Tracing clan affiliation, family name Stobie.

[derosa]

...you sit down with a couple of Scottish telephone directories, look up the name (Stobie) in widely separated cities (Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Inverness) and write to some of these folks and ask them about their clan affiliation. It is amazing how many people will take the time to reply to a letter from overseas.

ONE MORE THOUGHT was Stobie your wife's grandmother's maiden, or married, name? If it was her married name, might her maiden name have been ... Stewart?

Her maiden name was stobie. We're hoping to track down some of the cousins in Scotland and get what we can from there soon. We know they all originated in Fife.

I have the 'Collin's Guide to Scots Kith and Kin' book that we use as a BIBLE around here. It lists Stobie / Stobbie as not being a sept. It just tells me that the name is from Berwick / Perth and is from the 14th Century.

Thanks, that confirms what I've been finding.