Dawn, I enjoyed your message. Yes, the naming conventions of Scots does help... sometime. I have been struggling with my ggfather, Alexander McQueen. No middle name available nor an initial. To further complicate things, it seems that almost every branch on the McQueen tree has an Alexander with no middle name. His mother was a Margaret Martin. A widow, she arrived in N. Carolina around 1802 with 3 sons, Donald, Alexander, Angus and a daughter, Flora.. Any suggestions welcome. Leona ----- Original Message ----- From: <DAWNMACQUEEN@aol.com> To: <McQUEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [McQUEEN] Murdock McQueen and others > With regard to Richard's email and the name 'John'. > Scottish Ancestry is such that the naming protocol of children is determined > by their parentage and ancestry and usually follows a very set pattern. One > helpful key to sorting out your 'John' would be to look at the middle name - > which is frequently the surname of the mother. In my husband's case, he is > John Stewart Macqueen - which is his grand father's name and the Stewart being > taken from his great grandmother (Elizabeth Stewart). It is the simplicity of > the naming conventions which makes Scottish ancestry so easy to do (relative > to trying to find english ancestors). > > sincerely > > Dawn Macqueen, Worcs, England > Interests: Lowland Scotland - Macqueen, Stewart, Whyte, Hamilton, Wallace, > Boyd > > > ==== McQUEEN Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has created a resource page for us, with a number of searches > and other goodies: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/m/c/MCQUEEN > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >