Hi Rhoda, The fact that your ancestor's change of name coincided with a change of locale, might indicate that preferred usage varies depending where you are at any given time!!! Fascinating! The Patrick and Peter one has just given me another clue and I am now hot on the trail of another person who had presented a brick wall up till now. Thanks for that one. My person of interest was born in Glasgow of an Irish father and Scottish mother. The Patrick hint has opened a new possibility. So from what you say, the best and most detailed records are held at Kew. I realise, of course, that I am looking at quite an early date for Daniel/Donald. I will take on board what you say about the use of the terms Britain and England and though I believe many of us realise that there is a difference, I think we just get careless. I feel chastened and will be most careful from here on since you have pointed out the carelessness of interchanging such terms. "The Fatal Shore" is an "interesting" book and probably essential reading for anyone interested in the early days of the colony - but there are a few errors in it as with most books. I have read it three times and really enjoyed it every time as I keep having some new information jump out at me that hadn't really meant much on a previous reading. I will be more careful with my terminology in the future.... you know how it is ... we Aussies get carried away with excitement of the "chase" and forget ourselves. Have a great New Year, Kerri -----Original Message----- From: perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:perthshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CandROverson Sent: Thursday, 30 December 2010 11:34 AM To: perthshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Military in Ireland and Daniel (Donald) McFarlane Hi Kerri The two instances of Donald/Daniel in my tree related to someone born and living in Nairn (near Inverness) on the Moray Firth; and the other to someone born Daniel in the south of Scotland - in Kirkudbrightshire. But he fathered a child with my GG Aunt in Perth and became Donald for a while when living there; reverting to Daniel when he moved to Glasgow. Another example of two apparently different but interchangeable names in Scotland was/is? Patrick and Peter. The records I downloaded pertaining to my Gt Grandfather related to his discharge from the army on the grounds of ill-health. There were 4 pages which told me that he caught a fever when the regiment was in West Africa (the Gold Coast) in the 1870s and then developed TB during his convalescence. They also gave me a physical description and his date of joining the army and his civilian occupation prior to joining; and his army number. I wrote to the Black Watch museum to ask if they had any further information and the only additional information they provided was where his regiment was based during his years in the army. Scottish regiments, like English and Welsh regiments, are part of the British army (I mention this because I have found that Australians, like most other people in the world, including the English themselves, tend to think that 'England' is synonomous with 'Britain' which annoys us Scots (and Welsh) no end!). I have just begun to read 'The Fatal Shore' (my GGG Grandfather was transported for life to Van Diemens Land) and Robert Hughes manages to use the term 'England' and 'Britain' interchangeably - a bit like Donald and Daniel in fact. Aaargh! So, as far as army service is concerned there is no difference between Scottish and English regiments. Both served in Ireland. But if you could find what regiment Donald/Daniel was in then you should be able to find when his regiment was stationed there, and where. Best wishes Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "kerriferguson" <kerriferguson@dodo.com.au> To: <perthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Military in Ireland and Daniel (Donald) McFarlane > Just out of interest, is it something peculiar to Perthshire and the > surrounding area, or is it a general Scottish thing? > When replying to a message or a digest, please delete everything except the portion to which you are replying. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PERTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 147 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Hi Kerri Sorry, I didn't mean to have a go at you. Just wanted to stress that the British army included the Scottish regiments, and that the 'British' army wasn't the 'English' army. I have lived in England since my early twenties, and am married to an Englishman and now occasionally find myself talking about 'England' when I mean 'Britain'! LOL. I am only on the first chapter of Robert Hughes book and look forward to the rest. He appears to be a very accomplished writer. Best wishes Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "kerriferguson" <kerriferguson@dodo.com.au> To: <perthshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Military in Ireland and Daniel (Donald) McFarlane > Hi Rhoda, > > The fact that your ancestor's change of name coincided with a change of > locale, might indicate that preferred usage varies depending where you are > at any given time!!! > > Fascinating! > > The Patrick and Peter one has just given me another clue and I am now hot > on > the trail of another person who had presented a brick wall up till now. > Thanks for that one. > > My person of interest was born in Glasgow of an Irish father and Scottish > mother. The Patrick hint has opened a new possibility. > > So from what you say, the best and most detailed records are held at Kew. > I > realise, of course, that I am looking at quite an early date for > Daniel/Donald. > > I will take on board what you say about the use of the terms Britain and > England and though I believe many of us realise that there is a > difference, > I think we just get careless. I feel chastened and will be most careful > from here on since you have pointed out the carelessness of interchanging > such terms. >