Subject: Top ten most common Scottish names
>
>Thought some of you tracing Scottish roots might be interested in the top
>ten Scottish names listed in the following book:
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>In Search of Scottish Ancestry by Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, Baltimore :
>Genealogical Publishing Company, 1972.
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>Smith (also most common in England as smith was the most common occupation)
>Macdonald
>Brown
>Robertson
>Stewart
>Campbell
>Wilson
>Anderson
>Mackay
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>He offers these suggestions for identifying family members or tracing
>ancestors for these common names or others in Scotland:
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>Generally the first son is name after the paternal grandfather, the
>second son after the maternal grandfather and the third son after the father.
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>The first born daughter was usually named after the maternal grandmother.
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>Hope this helps someone.
>
>P.S. I do not have Scottish roots myself. The research I am doing is for
>others.
>
>Xenia ([email protected])
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