Clan Macpherson Museum

Macpherson-related Papers of Prof. Alan G. Macpherson

Dr Alan G. Macpherson, Professor Emeritus of the Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada is also the seanachaidh (clan historian) of the Clan Macpherson. Over his long and distinguished career he has published many learned papers and books on various aspects of the Clan Macpherson. Some of these have appeared in Creag Dhubh, the Clan Macpherson Association Annual and are available elsewhere on this website. Through his kind permission we are now able to republish several other papers that have appeared in other journals over the years.

An Old Highland Genealogy and the Evolution of a Scottish Clan
An Old Highland Parish Register - Part I
An Old Highland Parish Register - Part II
Migration Fields in a Traditional Highland Community
Historians of the Macphersons (Part 1)
Historians of the Macphersons (Part 2)
The Seanchaidhean Historians of the Macphersons (Parts 3 & 4) Sir Aeneas Macpherson (I)
"The Master's Mother" MaryMacpherson, Mrs William MacPhail
Murder Among the Clanchattan: A Century of Assassinations and Revenge Killings
"On the Death of Marshall Keith" and the Clan Consciousness of James Macpherson
Daniel Macpherson, Highland emigrant, Loyalist soldier, Gaspesian merchant-settler and Canadian seigneur
Interchangeable Surnames and Personal Names In Scottish Highland Registers and Problems of Identification