Old Folklore

[Kyle2 MacLea]

Here's a quick link from Barra, who heads the McCain DNA project and his take on his McCains that I match. http://www.electricscotland.com/familyt ... mccain.htm

[Andrew Lancaster4]

It is worth noting that Kyle's McKane cousins from Route also have a match to a McDonald of Lorne, and Kyle closest match of all is a McLin. Best Regards Andrew

[Hamish Mcleay]

I too am guilty of not posting messages on the forum.Partly because i have little knowledge about family history and am lost with some of the more in depth conversations also life is very busy.However i read every single posting on the site and visit it almost every day.I am learning slowly from the discussions and would post if i had somethong to say. Guess what i am trying to say is i think the site is superb and would be saddened if people felt postings were not very much appreciated by people like myself.  So thanks Donald and everyone else and i hope everyone continues to pull in one direction

[Andrew Lancaster4]

Dear Hamish Any chance of dragging you into the DNA project? The way I see it, people with M(a)c(C)l(e)a(y) type surnames probably left the ancestral area before the surname Livingstone became dominant, and therefore they have the potential to play a special role in trying to track the links between our families. But we could do with more. Regards Andrew

[Hamish Mcleay]

Yes Andrew there  probably is. As i said earlier i live in Banffshire where i can trace family back to early 1800s.Before the move east here from Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty a Murdoch Mclea who married 1790 is as far back as i have got. He was a shoemaker near Dingwall...his family moved east to Carnie near Huntly then next generation slightly further to Keith then slightly further again to the east coast here Whitehills,Macduff and Banff 1830s 40s where i still live.They were all mostly farm servants and fishermen...Presumed by reading the forum they would have originated from Lismore and i often wonder if Murdoch or his father more likely had stayed in Dingwall after Culloden or simply moved east as an alternative to going to another country via highland clearences...Anyway i am glad they stayed in Scotland and kept the Mcleay name....think all you Livingstones should change your name back!!!!...Ialso was a deep sea fisherman for a number of years after leaving school and more recently sail for pleasure in a small yacht.Visited Lismore on the way to Ireland last summer and it felt like home...amazing place....hope to stop off this year again on way to st Kilda....have a great video on the computer made by one of the lads on the boat but not good enough on computer to share it with you guys yet...anyway babbling on here.....if you send me simple info and price!!!!very important to a Scotsman....will get back to you.....going away sailing in Caledonian canal tomorrow until friday so prob wont be til then.

[Andrew Lancaster4]

Hi Hamish It is interesting that there was a Northern MacLea clan from Strathconnon, which is thought to be linked to the Lismore clan. One particular theory we want to test is whether we can find a link to any of our Lismore-connected participants, or our one Levack, whose name is said to be a Caithness MacLea name. Regards Andrew

[Canadian Livingstone]

Hi Hamish, Thanks for the note of encouragement. No I think people will continue to explore different notions about the origins of the MacLea Livingstones that they prefer, but we can still stick together as one big family. That's my hope anyways. Tis human to disagree I think. Sorry if my focus has been narrowed to Argyll MacLeas, but to be honest I know very little about those outside of Argyll. regards Donald