In a message dated 4/23/99 4:27:47 PM Central Daylight Time, NCSCOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Heeelllpppp!! I'm befuddled!!! Can anyone tell me what the "Court of the Lord Lyon, H.M. Register House, (Edinburgh, Scotland) is? I'm told that this entity verifies that MacKimsey, or MacKimzey, is a sept name of MacKenzie. I would like to verify this myself, but have no idea what this is, or how one gets in touch with them. Can anyone help?? Regartds -- Judy >> A list I have of the septs of Clan MacKenzie does not include MacKimsey; however, I am merely a family clan member. You could subscribe to Clan-Mackenzie-L@rootsweb.com and ask the clan chief or his lieutenants themselves about this family name. If you simply want to get in touch with the office you listed above, there is a great article explaining all about it in THE FAMILY TREE newsletter from Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library. See if it has the same information on their website at www.teleport.com/~binder/famtree.shtml. Good luck....you can also go to www.clanmackenzie.com and it has a list of septs. www.tartans.com might let you search for the clan it is a sept of if you can't find it with mackenzie. Pamela McKenzie Carroll