David, Ewan and Hugh are interchangeable, My Macisaac/McDonald family had 2 John's and the second one was called Ewan and sometimes Hugh from the property records in Victoria. So with two John's you would have to think that Angus's father was John Macisaac?!! Peter in Ca At 05:01 PM 6/28/00 +1000, David McDonald wrote: >For Peter & Jan in particular. >I understand what you are saying abour surnames. But if you think you >have problems, you could be a McDonald. >My checks (or rather Elizabeth in Inverness) of the 1841, 51, 61 & 71 >census have shown my family to be McDonalds on one, MacDonald on another >& some records even McDonell. >GGGrandfather Ewen was recorded as Ewen McDonald in the 1841 & 1851 >census, his brother as Duncan McDonald. Ewen's marriage certificate in >1856 in Melbourne shows his name as Hugh MacDonald and his brother who >was a witness as Duncan McDonell. >Therefor when checking passenger lists to locate them I have to look at >not only three surname variations but also two given name variations as >well. >David >Port Fairy