Did the “c” in your ancestor’s “Mc” name get dropped? Peter McLane is transcribed as Peter M Lane in at least one record. It is possible he is transcribed with that name in additional databases. Did your relative’s “Mc” surname get “altered” when an item was transcribed or indexed?
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Well, if you compare Peter’s “L” with another “L,” looks look there’s a novel way of making “Mc” for Peter.
Comparison to other letters and words usually solves transcription or interpretation problems. The thing is that many indexers do not do this or the indexing system they are using serves up one name at a time.
Did Mc Get Added? In my case, it was added. I think it was added because the census taker had just been to many Irish homes and had just hit a Swedish home and just added Mc before my Johansson family names.
It’s possible. My last name sometimes gets an “O” added to it because “every Irish name” needs to start with an “O.”