One of my pet peeves (yes, I have many) is the regurgitation of unsubstantiated information in clan histories. Popular books and websites on Scottish clans and tartans repeat the same tired basic facts on a given clan and we accept them as true as though they sprung forth from the collective unconscious. And, of course, the clan tartan, strap & buckle, and associated plant badges are listed. Sometimes a clan’s war or battle cry makes an appearance. While the readers of such fare may not demand rigorous scholarship regarding these matters, the clan sennachies should make the effort to separate out the reality from the fiction so that our treasured histories are true to the documented facts.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sunday, March 9, 2008
OTHER SURNAMES IN MY FAMILY
Although this is certainly not exhaustive of the names in my family, I'll also be discussing ancestors with the surnames Corey, Drake, Oestreicher, McBain, Hearst, and Hope. Stay tuned.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
BLOG WON'T BE RESTRICTED TO ONLY "McLAUCHLAN"
There are something in the neighborhood of 200 spelling variations of this surname. I'll be commenting on topics involving a number of them. I used the particular spelling above because it's particularly relevant to my own genealogy and because I didn't want this blog to appear as though it were an official organ of Clan MacLachlan or any or its affiliates in the UK or North America.
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