Hi Archibald I too am forever stuck with Airdrie. My Mum and Dad were both born in Airdrie and also escaped to Brisbane but every uncle, aunt, grand whatever and great grand whatever was born, married or died in Airdrie. They were either miners, weavers, tubeworkers or brickmakers. Some escaped to go to America but I can't find many who came to Australia. I don't have any McDonalds in my tree (yet) but I do have some certificates for some McDonalds. Maybe if you list the families you are researching, I might have a connection Cheers Jim Armstrong jimarmstrong59@hotmail.com Researching - Armstrong, Smith, McIlroy, Mark, Hare (Airdrie Scotland and Ireland) Burns, Walker, Little, Boyle (Airdrie Lanarkshire Scotland) Beck, Madsen (Queensland & Denmark ) Dicks, Waller (Queensland & Gloustershire England) Trimble, Kirkland, Black, Bryen (NSW & Ireland) > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:39:23 +1000 > From: Alastair Macdonald <alectts@optusnet.com.au> > Subject: [Lanark] Introducing me and Macdonalds in Airdrie. > To: LANARK@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <4C57734B.9080406@optusnet.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hello all you Lanarkadians. My name is Archibald Alastair Macdonald and > I have only recently > begun my "family tree" adventure. > > I was born in Airdrie in 1941 but was aware that my family had > originated in the outer isles. > > I discovered that they had migrated from Stornoway to the original > "banks of Clyde" and were > later "re-settled" in the Monkland area (for then this appeared to mean > Airdrie or Coatbridge). > > Since then, it would appear that all my relatives have been born, grew > up, married, reproduced > and (in many cases) died and were buried in either "Old" or New" > Monkland cemetery. Except me > who managed to escape the local orbit and descend upon a new planet > called Australia. > > In conclusion; would it be true to say that almost the entire population > of Airdrie and Coatbridge > have Macdonald as a surname? Any comments from the locally well-connected? > > Alastair Macdonald > Brisbane, Australia. > >