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