Loretta and Claire, a big thank you for your replies, helps clarify spellings from the past. Cheers, Denis On Feb 28, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Loretta wrote: > Add this to that. In one of the many books about Clan Donald of > Scotland, > the author's name was written MacDonald, McDonald and M'Donald in > various > places on the title page and foreward. I don't have that book but > believe > it was "The Clan Donald" by Rev. Angus Macdonald and Rev. Archibald > Macdonald. > > -----Original Message----- > From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Claire K > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 01:23 PM > To: Genealogy > Cc: CoTyrone CoTyrone > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] M' Vs Mc > > > Yes, Mc and M' are the same (and, though you didn't ask, Mac can be > in the mix as well). The most modern usage of M' I saw was in a US > newspaper (while browsing through microfilm for a death notice) when > I saw a headline about General Douglas M'Arthur. It caught my eye > because 1) though I'm used to seeing M' in Irish records, I'd never > seen it used in US records, and 2) I had never seen it used in such a > recent context. Doubtless it was used for space reasons (in the > article itself, "MacArthur" was spelled out), but it signaled to me > that the M' usage was common enough (in the 1940s-1950s) that the > editors expected the readers to be familiar with it. > > Hope that helps. > > Claire K > seekay@comcast.net > > > On Feb 28, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Genealogy wrote: > >> ...Searching...the Flax Growers 1776, County >> Tyrone....My question is: In a surname does M' mean the same as >> Mc..... ? >> ... > > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message