The Mac Family History

This is a site where you can find information about the history of the Mac family.

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The Mac Family in the Census

Census Freqency of the Surname Mac
1841 Census 30
1851 Census 50
1861 Census 89
1871 Census 59
1891 Census 53

Most Frequent Forenames for the Mac Family in the Census

Name 1841 Census 1851 Census 1861 Census 1871 Census 1891 Census Total
MARY Mac 4 8 11 14 5
THOMAS Mac 2 3 4 3 2
JAMES Mac 2 3 4 2 0
ANN Mac 1 4 4 1 0
ADA Mac 0 0 0 0 1
ADA C Mac 0 0 0 0 1
ADA J Mac 0 0 0 0 1
ANNIE Mac 0 0 1 0 1
ARCHLANS F Mac 0 0 0 0 1
DANIEL Mac 0 0 0 2 1
EDWIN Mac 0 0 0 0 1
ELEANOR Mac 0 0 0 0 1
ELIZA Mac 1 2 0 1 1
ELIZABETH Mac 2 0 6 0 2
EMMA Mac 0 0 0 0 1
FRANCES Mac 0 0 0 0 2
FRANCIS Mac 0 0 0 0 1
GEORGINA Mac 0 0 0 0 1
HANNAH Mac 1 0 0 0 1
HENRY Mac 0 1 0 0 1

Etmology and History of the Surname: Mac

Search for the etymology and history of the surname Mac (information provided by www.BehindTheName.com).

Your Family History Search

You can use the forms below to do automatic searches for the Mac family online amongst birth, marriage and death records from 1837, plus census transcripts for 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891 and 1901


 


ONS BMDs to go Online
The much awaited news that the Office of National Statistics (ONS) will start to put all birth, marriage and death indexes on the internet was issued this month.

 

The Bronte Sisters in the Yorkshire 1841 Census
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The Romance of Rail power in the War
A short article from Issue 88 of The War Illustrated on the use of trains in the War.

 

1911 Census to be released early
From 2009, a fully-indexed 1911 census will be online, three years earlier than family historians expected!