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Research Notes – McKenzie McLean McDonald in the Hebrides and Gairloch Wester Ross Scottish Highlands

Research Notes – Discovering why is it so hard to find 18th Century information and records on my Hebridean and Highlands Ancestors There has been a suggestion from Roddy Balfour in Don Mackenzie’s “Over the Sea from Skye” that our … Continue reading

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Scottish Naming Patterns Revisited

Back in mid 2013, I did a post on Scottish naming patterns. I’d presumed that it had been used in our Illawarra McKenzie family. However, now looking back, and knowing more names of our McKenzie forbears, descendants of AngusMcKenzie and … Continue reading

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Scottish Names and Naming Patterns

It’s always clear that names get re-used in a family – but a standardised naming pattern  ? An Illawarra McKenzie Family Web site project for the future ? Especially as Mary Ann Hicks nee McKenzie had so many siblings who … Continue reading

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