Holand, As someone with a Mc surname, I obviously have thoughts on this.
I always write my name McGlone, but my dad often writes his as Mc Glone, and just as often McGlone (my grandfather was registered on his baptismal cert as Maglone, but that's another matter)! There's no definitive standard that I'm aware of, and I believe it really depends on the individual. Just one other thing to be aware of, though. There are many Irish names (which is what I'm mostly concerned with) which can be spelt in any of 3 ways, e.g, McGuire, Mc Guire and Maguire are all different ways of writing the same name. Someone who has a surname with Mc at the beginning could often write it either way, but would rarely write it as Maguire, and vice versa. One other thing, which is probably unrelated, relates to alphabetisation. In the Irish phone book (and this is usually the same in other aspects of Irish life) all "Mc"/"Mac"/"Mc " surnames are treated as if they are spelt Mac, and are placed between Mab and Mad in alphabetical order. Hope this doesn't confuse too much! Regards, Dermot McGlone. -- Pablo Picasso - "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pablo_picasso.html 2009/9/11 <howlanddavi...@aol.com>: > Mary & Ron: > > It looks like I have some work to do. Our local genealogical group > (Summit County, Ohio, USA) has put together an Excel spreadsheet of all > known veterans buried in Summit County cemeteries. I took on the task of > keeping it up-to-date and going through all of the entries make sure that > there was consistency. One big question in my mind were the names with Mc. > I decided, silly me, that if the name, as recorded, had a capital letter > after the Mc that I would separate the Mc but if the letter was a small > letter I would not (i.e., Mc Donald or Mcdonald). From what you are saying, > there should be no space no matter whether capital or not. > By the way, there are 63, 800+ names listed presently; not all with Mc > in them obviously. There are one British Army veteran and four Canadian > Armed Forces veterans along with veterans from Italy and Russia. > > Howland Davis > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
