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D.W.Livingston
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List of Sept Names

Post by D.W.Livingston »

Ok, a little more information, and a conflicting aspect of Electric Scotland.Com. On the website http://www.electricscotland.com/WEBCLANS/septs.htm it says a Sept is just a name variation: "The variety of surnames within a Scottish clan do not represent separate and definable sub-clans but instead reflect the vagaries of transition of the Gaels into the English naming system as well as marriages, migrations and occupations.
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List of Sept Names

Post by Canadian Livingstone »

Most of those you listed are noted spelling variations of Livingston and MacLea through the ages. There are possibly a few more out there. I was under the impression that in SCotland a sept means more than a spelling variation, but wouldnt want to argue the point. Some of those
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