In my book of Clans & Tartans, McFALL is a Sept of Clan MacINTOSH. Years ago, many people elevated the "c", and underlined it, with no explanation for same. Edna MacPherson Sabato ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 4:36 AM Subject: [SCOTLAND] The McFall family...when they left Scotland/Ireland forUSA and unusual way of writing the "c" > Message Board Post: > I have been in contact with a distant cousin, and told me about the > unusual way her father and grandfather wrote the "c" in McFall...it was > elevated and underlined, with 2 dashes under the line. She said her father > told her it had something to do with where and who they came from. Does > anyone know more about this?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: acgreig Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/4685.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am also looking for the same information. I have documentation on the death of son Thomas (Spirit merchant) in 1880. His parents are listed as William Carlile and Catherine Knox. My mother is a Carlile. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: knquail Surnames: McFall McPhail Tanner Wiley Cohenus Thomas Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21651/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have been in contact with a distant cousin, and told me about the unusual way her father and grandfather wrote the "c" in McFall...it was elevated and underlined, with 2 dashes under the line. She said her father told her it had something to do with where and who they came from. Does anyone know more about this? Also, this cousin passed along a little bit of info she acquired from another cousin who's grandfather had done a little family research. The info said that "the McFall family dates back to the barons of Scotland. They fought for the King of Scotland and were forced to flee to Ireland. Because of the unfavorable conditions in Ireland, three of the McFalls came to America. One settled in the west; another in the south; Charles settled in Pennsylvania and later lived among the Indians." Her info is all rather vague and I'm wondering if anyone can elaborate on any of this information. Who/what were the barons of Scotland? What King of Scotland did they fight for? How long were they in Ireland...a few years? A few generations? Here is the little info on my McFall ancestors...it's not much, but maybe some of the names will ring a bell with someone. My grandmother - Margaret Beatrice Tanner b. 21 Dec 1914, daughter of Florence Beatrice McFall and Marcellus Melwood Tanner Florence Beatrice McFall b. 1864 Peoria, IL, daughter of Margaret Anne Wiley and Hugh Blair McFall Hugh Blair McFall b. 16 July 1826 m. 5 Sept 1850 IL d. 16 Aug 1910 IL, son of Charles McFall and Jeanetta Cohenus (sp?) Charles McFall b. 5 April 1799 PA m. 21 Sept 1819 d. 1 June 1880, son of Charles McFall and Hannah Thomas Charles McFall (McPhail) b. 1760 VA I'm confused though...is this Charles, supposedly born in Virgina, the son of yet another Charles, who came from Scotland/Ireland, or is the info wrong and he is actually the one who came from Scotland/Ireland? If anyone has any info they can share on this family I would greatly appreciate it. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

** Bob - the UK government had no further interest in people who were leaving this realm, so they did not ask for any documentation. The vessel had a passenger list on embarkation, but that was handed over to the authorities at the destination end. That is the documentation you will have, and it is the ONLY documentation relevant to the transportation. It is only much later that the UK government kept records of international movement of people. There was no record kept of movement within the UK, as that was all within the one jurisdiction. Gordon. (born and brought up in Greenock!) Bob said: > Trying to see if there is any type of documentation on the departure of someone from Scotland, or more in fact was there. I've got the arrival information on a gg-grandfather and the girl who would be his first wife. They left from Greenok Scotland and arrived in New York, New York on Auguts 29, 1832. Whil it is great to have the arrival info (finally) it would help to identify further family (maybe) with any type of departure record. I'm thinking that there has to be some type of tax document or something available since the people were immigrating. Any idea's?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jaybirdq Surnames: mclaughlin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/2995.3000.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks for the information about Armdale Jaybirdq Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bobboss55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21650/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Trying to see if there is any type of documentation on the departyure of someone from Scotland, or more in fact was there. I've got the arrival information on a gg-grandfather and the girl who would be his first wife. They left from Greenok Scotland and arrived in New York, New York on Auguts 29, 1832. Whil it is great to have the arrival info (finally) it would help to identify further family (maybe) with any type of departure record. I'm thinking that there has to be some type of tax document or something available since the peopl were immigrating. Any idea's? Bob Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jmichaud78 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21649/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for parents of robert Merrilees (diff. spellngs sometime) and his wife Helen Ormiston. They were both born about 1751 Scotland and married in 1771. Robert remarried to Euphemia Dunbar in 1799 [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: geddey Surnames: Edie, Eddey, Eddy, Aide Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21648/mb.ashx Message Board Post: We have started a DNA group on ancestry.com that is trying to compare Y chromosomes with anyone with the Eddy, Eddey, Edie or Aide last names. Please go to: http://groups.ancestry.com/site/43070457/public/ to see if you would be interested in participating in this project. We would appreciate your participation. Gary E. Eddey Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: joenphillips Surnames: George and John McWilliams Walker Co GA Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/2976.5420/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just saw your posting on George McWilliams who settled in the West Armurchee Valley of Walker County GA. I assume you have settled any questions you had about him and his cousin's families there. If not drop me a note. He arrived w/ his cousin John but that is as far as I'm able to go right now. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: helenmontgomery39 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21647/mb.ashx Message Board Post: im loooking for any info on the above.all i know about her is that in 1906 she listed her address as cherry cottage edzell.she was a domestic nurse and gave birth to a daughter on 14th december 1906 in morrison streeet edinburgh.she named teh baby mary allan stewart,there is no mention of a father. she gave the baby up for adoption.any info on mary jane stewart adn her family would be great Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sglenreeb Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/6286.