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IV. Sources and References (and some books we're not in)

[1] 1778: On 11 May 1778, Daniel McAninck (-ck spelling), was a certifying witness to a Bedford

County (Pennsylvania) sheriff's election. Pennsylvania 6th Series State Archives, Vol. XI, page 16.

[2] The Surnames of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, M.A. D.Litt. M.R.I.A., Sixth Edition, Reprinted

1989, by Irish Academic Press Limited, Kill Lane, Blackrock, Co. Dublin; McAninch is on page 6;

from cover notes -- "Edward MacLysaght is the leading authority on Irish names and family history.

He has served as Chief Herald and Genealogical Officer of the Irish Office of Arms, Keeper of

Manuscripts at National Library of Ireland, and Chairman of the Irish Manuscripts Commission”.

But we're not in any of his 3-volume set: I. Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins, 1957,

II. More Irish Families, 1960, and III. Supplement to Irish Families, 1964

[3] Irish Householder's Index (index to Griffith's Valuation Lists and Tithe Applotment Books);

Microfilmed by National Library of Ireland, Photographic Dept.; microfilms available through the

LDS Family History Centers, Index on six films 919001-919006 (County Antrim on film 919001).

[4] Surnames in Ireland, Matheson, reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988.

Full title "Special Report on Surnames in Ireland [with] Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and

Christian Names in Ireland", Sir Robert E. Matheson, LL.D., Barrister at Law, Registrar General.

[5] Irish Families, Their Names, Arms and Origins, by Edward MacLysaght, Crown Publishers, Inc.,

New York, Third Edition, Revised, 1973, page 12.

[6] International Genealogical Index (IGI), LDS Church, available at all LDS Family History Centers.

[7] Telephone Book, (all) Northern Ireland, 1969 (examined personally, Saturday, April 3, 1993,

at an Irish / Gaelic seminar at an Orange County California Genealogical Society meeting).

[8] Irish Family Names Society, PO Box 2095, La Mesa CA 91943; reply June 1990, from my inquiry

[9] Dr. Brian Trainor, Director, Ulster Historical Foundation, Balmoral Buildings, 12 College Square

East, Belfast BT1 6DD (Northern Ireland); April 28, 1993, and May 7, 1995, at two Irish / Gaelic

seminars sponsored by the Orange County California Genealogical Society.

[10] The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin, Meaning, and History, by George F. Black, Ph.D.,

pub. 1946, by the New York Public Library, Fourth Reprinting, 1974, Eighth Reprinting 1986.

[11] “The Name MacInnes” section, pages 4-6, part of Clan MacInnes, the 57-page publication

from the Clan MacInnes Society, July 1992; book and/or clan info available through Mary A. Faulk,

Secretary/Treasurer, 8232 Kay Court, Annandale, Virginia 22003 (703-560-4371).

Some other books I checked, which do not list our Mc(ac)A/I/Ninch(sh) surnames:

[12] The Book of Ulster Surnames, by Robert Bell, 1988. This book lists over 500 of the most

common surnames in Ulster, with origins of each surname, and in what areas it is most common.

[13] The Scotch-Irish, by Bill and Mary Durning, 1991, pub. by The Irish Family Names Society,

La Mesa CA 91943. This book has tables showing the surname, religion, nationality, county,

townland, barony, and place/parish where immigrants settled in Northern Ireland, and could give

clues as to where in Northern Ireland your ancestors came from. The closest entry is on page 161:

“McNish P(Protestant), 6 (Co. Down), 22 (Kirkcudbright, Scotland), Drumbo (townland),

Castlereagh (Barony), Drumbo (Parish)” We’re not in their first A Guide to Irish Roots either.

[14] The Surnames of Derry, by Brian Mitchell, pub. 1992, by the Genealogy Centre of Derry,

14 Bishop St., Derry BT48 6PW (Northern Ireland); from the Introduction --

“The 1989 Foyle Community Directory lists 1,860 unique surnames in Derry City. . . .

In this book an attempt has been made to explain the origins of all these surnames.”

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