Agnes Walker [I believe her to be a daughter of George Walker]. The Walkers got their name in an interesting way. In the old days, the Walkers were Macdonalds. At the time of the Campbell Macdonald battle at Glencoe, the Glencoe "Massacre," one of these Macdonalds happened to be a weaver. In the weavers work they had to walk back and forth at the machines, and became nicknamed "Will, the Walker." He had a friend in the house of one of the Campbells and when she heard about the plans for the Glencoe affair, she warned "Will, the Walker," and thus enabled him to make his escape from the country. He dropped the name of "Macdonald" and took that of "Walker," and that is how the family got its name.

I have several questions which maybe someone can answer for me. William Chapman MCDONIEL born abt 1778 maybe in Angus District, Scotland arrived in Philadelphia 9 Apr 1802, the original port of departure was the Isle of France. Where is the Isle of France? I did a search and didn't find it in Scotland. His parents are Charles McDONIEL and Margarete FORSTH. and his father Malcomb. The spelling has been a point of argument in our family for years. My father-in-law and descendants spell it McDONALD and all of the rest of the family still spells it MCDONIEL. I would like to find where our McDONALD/MCDONIEL came from or which Clan we belong to. As you guessed I am a novice to Scottish research. My son Shane is in England and plans a trip to Scotland in the near future but where would be the most likely area that our McDONALD's came from. Shane also wants his own Clan kilt as does our other son Spencer. See their father even gave them good names to go with McDONALD. Ann Bohannon McDonald Malden, Missouri USA

Is this list for only Highland clans or are the lowlands and border families also included? Gerry Pringle Neveaux rjgpneveaux@worldnet.att.net

I've been researching an ancestress, Margaret Cristal, who emigrated from Sligo, Ireland, to Canada in 1848. On the ship roster, she and her father are listed as McChrystall. In researching the name, I read that it is originally Scottish and means "son of Christopher." Has anyone come across this surname, and does it belong to any clan? Aloha, Kathleen Choi

In a message dated 1/31/1999 5:26:08 PM Mountain Standard Time, peaches@bmts.com writes: << My grandmother was born in Campbeltown,Scotland 1899.I went to the clans website and tartans website.The spelling they have for clans is MacNaughton.Is my grandmother part of this clan ? >> As a general rule, "Mc" and "Mac" are totally interchangeable, so McNaughton would be the same as MacNaughton. Examples exist in virtually every "Mac" clan, e.g., Mackintosh, McIntosh, MacIntosh, Macintosh, etc. Joe

CLANS-L-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Greetings from the List Manager! Over 150 people have now subscribed to this list. It's like having 150 people at a party, all waiting for someone else to start up a conversation. Joe Broom List Manager Hello all Scottish cousin, First, my maiden name was McMillan and I've had a tough time finding out anything about my particular ones and I wouldn't have that much if it hadn't been for a McMillan 3rd cousin. My father, Joseph Loran McMillan, b 1914 Titus Co, TX, d 1988 LeFlore Co, OK, son of Thomas Bethel and Rosa Lena Long McMillan, son of Rev. Jess and Emily Jane Sutton McMillan, son of Duncan and Jane G. Patty McMillan. That's as far as my McMillans go-Duncan b 13 Jan 1814 NC. Duncan's father b Scotland, no known name and his mother, b NC, no known name. Jane, Duncan's wife, b 13 Jan 1818 Smith Co, TN-her father Eli, b 1796 SC, her mother Rebecca b 1796 TN. SECOND: Isn't Coate/Coats a part of Clan Chattan? My mother was a Coate. Etta (McMillan) Cooper pruetzel@usa.net ==== CLANS Mailing List ==== CLANS-L Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/~brooms/scotclans ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

Hello! I am a member of the Buchannan clan through the McWhirter family line. I have heard that the McWhirters had their own tartan at one time and was a separate clan as well. Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks! cathy morrow

For those of you who have not yet visited the CLANS website be sure to go to: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9803/scotclans/ I was stunned when I visited this morning and posted to Joe Broome right away that it is a MAGNIFICENT website - beautifully designed, gorgeous colors, just the right thistle, and very inviting. Don't you agree? Cynthia Russell "Ready, Aye, Ready" FERGUS motto researching FERGUS folk worldwide, and wanting a definitive answer if FERGUS is the clan? rather than FERGUSON? FERGUS Website http://www.traverse.net/people/crussell/fergus_family.htm FERGUS Newsgroup FERGUS-L@rootsweb.com Rootsweb Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl