Have a look at this site: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/namingse.htm Note that not all families followed a convention, and that there will always be variations on these conventions. Cheers, Leslie On 15/09/2004 16:55:39, scotland-l@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >Surnames: URQUHART/FALCONER/FALKNER/STEEL > Classification: Query >Message Board URL: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10117 >Message Board Post: >Can someone please tell me how the Scots named their children in the late > 1700's-early 1800's? Did they name their first born > son's after the birth father or the birth father's father, etc.? > I'm trying to find out if my 3rd g-grandfather's middle name stands for > his mother's maiden name or something else. > Thanks bunches, > Patsy >==== SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > To contact the list administrator, or to unsubscribe, or to view > the list archives, or for other information about this list, visit the > list web page at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/SCOTLAND.html >============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 -- Kodiak Web Design http://www.kodiak-web-design.com