Here's your "scrap". According to my bibles, it is an Irish name, with the usual variant spellings. My guess is that their Scottish origins are similar to my Clan Cearnacháin Scottish origins. Carnahans left Ireland around 1200 and went to SW Scotland where they stayed until the 1700s when they either left for distant shores or went back to Ireland as Plantars. Thus there is NO Scot origin to the name or the ancestry, at least for my clan. I combed the archives of Scotland for a small fortune and found all sorts of Clan Cearnacháin names and data. In the case of the Cearnacháins, they left Ireland before all the lists were made and kept pretty much to themselves in Scotland. Thus they do not show up in many of the gospels written about Irish and Scot names. To make matters worse in my case, cousin Carnoghan was a ship owner in Stranrear and more than likely the cousins came to America aboard one of his ships, absent much paperwork! Your best bet is to comb the Scotland archives (i.e., Great Britain), and look for information of a more modern type, i.e., 1500 and on. for individual records. Look especially for the records of SW scotland, i.e., Wigtown, Stranrear, etc. My feeling is that your family went back to Ireland, being Irish to the bone. You'll not find their origins in Scotland, but Ireland. Scotland was just a temporary stopping place before, during and after the genocidal occupation of Ireland by the English. If you need help with the Irish search, I can give you some help with the old spelling of the name, etc. and maybe even some places to dig. This kind of digging is so fascinating that it almost makes me want to jump back into the search. But I am stuck on Cearnacháin! Bess Carnahan, researching Clan Cearnacháin, Carnahan, Kernohan and other spellings. ----- Original Message ----- From: <McCaughey@aol.com> To: <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:41 PM Subject: [WIG LIST] McCaughey/McCaughie/McCauchie > Sometime before 1790 my above surnamed ancestors emigrated from SW > Scotland > to Northern Ireland. I am looking for a scrap of information that would > connect me their Scottish origins. > > I would be most grateful for any assistance. > > All the best, > > Kevin McCaughey > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message