The buchan Surname
buchan Name Meaning and History
Scottish: regional name from a district north of Aberdeen. There
was also a barony of Buchquane in Strathore, Fife, a settlement
called Buchan in Kirkcudbrightshire, and several other places in
Scotland so named, but these are less likely to be the source of the
surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Buchan Surname Forum |
 dcb11
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| stephen buchan |
mash59
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| BUCHAN | Kerrie Parkin | 2 |
| Captain David Buchan 1780-1838 | marg ashby | 1 |
| James Buchan married Margaret Tough in Aberdeenshire, Scotland circa 1821 |
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| John Buchan Scotland | Libby | 2 |
| Buchan's in Grundy Ctr IA area | Alicia K. Buchan Gram | 8 |
| William & Elizabeth Scott BUCHAN | Amy Buchan | 1 |
| Buchan-Alexander, son of John & Jane Grant |
mjdoherty
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| H.H. Wall murder |
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| 1 |
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