Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families
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This is the only authorized guide to family names and their clan affiliations now available either in North America or in Great Britain. Over the centuries, thousands of smaller families have allied with larger ones to survive the unsettled conditions which prevailed in many parts of Scotland. In some cases, it is possible to assign a family to one larger clan, and thus to simplify the questions of “what is my tartan?” and “what is my clan?”. Other families have settled in different parts of Scotland at different times and over the years have allied with more than one of the larger clans, and thus a family name often is found listed being a sept of more than one larger family organization
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Get accurate information about Scottish clans, family associations, and societies in this updated edition of Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families.
Robert J. Heston expands on his groundbreaking work to focus on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs’ (SCSC) list of 353 clans. In addition, the author has retained the details of thirty-three Scottish families who are active in the United States and not cited in the SCSC list.
When using this book, it is important to note that most Scottish clan and family organizations have clauses in their family lists stating that “variations in spelling of these names are accepted.” Therefore, this book provides the researcher the ability to look beyond an exact spelling of a name.
Other books on this subject focus on a small number of clans, ancient names, and the preferred spellings of these small number of families. Some associate an individual name to a tartan, which can be problematic.
With more than 12,000 names with the sources where these names were found, this work is the best source focused on identifying family surnames associated with Scottish clans, houses, and families.
About the Author
Robert J. Heston retired after thirty-one years in the military. He served three combat tours in Vietnam and participated in numerous operations after that, culminating with Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm against Iraq and Operations Deny Flight and Deliberate Force in Bosnia. As a Department of Defense contractor, he served an additional twenty-three years as a senior adviser to combatant commanders in Afghanistan and Iraq. Today, when not updating this reference book, he manages a small beekeeping operation in Northern Colorado.