Hi anabanana, yeah it helped very much thank you, it transpires the name Mcqueenie has several spellings the main one being Macqueenie which is the Scottish spelling My surname is the Irish Mcqueenie, i will find out when i receive my stuff from the website you sent me well done and thanks again, as for how far back i have gotten it seems the name goes back to 1100 or before i think it started out as Mcunn really quite interesting, Nomadic people, Isle of Skye, Wester Ross, Argyleshire, Ireland, America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, also known as Macqueen or Mcqueen or Macsweyn, or Macsween, or Mcsweeney, or Mcweeney, just a small variation of the name, affiliated to the Mackenzie Clan, thanks again MA HEILAN LASS, KINDEST REGARDS PATRICK J MCQUEENIE.