hi anthea, if you (or others!) are interested, i have a page on my website (URL below) that gives a couple of descriptions of the "scottish naming patterns".... cheers, steve gilchrist seattle http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/namingse.htm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANTHEA LOWE" <anthlow@hotmail.com> To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:22 PM Subject: [ARGYLL] Re: Naming Patterns > Hi, I'm confused! > > Was it at all normal to name your first son after your father in law? I've > seen it several times and, whilst applauding the fathers tact, I've always > thought they usually named the child after the fathers father? Could it > have been because the wife's family was better off? > > Anthea Lowe > Ceduna, South Australia > > Researching: HYMUS/ HYMAS(Essex, Cambridge,Bedford & worldwide), > BARRETT/CRANE (Suffolk), CLAYDON/ WARREN/ STUBBING/ GROUT/ HART/ CLARK/ > BREWSTER/CUMBERS/PIGGOTT/BUTTOLPH/CHAPMAN/SARGEANT/READER/WEBB (Essex); > SMITH (Buckinghamshire); CHRISTIE (Lanarkshire);WEIR (Argyll & Glasgow); > MCKECHNIE(Arnamurchan/Aharacle); RICHARDSON (West Indies, prev. Scotland); & > Marie- Antoinette ANDERSON(West Indies). > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > Need an LDS film number to order a film at your local LDS library? Try > http://geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/1311/13300-scottishreference.htm >

Hi Steve, Thanks for those pages - they are very helpful. Best regards, Mary in Australia