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The earliest occurrence of the Macfarlane surname in our family history documents is from 1658, and we currently have 84,558 records where Macfarlane appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
127 Macfarlanes were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Macfarlanes were most likely to live in Lanarkshire.
Not all Macfarlanes were law-abiding. We found 56 in criminal records.
254 Macfarlanes served in the First World War.
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