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Scottish names can be Scots (related to English) or Gaelic (related to Irish Gaelic, etc.). Combining Scots and Gaelic in one name may be registerable, but perhaps not authentic. | Scottish names can be Scots (related to English) or Gaelic (related to Irish Gaelic, etc.). Combining Scots and Gaelic in one name may be registerable, but perhaps not authentic. | ||
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Scottish name articles at Laurel website - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names.html <br> | Scottish name articles at Laurel website - [http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names.html] <br> | ||
Scottish name articles at St. Gabriel - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/scottish.shtml <br> | Scottish name articles at St. Gabriel - [http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/scottish.shtml <br> | ||
Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi | Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi] | ||
Black, George F. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001598191 The surnames of Scotland, their origin meaning and history ] (on the [[No Copy List]]) | Black, George F. [[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001598191 The surnames of Scotland, their origin meaning and history ] (on the [[No Copy List]]) | ||
Dictionary of the Old Scottish Tongue (DOST) - http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html]<br> | Dictionary of the Old Scottish Tongue (DOST) - [http://www.dsl.ac.uk/index.html]<br> | ||
Index of the DOST - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/scots/dost/ | Index of the DOST - [http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/scots/dost/] | ||
The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (RPS) - https://www.rps.ac.uk/ - starting from 1235, lets you toggle between modern and period/transcribed forms. | The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (RPS) - https://www.rps.ac.uk/ - starting from 1235, lets you toggle between modern and period/transcribed forms. | ||
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'''Collected Precedents of the SCA: Scottish (non-Gaelic)''' http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/ScottishNonGaelic.html | '''Collected Precedents of the SCA: Scottish (non-Gaelic)''' http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/ScottishNonGaelic.html | ||
'''From the September 2013 Cover Letter:''' | '''From the September 2013 Cover Letter:''' | ||
From Pelican: Reconsidering Mac and Mc (and ending up at the same place)<br> | From Pelican: Reconsidering Mac and Mc (and ending up at the same place)<br> | ||
In September 2007, Pelican ruled that Mc and M' were scribal abbreviations for Mac and hence unregisterable. Since then, we have found considerable quantities of new Scots language and Anglicized Irish data. Thus, we revisited the question of whether Mc was only an abbreviation through 1600, or if it had begun to take on life as an independent element. Alys Mackyntoich did considerable research in the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland, all of which suggested that Mc remained a variant of (and presumably abbreviation of) Mac until after the end of our period. Thus, we will not change precedent: both Mc and M' will be expanded to Mac for registration purposes. Individuals with names expanded to Mac should of course feel free to use abbreviated forms like Mc and M' as documentary forms of their name. | In September 2007, Pelican ruled that Mc and M' were scribal abbreviations for Mac and hence unregisterable. Since then, we have found considerable quantities of new Scots language and Anglicized Irish data. Thus, we revisited the question of whether Mc was only an abbreviation through 1600, or if it had begun to take on life as an independent element. Alys Mackyntoich did considerable research in the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland, all of which suggested that Mc remained a variant of (and presumably abbreviation of) Mac until after the end of our period. Thus, we will not change precedent: both Mc and M' will be expanded to Mac for registration purposes. Individuals with names expanded to Mac should of course feel free to use abbreviated forms like Mc and M' as documentary forms of their name. | ||
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