Re: Origin of Donaldson
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In reply to:
Re: Origin of Donaldson
11/03/98
Your information is wrong.My family were McDonald of the Isles.When the Gaelic was prescribed after 1746 we moved to the Lowlands.All church clerks and local officials refused to accept the Mc prefix and changed it to the English equivilent: hence McDonald became Donaldson.