Thanks so much for placing the responses to your question on the site. You have encouraged me to ask a question. I have an ancestor named Nighen Fear Ois MacLeod from Ose, Isle of Skye. Can anyone interpret that name for me? Thanks Jean Manning SCT-INVERNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > SCT-INVERNESS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 313 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [SCT-INV-L] Gaelic Name ["Noel and Andrea" <andreanoel@drag] > #2 [SCT-INV-L] Remaining Mystery Word [esi@geotec.net] > #3 useful websites-occupations/diseas ["Judy Hall" <judo@gil.com.au>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SCT-INVERNESS-D, send a message to > > SCT-INVERNESS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [SCT-INV-L] Gaelic Name > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 08:27:38 +1000 > From: "Noel and Andrea" <andreanoel@dragon.net.au> > To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi All, > I am not sure whether every one saw this, so I will post it just in case. I was after a translation for this Gaelic name: "Sioldonquhy Vic Soirle" I received 3 replies. I shall post all three replies. > REPLY NUMBER 1 > Siol Donnchaidh mhic Shomhairle > > In other words, the seed/people of Duncan son of Sorley/Samuel. The > "i" in siol should have a grave accent, incidentally. > > All the best, > > Dr Domhnall Uilleam Stiubhart > post-graduate research fellow, Dept of Celtic, University of > Edinburgh > > AND THIS ONE > > REPLY NUMBER 2 > > It appears to mean "the seed of Duncan son of Somerled". It is execrable > Gaelic but "sìol" means "seed" or "the children of". There is no Q or Y in > the Gaelic alphabet and I surmise "donquhy" is a bastardisation of > "dhonnchaidh". This would make the first bit literally "seed of Duncan" [or > possibly Clan Robertson [Clann Dhonnchaidh]. "Mhic" [ your "vic"] means > simply "son of". And Soirle is shortened Gaelic for Somhairle = Somerled. > > Calum Robertson's reply > > REPLY Number 3 > > These people are the > family of Duncan son of Sorley. Vic works like "ic", ie grandson or more > remote ancestor, while "nic" is the female equivalent of mac. > So I'm Bruce MacShaun, ic John, ic Hugh, ic Archie, ic John vic Angus. > You guessed it we're not the senior line in our part of the clan > > This one is from my distant cousin Bruce in New Zealand. > It just goes to show, that people are always willing to help, no matter how remote the possibility > Kindest Regards > Andrea > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [SCT-INV-L] Remaining Mystery Word: Ser > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:40:52 -0500 > From: esi@geotec.net > To: SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com > > Dear All, > > I still have one mystery word from my ancestor's will date 17 Nov 1759. > I did get a photocopy of the original will from the New Jersey State > Archives. So, I do have the right spelling for the word "Ser" but its > meaning remains a mystery. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thank You. > Best Regards, > > Mike > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: useful websites-occupations/diseases > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:52:04 +1000 > From: "Judy Hall" <judo@gil.com.au> > To: "STUMPF surname newsgroup" <STUMPF-D@rootsweb.com>, > "Sth SCOTLAND newsgroup" <SouthernScotlandGenealogy@egroups.com>, > "SCOTS ORIGINS newsgroup" <scots-origins@egroups.com>, > "SCOTLAND Inverness Newsgroup" <SCT-INVERNESS-D@rootsweb.com>, > "Qld Rootsweb Group" <AUS-QLD-L@rootsweb.com>, > "Nth IRELAND Armagh newsgroup" <NIR-ARMAGH-D@rootsweb.com>, > "N.IRELAND newsgroup" <NorthernIrelandGenWeb-D@rootsweb.com>, > "McBain surname list" <MCBAIN-D@rootsweb.com>, > "IRISH Tyrone newsgroup" <CoTyroneIreland-D@rootsweb.com>, > "GARDNER surname newsgroup" <GARDNER-D@rootsweb.com>, > "FRANCIS newsgroup" <FRANCIS-D@rootsweb.com>, > "FORD surname newsgroup" <FORD-D@rootsweb.com>, > "ENGLISH Lincoln. newsgroup" <ENG-LINCSGEN-D@rootsweb.com>, > "ENGLISH Fens newsgroup" <ENG-FENS-D@rootsweb.com>, > "ELLIOT surname newsgroup" <ELLIOT-D@rootsweb.com>, > "CORNISH newsgroup" <CORNISH-D@rootsweb.com>, > "CORNISH GENEAL. Group" <CORNISH-GEN-D@rootsweb.com>, > "BORDERS newsgroup" <BORDER-D@rootsweb.com>, > "AUSTRALIAN SE Qld German newsgroup" <AUS-QLD-SE-German-D@rootsweb.com>, > "AUSTRALIAN SE NSW newsgroup" <AUS-NSW-SE-D@rootsweb.com>, > "AUSTRALIA newsgroup" <AUSTRALIA-D@rootsweb.com> > > RANKS, PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS AND TRADES > http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html > > Archaic Medical Terms > http://www.gpiag-asthma.org/drpsmith/amtframes.htm > > Regards > Judy HALL