So which clan do we belong to, anyway?

There is some dispute as to the actual clan we belong to. One side contends that we are a sept of Clan MacQuarrie of Ulva, while the other says that we are part of Clan MacDonald. My brother James has assembled a fair amount of evidence supporting the latter theory, while the former seems to originate with Marjorie MacCreary's book in 1968. Our own genealogical information doesn't extend far enough back to definitively answer this question, so I have collected arguments from both points of view to help you make up your own mind:

MacRuari

MacQuarrie

My paternal grandmother had traced our ancestry back to the mid-18th century in North America, but she couldn't find any information about when our ancestors emigrated or where they came from in Europe. The best information we have suggests that they came from county Tyrone in Ireland.

Our family tree

Other McCreary Links:

Governor James B. McCreary

THE IRISH CONNECTION

McCREARY County Home Page

I813: Harry MCCREARY

Lafayette McCREARY Family History

Digital Tools, Inc

Concur's Qualifications and Biographies

http://benet-np1.bricker.com/resumes/cmccr.htm

access -- Summer 1994 issue

Chollas Elementary

http://www.fammed.washington.edu/~jsrowe/

Roots Surname List entries

Genealogy Links:

Traveller Southern Families

Acadian Genealogy Homepage

IRLGEN Welcome Page

Yahoo - Social Science:History:Genealogy

Genealogy Resources on the Internet

Scottish Genealogy

Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust

The Gathering of the Clans

Clan MacQuarrie

http://sunsite.unc.edu/gaelic/

Clan MACDONALD

Clan Donald

Genealogy Resources on the Internet

Scotland: Genealogy

Clan MacQuarrie of Ulva

Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust

Clans menu

Scottish Clans, Septs and Families in Nova Scotia

Septs of the Scottish Clans

Septs of the Clans: Mac

Genealogy Resources on the Internet

Genealogical Guide to Ireland

Clan MacQuarrie

Clan: MacQuarrie