Her again! McWhinnie appears to be Irish, so it would seem to me that someone deliberately changesd it to McKenzie...maybe to fit in as there might have been some anti-Irish stuff going on at the time. I don't know...but Dora does! -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith via Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 5:09 PM To: ruth.enns ; lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from These things often come from the Scots Gaelic spelling, which could be very different, and the local Scottish pronunciations. Dora -----Original Message----- From: ruth.enns via Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 5:18 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from Where does it come from if it is McWHINNIE in Ayrshire but changed later to McKENZIE in Lanark & WHY the change?? Ruth Subject: [Lanark] Where in Scotland does your surname come from http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/map-where-in-scotland-does-your-surname-come-from-1-4078418 Maisie ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message