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<t>I'd be interested to read information on any French or German Levack families, as the only "concrete" history / records I've managed to find seem to originate in Caithness. Problem with getting more DNA is the shortage of people bearing the name. I've only actually met one other and that was by c...

<t>Donald, Picked this up after a wee request for information to Caithness.org website "Louisburgh was a village planned by Sir Benjamin Dunbar in 1796 on what was then open ground owned by the family above the town of Wick. he set it out in Feus at 20/- per acre on which the tenant would be expecte...

<t>Gary, Kyle, I forgot to mention that it would be very interesting if any other Levacks could join this forum's DNA survey. It would help if a pattern was established. If you could do it yourself Gary or persuade one of your relatives...... I was guided through the process by the people on this si...

<t>Gary, If you read back through all these posts on this thread it'll save me an awful lot of writing! For me the name Levach appears on record in Caithness in the 1600s. Whether that implies their arrival or just the first record I don't know. For some reason around 1850 the spelling seems to have...

<r>An interesting piece from the author can be found here: <URL url="http://www.electricscotland.com/history/world/american_indians.htm"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.electricscotland.com/history ... ndians.htm">http://www.electricscotland.com/history/world/american_indians.htm</LINK_TEXT></URL></r>

<t>As a side track to this subject, but a very interesting and relevant sidetrack, I would recommend the reading of James Hunter's book "Glencoe and the Indians". This book traces the geneaology of MacDonalds from Glencoe (1692), through Culloden to Dingwall and on to North America, the Hudson Bay C...

<t>Baile Ur an t-Sleibh Baile = town Ur = New an = the t-Sleibh of the mountains (? - need a Gaelic scholar for exact gramatical case meaning.) Newtonmore is in a mountainous area... New = new ton = town more = Gaelic for big There is a connection between the new name and the old Gaelic name. I need...

<t>I don't actually differentiate much between ach and ack having spent my life with English people unable to pronounce "ch" which is always turned into "ck". Most obvious example is "loch", usually pronounced "lock" by English orientated acccents. "Lock Ness" In name terms the c in "Mac" is derived...

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<t>'Hello, My name is Alexander Levack (Alec), born Helmsdale, Sutherland 03/02/1962. I currently live on the Black Isle near Dingwall in Ross-shire with my wife and 3 children. Although living in Ross-shire, I still have the family crofts in Gartymore, Helmsdale, which we use for holidays and weeke...