Buchanan Name Study

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This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about the Buchanan family. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect. Please contact the project leader, add categories to your profiles, add your questions to the bulletin board, add details of your name research, etc.

Members

Add your name here and what you are working on if you would like to join.

• Jamie - Buchanans from Pennsylvania.
• Elizabeth Robbins
• Bill Buchanan
• Jos de Kloe Buchanan in The Netherlands, also modified forms like Bochanen.
• Anne Buchanan Buchanans in upstate NY <--Canada <--Scotland <--Ireland <-- Scotland

Earliest Ancestor of Each Branch

Buchanan brick walls.

Ireland

County Tyrone

• Andrew Buchanan b. abt. 1790
• Patrick Buchanan b. 1745

County Donegal

• Hugh Buchanan b abt 1792, possibly Ráth Mealtain, Co Donegal, Ireland

The Netherlands

• Patrick Bochanen (bef.1646-aft.1671)
• Duncan Buchanan (bef.1689-bef.1737)

Scotland

• Archibald Buchanan b. abt. 1662

United States

Pennsylvania

Chester County

• Andrew Buchanan b. abt. 1742

Sticker

This profile is part of the Buchanan Name Study.

You can add this to the biography of each Buchanan:

{{One Name Study|name=Buchanan|category=Buchanan_Name_Study}}

Or just include this category: [[Category: Buchanan_Name_Study]]

Helpful Wikitree Links

• Buchanan Name Study Category - Lists all people and pages related to the name study.
• Buchanan surname list - A list of all the Buchanans on Wikitree.
• Unconnected Buchanan - These Buchanans are not connected to the main tree.

Suggested Tasks

• Enter your Buchanan ancestors.
• Upload photos of your Buchanan ancestors.
• Connect all Buchanans to the main tree.
• Find and enter notable Buchanans.
• Make sure all Buchanans are sourced.
• Choose an Buchanan already in the tree and enter all of their Buchanan descendants.
• Add the template or category to people with the Buchanan surname.
• Choose a location and enter all Buchanans that live there.
• If you are a male Buchanan and have had your Y-DNA tested, enter your test information on Wikitree.
• If you are descended from a Buchanan and have had your Autosomal DNA done, upload your data to Gedmatch and enter your test information on Wikitree so we can confirm relationships with triangulation.