surnames as middle names

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:32 pm

can it be possible to trace scottish family's back through generations using their mother or grand mother's surnames.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:55 pm

Hi Katrina42

The middle name is a great aid in research, it is often the mother's maiden name, but not strictly the case, it my family, I have found it as the mother's maiden name, or the g/mothers, but also the surname of the godparent.

Kathy

Moray_Lass · Post by **Moray_Lass** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:05 pm

I can only speak from personal experience but my mother was one of seven at least half of them with middle names, which I recognise as family names, but not one of them Taylor - my Grandmother's maiden name. The youngest son was called Allan Wood Flett after his grandmother Allena Wood, and my youngest brother is called Allan Wood Symon after him.. No one could follow back using the middles names in my maternal family, and they only make sense when you have the whole tree to look at.

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:33 pm

my family midle names do seem to go back with mothers and also grandmothers,i am stuck with my gggg grandfather as all i have are a first name surname and occupation.i am looking at all sorts of ways of tracing him,i did get a reply from someone on genes reunited asking if i had specific names in my tree , i did reply and she never got back in touch !! strange.

Post by **paddyscar** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:17 pm

Hi Katie:

You might be interested in having a look at this site dealing with middlenames.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... mesIGI.htm

Hope it is of some help,
Frances

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:30 pm

thanks

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:50 pm

Hi Katie,

Tracing relatives by their middle names can be invaluable or it can drive you crazy! My brother, my father and my grandfather were all named James Longmore Clerihew. Longmore was my grandfather's mother's family name--in Banffshire. When her father and several of his siblings moved to Aberdeen, they changed their last name to Longmuir!

On my grandmother's side of the family, almost all of the children were given middle names of family members, usually maiden names of the women who married into the family. This helped me locate more than a few relatives including a couple who had moved to Glasgow. With a surname like Munro, I would never have sorted them out of the crowd if I hadn't recognized their middle names!

The best thing that I can suggest is to take good notes and always note your sources. That way when a name seems familiar you can check instead of sittting there scratching your head and wondering where you saw that one--as I have done all too many times!

Carol

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:32 am

thank you

blueladybird · Post by **blueladybird** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:59 pm

I love middle names I have managed to trace quite a few with the family middle name.its great when you are on scotlands people and you have more than one to chose from.

katrina42 · Post by **katrina42** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:07 pm

thanks for that wee bit o inspiration

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