I have some Loves in my Family Tree from Kilberry and Islay whom I believe changed their name from McKinven, but so far have found no evidence of my own to support this. I found another researcher on the Islay list with a common relative (Donald Love who married a Janet McFarlane on Islay around 1843) who mentioned this and George F Black's book on the surnames of Scotland states that MacKinven is a Gaelic rendering of the Ayrshire family name Love. Have you come across people who changed their name from MacKinven to Love and vice versa? David McKee At 16:41 13/07/2003 +1200, you wrote: >I have been embroiled in a one name study on the McKINVEN surname and >variants for some years now and would be interested in hearing from list >members that may have instances of the surname appearing amongst their own >research. > >I have a large amount of data on those carrying the name particularly from >the Kintyre Peninsula and in some cases further afield. More than willing to >share my resources. > >Dave MacKinven >Christchurch >New Zealand >davidj1947@xtra.co.nz > > > >==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== >********************************************************************* >GenUKI Argyll home page http://www.roe.ac.uk/genuki/argyll/index.html