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Hallo Andrew If you haven't already done so, have a look at www.standish.org.uk. Kind regards Charles

No - I only know this family as being of Lancashire and have never come across the name anywhere else outside my family tree!!  I don't know if the Standish family still exists but maybe their residence Standish Hall near Wigan is still there. Good luck with your quest!

<t>Dear Andrew, I haven't actually got any Livingstones in my family - the nearest I get to a relationship is through the MacSwineys who shared a common ancestor with the Livingstones ....quite a few centuries back! The MacSwineys the Livingstones & the MacEwens are at the earliest times practic...

<t>Since it is very common for middle names in Scottish families to be either maiden names (of mothers, grandmothers etc)or those of friends, ministers or patrons, you may have a tricky research project! If the genealogy doesn't help, then it'll almost certainly be one of these other three. I am sti...

<t>Dear Niall, I post the following from our private correspondence with some additions and subtractions for general interest.... Yes, of course we are cousins! A swift look at the end-paper of the great Ilk's "The Highland Clans" will show the Dunsleve descent (which you probably have off by heart)...

Sorry, I forgot to mention that the information comes from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Regards aye Charles

<t>Dear Beryl, do you have this information already? 1597 ROBERT LIVINGSTON, min. of Ellem 1593; trans. to Drumelzier 1594; trans. and adm. 1st April 1597; a member of Assemblies 1610 and 1638; dem. 8th April 1641; died 21st May 1658. He marr. (1) Marion Fortune (Edin. Com. Dec., 27th May 1619): (2)...

<r>Dear David Wyse Livingston Have you seen <URL url="http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/articles/NameEssay.html"><LINK_TEXT text="http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/histo ... Essay.html">http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/articles/NameEssay.html</LINK_TEXT></URL> Most families did not ...