MacIan Family Tree research resources
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MacIan records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"MACIAN, MACANE, MACEAN, MACKAIN, MACKANE. Gaelic Madam, 'son of John.' John, not Donald, is the commonest forename in the Highlands. The Marians of Ardnamurchan are descended from Eoin Sprangach, son of Angus Mor, lord of the Isles, in beginning of fourteenth century. 'Several families of the name who have in recent times come to Coll from Ardnamurchan call themselves wrongly Johnstones' (Clan traditions, p. 27). Johnstone is (1) territorial from Johnstone in Dumfriesshire, and (2) John's town or S. John's town is an old name for Perth. Many others have translated their name as 'Johnson', as did the ancestors of Andrew Johnson, seventeenth president of the United States. The first record of the name is in 1296, in which year Sir Dovenald fitz Can (i.e. Donald Maclain) was one of an inquisition made at Berwick (Bain, n, p. 195). John Crom Me kane, a witness In 1433 (HP., rv, p. 202). Andro Makayn was a sufferer from the first hership of Petty, 1502 (Rose, p. 176). McAan and McAyn 1519, McAne 1607, M'Cane 1538, M'Cayne 1580, M'Ean 1538, Mackane 1541, Makane 1494, Makcane 1515, Makcayne 1519, Makkane 1505, Makkean 1647, Mceane 1656, McMakkane (evidently a duplication of 'Mac') 1515; MacEoin, Macjeane, MakCoin. See MACKKAN. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the MacIan Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the MacIan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the MacIan family tree.
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Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the MacIan family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Miscellaneous MacIan Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the MacIan family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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