Re: KNOCK KNOCK Anyone home?

"Sparks" <sparky.mactavish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Just stopped by to say howya.  Been quite some time since I've posted
>here.
>
>Right now I have "The Englishman who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a
>Mountain" on the tube and the music reminded me of you folks.  Don't
>know why....................I got a catalog in the mail the other day
>and there was a beginner/practice set of bagpipes in it but I really
>don't have the spare cash at the moment.  I'd really like to learn to
>play and since I don't have neighbors close enough to throw hard
>objects, it should be all right.
>
>I do have a question for any FOAKs, of which there are several here.
>I've been researching the ancestors and came across some Scots.  How do
>I know which clan I would belong to?  Is it the oldest one you can
>trace back or is it on the maternal side or what?
>

How about the MacTavish clan? (going by your email address).

MacTavish means "Son of Thomas", or "Tom's son".  The clan originates
from the Dunbarton area of Scotland.
After the Battle of Culloden, many MacTavishes changed their names to
Thomson to avoid persecution.


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