Any Info on the clan McDonald?

[Fochabarian]

Fit like there folks, just got started on the site and really enjoying it, but I would really like to find out about my clan, the McDonalds? Any info would be great! Cheers. ( moto, origin etc)

[Mamie]

Tyr http://www.electricscotland.com Clan Pages for basic info on the clan(s).

[Ryan3932]

Descended from em' but don't know zip cept' they are descended from King Somerled.


Ryan

[oursecret]

There is a lot of detail about the clan on various websites you can Google. The Hebrides (Argyll in Scotland) is a major area they came from, having been "lords of the isles", along with the Macdougalls since the first scots entered the region (originally from Ireland).
I have one McDonald ancestor from the isle of Tiree who came to Australia during the famines, but the rest of her immediate family went to Canada. lots of McDonalds came here and to New Zealand before 1850.
-Chris

[Polwarth]

Until the post before yours, this thread had not been visited since 2002!

[Catcasco]

is there much information on Mcdonalds in Australia?
Where could I find it?
There are too many of us, and I don't know where to start!

[Polwarth]

Genealogy doesn't work like that!
You have to trace YOUR family back to the first immigrant to your country... then, with luck, you'll be able to trace them back to this side of the pond and then do searches via Scotlandspeople.

Good luck!