Sherry wrote, < MCQUORCHIE. Am wondering if anyone knows of this surname...........or if this a correct spelling. The record dates to 1724. > I would suggest that this is a derivation of McQUARRIE. In my own McCONACHIE research I have found to date 7 different spellings and seen a list of many more. "In 1651 most of the McQuarrie clan were killed at the Battle of Inverkeithing and the McQuarries never recovered. " This is a clipped quote from "The Clans and Tartans of Scotland" by Robert Bain. In the same book the list of Septs beggining with MacQ are: MACQUEY, MACQUHIRR, MACQUISTAN, and MACQUOID and for clans: McQUARRIE and MACQUEEN. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wiccanpt2" <Wiccanpt2@netzero.net> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:38 PM Subject: [MORAY] Off Topic - McQuorchie > Hello everyone..............Am entering names into my Calder database and > have run across the surname of MCQUORCHIE. Am wondering if anyone knows of > this surname...........or if this a correct spelling. The record dates to > 1724. > > According to the IGI it only occurs 11 times in Wick.............all around > the same time period. > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Sherry > Canton, MI > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, or report anything to the admin of the list - all this information can be found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Many thanks to both Ian and Louise, your help is greatly appreciated. I had thought that it could be McQuarrie but the "c" at the end threw me off a bit. I did not want to enter it in that way unless I was relatively certain. In my "Calder" database I have one column for the way I think the surname should be spelled and one for the actual transcription. Sherry Canton, MI