"sean mccandless" <sean.mccandless@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:8388f.21636$65.5090@newsfe6-win.ntli.net... > can someone tell me where the name mccandless is from. Sean, You can find information on the various counties where the McCandless name is present at the following site. http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/index.cfm Mike