User talk:Franklin Researcher

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Hello, Franklin Researcher, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] Last name

Do you know of any really definitive source for "M'C/McC". I checked out "M'Clintock Channel", "McClintock Channel", "McClintock Island" and "M'Clintock Island". None of these seem to give any real preference to one spelling over the other. I also checked the "Canadian Encyclopedia" and they give "McC". I think the best thing here would be a copy of his birth certificate. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 03:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Beattie and John Geigers' book "Frozen in Time" is a very good source (M'Clintock is used). Part of the problem is the modern adoption of "Mc" for M', which is as accurate as calling someone Johnston when their real name is Johnson. Continuing the bastardization of surnames only adds more confusion. The Geographical names are M'Clintock (especially M'Clintock Inlet/Ice Shelf, Ellesmere Island), as there wouldn't be a need for M'C if it was Mc, or M' to be repeated in academic publications that must vett place names before publishing. Furthermore, having both spellings helps, since if researchers go by the title of M'Clintock's own book, or Sir Clements Markham's biography of M'Clintock (another example), they'll be referred to the Wiki. If you're willing to deal with the red tape at the Public Records Office and National Maritime Museum for a copy of M'Clintock's birth register, have at it, but make sure you get permission to publish it (NMM and SPRI have strict policies on public disclosure of "personal" information - something this American dislikes, especially since Franklin and the searchers are public figures).Franklin Researcher 11:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Fine article

I stumbled onto the Sir John Franklin article, which is excellent. --196.25.255.246 15:52, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

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