My 4xgreat grandfather's name was Charles McDuffie, born 1781 from Kilchoman, Islay, but on his daughter's death cert, his name is given as Charles McDuffie, alias MacCravie.  His Daughter's marriage cert also gives her name as Anne MacCravie. Can anyone explain what alias might mean?  His marriage cert gives no mention of the name MacCravie. just Charles McDuffie married Anne McArthur. Thanks Rose Brown

Hi Rose Your query interested me as I have some McPhee/McDuffie folks on my tree too but have never seen Mc/MacCravie/Cravey as an alternative name. I checked the Islay OPR birth transcriptions and see there are a couple of other McCravie/McCravy births but they are in Kildalton. McCravey isn't a common Ileach name. I tried to find more general information about "McCravey/McCravie" but there isn't much to be found. One site suggested it was a Sept of MacDonald of Sleat. Your query was about the "alias". There are many names that have aliases or alternatives. Often it was connected to Gaelic names that were Anglicized when Gaelic was outlawed after Culloden (those who spoke Gaelic risked hanging - http://www.highlandclearances.co.uk/clearances/preclearances_cullodenaftermath.htm ) Examples: McCleurich = Clark/Clerk McBeth = Beaton/Bethune Mhuirrich = MacCurrie/Currie McVorran = Morrison etc., etc. There are other name changes not connected to Culloden. My major family name change is McCuaig to McLeod. I have families where some kept McCuaig and others became McLeod. Makes research interesting and challenging. Good Luck with your search. Cheers, Sue Visser -----Original Message----- From: Rose A. Brown via Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 1:13 PM To: SCT-ISLAY-L Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] my McDuffie ancestors My 4xgreat grandfather's name was Charles McDuffie, born 1781 from Kilchoman, Islay, but on his daughter's death cert, his name is given as Charles McDuffie, alias MacCravie. His Daughter's marriage cert also gives her name as Anne MacCravie. Can anyone explain what alias might mean? His marriage cert gives no mention of the name MacCravie. just Charles McDuffie married Anne McArthur. Thanks Rose Brown ------------------------------- Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Sue, Hope you can advise me. With Islay ancestors I have been following the many emails that emanate from somewhere, hoping to pickup information. I am unclear how to originate an exchange, to this wide audience, I have posted a message on rootsweb, expecting to see it appear in my inbox but nothing. Can you give me a pointer as to where I should go to start a thread of enquiry. Thanks. regards Michael G Mearns