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From: Mac McCutchan <>
Subject: Re: Naming Patterns of S-I
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 18:20:32 -0500

Helen asked about S-I naming patterns...it's been my impression that
there are frequent family-to-family variations, but one of the most
frequently cited conventions is that provided on the Dumfries & Galloway
Family History Society home page, at:

http://www.nevisuk.net/dgfhs/

Here's the convention they provide:
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"In the 18th and 19th centuries families tended to name their children
in a specific pattern, which can give some guidance to family names:

Males
First-born Son Father's father
Second-born Son Mother's father
Third-born Son Father
Fourth-born Son Father's eldest brother
Fifth-born Son Father's 2nd oldest brother or
Mother's oldest brother
Females
First-born Daughter Mother's mother
Second-born DaughterFather's mother
Third-born Daughter Mother
Fourth-born DaughterMother's eldest sister
Fifth-born Daughter Mother's 2nd oldest sister or
Father's oldest sister

In some cases you will find that the order is reversed with the first
and
second children, i.e. the First-born son being named after the Mother's
father and the Second-born son after the Father's father. If this is the
case then the daughters are also usually reversed."

By the way - the Dumfries & Galloway people run a good site, quite
relevant to the Scotch-Irish - since so many of what are now the S-I
came from there in Ulster Plantation times and later.

Mac McCutchan

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