Hello David, I've found www.surnamenavigator.org is useful for unusual surnames. Clabby is a surname that crops up in Ireland as you'll find if you use the navigator. Clabo is French, it seems, but similar sounding names seem to crop up in Tennessee. Rob Doragh Liverpool UK <dodger@sealost.com> Subject: mccampbell, mccarter, ferguson, clabough Date: Mon 19 Dec 2005 in my lineage surnames McCarter, McCampbell (and Campbell), Ferguson. also interested connection to scotch-irish roots for surname Clabough (mine). Most people tell me name is German, but no proof. My family tradition for 200 years claim that we came from Ireland in early C18th. name been spelled Clabough, Clabaugh, Cleaughbeaugh, Cleabough, Clanbough, Clabach, Clebach, Clabhach, Clapbough, Clabo, may be related to Clabau, Clerbeaux, Clabeaux, Clabault, Clabot, Clabaud lines. David