My sincere thanks to the many people who have replied with details of the Scottish Naming Patterns. I really do appreciate your help. Now it is just a case of seeing if this family of ours complied with tradition! Best wishes, Jen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jennifer Lambert Tracey HERITAGE ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeological & Heritage Assessment Consultants PO Box 4265 KINGSTON ACT 2604 AUSTRALIA Tel / Fax: (02) 6295 6795 Mobile Tel: 0419 011 860 http://www.heritagearchaeology.com.au ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: AEnone McRae-Clift [mailto:aenone@globalfreeway.com.au] Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2000 3:07 PM To: Jennifer Lambert Tracey; SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-INV-L] Help- Scottish Naming Patterns Hello Jen, I found this among my many "useful" printout lists for genealogy. I think it is the Scottish naming pattern: 1st Son after Paternal Grandfather. 2nd son after Maternal Grandfather. 3rd son after Father. 4th son after Father's brother. and so on until no brothers left, then moving on to the mother's brothers,etc. 1st daughter after Maternal Grandmother. 2nd daughter after Paternal Grandmother. 3rd daughter after Mother. 4th daughter after Mother's sister. and so on, until no sisters left, then moving on to Father's sisters,etc. Hope this helps. Cheers from Tasmania AEnone.