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   Alan Smaill to MichaelMunro84@hotmail.com   
   Re: The MacVanish clan has disapeared.   
   06 Jun 15 13:14:20   
   
   From: smaill@SPAMinf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   MichaelMunro84@hotmail.com writes:   
      
   > On Wednesday, June 9, 1999 at 8:00:00 AM UTC+1, Adam Whyte-Settlar wrote:   
   >> I once saw an old clan map that placed a clan called MacVanish (or   
   >> maybe it was McVanish) on the spit of land at the north end of the   
   >> Black Isle in Ross-shire at the spot now occupied by the village of   
   >> Cromarty.   
   >> Recently I saw another map which showed a different clan name.   
   >>   
   >> Of course not a soul will believe me when I say that there was a clan   
   >> called MacVanish that has now disapeared.   
   >> Can anyone shed any light on this subject and allow me to win my bet?   
   >>  Where did they go?   
   >>   
   >> Adam Whyte-Settlar   
   >   
   > The map is called "Scotland of Old" and was published in 1983. It was   
   > made by Iain Moncreiffe and Don Pottinger.   
      
   Is it maybe a typo for "MacVarish" ?   
      
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