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am also the GGGrandaughter of James Glen. Anne would have been my GGGrandmother Maurice was my Grandad, James (who we called Jimmy, although I only met him once) was my Great-Uncle. Maurice had 7 children....in order I think Jean, Keith, Norman, my dad (also Maurice) Margaret, Joan, and Robert My father remembers the address 31 Cornwallis St. and he too was born in Killamarsh -1923. My Grandad was also a mold maker with James Glen and Sons Co. My Grandad lived to be 93, and died in 1984 His birthdate was in July 1891. as a footnote, my brother Andrew Glen is also a mold maker....called a job molder @ the Ford Foundry. I hope that this will find its way to you, and we can fill in some of the blanks. TTFN Susan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JohnHilary3 Surnames: Maxwell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/8849.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There are a couple of other places called Kirkconnell in the "Maxwell" area of Scotland. One is South of Dumfries, on the opposite bank to Caerlaverock Castle, the seat of the Chief of the Maxwells since the 13th century or before. I was fascinated to read that your family line from Thomas Maxwell 1666 came to America via Ireland. Our Maxwell line is descended from a Maxwell who came from that area of Scotland to fight in Ireland for King James against King William. Thomas is a strong family name. I wonder if there are any overlaps? How early did your ancestor arrive in America? We know that Thomas Maxwell (born 1853) and his brother, Patrick Maxwell (born 1855) went together to New York sometime before the 1880 census. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: swresearch Surnames: Burns, McKittrick, Adair Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21646/mb.ashx Message Board Post: re: Burns, McKittrick and Adair. Would someone kindly correct the notes below. Thankyou. Book - Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions. An Index for CARRICK AYRSHIRE. Edited by Alison Mitchell for the Scottish Genealogy Society. Inscription - #24 JAS MAKITTRICK ADAIR b. Inverness 1728 d. Ayr 1801, w. Ann Barter, by ga in 1834, Jas ADAIR MD - - - - - - Anne - - - - - - - - son The marriage & christening records for Tillicoultry, Clackmannan, Scotland show : James Baxter Makittrick ADAIR (b.1765 ?) & Charlotte Hamilton had son : James Warner Baxter ADAIR b. 9 Jan 1792 chr. 6 Feb 1792. (James ADAIR m. 17 Oct 1789 Charlotte Hamilton) Would Warner be another family surname ? ................................................ James Makittrick b.1728, (refer Thickness and anti-slavery) (Physician in West Indies, was he relative of Patrick Adair who m. Ann Touchet ?) d.1801 Ayr, buried Alloway, Carrick, Ayrshire, (left will ?) (1st wife ?) Ann Adair, prev. of Kirkmaiden, Wigtownshire ? (assumed wife's surname ?) (may have been dau. of Robert Adair & Miss Dunbar of Maryport ?) ................................ James Makittrick ADAIR married Maria BARRELL (from Faculty Office Marriage Allegations dated 20 Jul 1791). His will is filed with the Bank of England (Bk 35 date 1801-3) where he is described as MD of Ayr, North Britain. Did he go to America c.1793 and write a letter from Dublin to Thomas Jefferson, in the Letters of George Washington. Letter was about claiming his wife's inheritance, but which James McKittrick and which wife (after 1792 ?) .............................................................................................. Dr. James McKittrick ADAIR, b. 1765 at ........? Studied at Geneva. Graduated at Edinburgh University. The alumni of Edinburgh - Jac Makittrick ADAIR Scottus, Medicine 1789 James McKittrick ADAIR m.1789 Charlotte Hamilton b. 1763 and she d.1806 Edinburgh. Friends of Robbie Burns. Practiced in Pleasance, Edinburgh then in Harrogate They had 5 children. Was one of their children : James McKILTRICK Adair, physician had widow, ADAIR Barbara 4/9/1821 Mrs., alias McIlwraith, residing in Newton upon Ayr Her will (?) at Glasgow Sheriff Court Settlements.(Scottish wills) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi lt, for those with ancestors in England the Yesterdays site 9link below) has been updated with hundreds of names of persons who were found in official documents as found in Derbyshire but who came from other areas of the UK. A new catergory is Schools, listing persons from admissions registers who came from other areas or who went to other areas. Many counties of England are covered and a couple of Scottish entries are also to be found. There are of course other types of documents listed which may help you locate a missing ancestor. mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lesleystree Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/10519.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: steviegirl19711 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/3362.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not sure if you are still on-line here. I am also a descendant of James C. Aikins and Louisa Nicely. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JohnCleland12 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/5863.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My E-mail address is how [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mikemiddleton11 Surnames: Peace. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/10819.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Sharlotte, You were asking about the name Peace. Here is the original Orkney version. Peace. Sir Bernard Pess was a commander of an Orkney contingent against Denmark in 1306 The name means "One born at Easter" and is one of the oldest surnames in Orkney. It is still common in Orkney mainly In Sanday, Stronsay and Kirkwall. Yours, Mike fae Falkirk. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: youngnp Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21643.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks for your response. I'll follow up with the Angus Archives which, in the past, has been very helpful to me. The child received a different last name that we first see when he was put in a group home at age 6. I've looked through census records for Forfar to see if anyone with that last name existed but found no one. So, he was born with one last name and at least by the age of 6 had a different last name. We had thought it might have been an adoption, but perhaps was just a name he was given upon entering the group home. The home's records don't contain any mention of where the name came from, just the new name in their registration materials. I'll follow up with the archives next. Thanks again. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: daveforrest57 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21644.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Marriages.... Best I can do Gwilanne, Nothing obvious at all amongst all this. Hope you get a result. Dave PS Hope I'm not stating obvious but to view attachments, just click on them (I've seen people asking before). D Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.