Genealogy & History of McLauchlans

Honest Fanatics & Criminal Lunatics: Sheriff MacPhaill on Dunavertie & the Kirk

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:13:00 +0000

In 1646, forces under the ultimate control of Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquis of Argyll, began to exact revenge on the allies of the Royalists in Scotland. A covenanter army led by Colin Campbell of...

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COREY SURNAME: "YOU SAY SALPHENUS, I SAY SYLVANUS"

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:50:00 +0000

My great great great grandfather was a gentleman named Sylvanus Brown Corey. According to pension records obtained from the National Archives, he was not a large man being only 5' 6 1/2". He was of...

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RE-EXAMINING OLD ASSUMPTIONS: WHEN WAS "JAMES THE SCHOOLMASTER" BORN?

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:19:00 +0000

According to all the genealogies I've seen, 1804 is given as the birth year for James McLauchlan of Crook. If that were the case, then the 1851 census should list his age as 46 or 47. I say "or"...

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COLONEL MacLACHLAN, MONTROSE, & ALFORD

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:35:00 +0000

In Britane’s distemper… Patrick Gordon of Ruthven mentions the efforts of “corronell M’Lachlen” during the battle of Alford. I assume this brief reference is the source taken by some chroniclers of...

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“GIVING VENT TO LONG SIMMERING ANNOYANCES”-PART THREE: The War Cry

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:42:00 +0000

The imagination seems to yearn for colorful details about one’s ancestors. That one is descended from a person who barely existed by scratching out a living uneducated and impoverished is not nearly...

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“GIVING VENT TO LONG SIMMERING ANNOYANCES”-PART TWO: The Plant Badge

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:40:00 +0000

While I’m personally happy with the MacLachlans having two plant badges, the rowan (Sorbus aucuparia aka European Mountain Ash) and the periwinkle (vinca minor), I’ve never seen any reference to...

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JAMES THE SCHOOLMASTER

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:19:00 +0000

I can trace my surname lineage as far back as the 1851 Census in Durham County, England. There is the entry for James McLauchlan, a schoolmaster in the village of Crook. The entry is not easy to read...

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WHAT IS REALLY KNOWN ABOUT SCOTTISH CLAN HISTORY or "GIVING VENT TO LONG SIMMERING ANNOYANCES"-Part One

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:07:00 +0000

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...

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OTHER SURNAMES IN MY FAMILY

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:52:00 +0000

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...

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BLOG WON'T BE RESTRICTED TO ONLY "McLAUCHLAN"

noreply@blogger.com (Iain MacLachlainn) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:15:00 +0000

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...

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