Mackean Family Tree research resources
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Mackean records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"MACKEAN, MACKEAND. Forms of MACIAN, q.v., with the k sound carried over from mac and with accretionary d. Johannes filius Gilberti filius Dovenaldi Mackane had a charter from Robert i of the land of Suthaych in 1329 (RMS., i, App. i, 100). Half of Estir Lanerky and Caschdrapane was leased to Donald McCane or M'Kane, 1480 (ER., DC, p. 561, 594). Andrew Makaynd for nulling" on the magistrals... is ordained to the joges ane hour" and on the following sabbath to ?o "to the pillar foot in sackcloath," 1651 Rec. Elgin, n, p. 278). The name occurs as M'Kaane and Makkaane in Strathardill in 1570 (Laing, 851). Nigel McCane was tenant in Islay, 1506 (ER., xn, p. 709), and Johne McKeane, a follower of Murdow M'Cloyd in the attack on the laird of Balcomic's galley in 1600 (RFC., xiv, p. cxxiii). When the Marians (Macdonalds) of Ardnamurchan were driven out of their native territory in the first half of the seventeenth century some settled on the east coast, and several became merchant burgesses of Elgin. The name (in its newer home) was variously spelled Mackean and Mackeand (Clan Donald, m, p. 553-554). James M'Keand, burgess of Kirkcudbright, 1682 (Kirkcudbright), and Robert M'Keune, indweller in Edinburgh, 1661 (Edinb. Marr.). Six M'Keands are recorded in Galloway in eighteenth century (Wigtown), where the local pronunciation is M'Kyan. Spellings in the Elgin records are McKain, Makzane, and Makean. McKen 1760. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Mackean Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mackean 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 Mackean family tree.
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Miscellaneous Mackean Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Mackean family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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