Hi Lawrence, Dora makes a good point. Whether or not many names were recorded with an Mac, Mc, or M' was at the whim of the session clerk or other official writing the record. As a DILL descendant, I have researched the name back as far as the 1864 lists. Its some years ago that I did most of this, so my memory is vague on how many of my DILLs were recorded as McDILL, but I'm sure there were some. I certainly wouldn't have regarded individuals being recorded as both McDILL and DILL as being remarkable. The latter certainly dominated with my line, who lived mainly in the parishes of Sorbie and Penninghame. It would take me a lot of time to go back over all my notes to find the specific examples, so I won't offer to do that at this stage. As for the 1684 lists, the only ones I am aware of that are available on-line are for Wigtownshire and Minnigaff: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leighann/1684/intro.html#name This shows 8 DILLs but only one McDILL. Using searches for Birth/Christenings for all of Scotland the IGI has 116 records for DILL and 229 for McDILL. This doesn't prove much on its own, other than the fact that neither form was common. My earliest DILL ancestor was William DiLL, who according to his MI, was a tenant in Balsier, Sorbie, born 1863 or 1864, died 1783 - yes, he was 99 years old. Any connection? I can supply more details, but much has already been the subject of list messages, which can be found by searching the archives: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE.html Regards, Bruce On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Lawrence Dill <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to get paper evidence that the McDill sometimes went by the name of Dill. I believe that the name of Dill sometimes became a fixed name among a family that was originally McDill. Does anybody still have access to the 1684 Wigtownshire and Minnigaff Parish Lists? I think McDill and Dill were used indifferently on the 1684 parish lists? Perhaps someone knows of another record where the names of McDill and Dill were used indifferently?