Excerpt from Genealogical Memoirs of the Scottish House of Christie: Compiled From Family Papers and the Public Records IN his Scottish Dictionary, Dr J amieson conjectures that the Scottish word Cristie is derived from the Danish cmset; and Mr Ferguson is of opinion that the English prefix cm'st may be the Frankish form of the Teutonic Mist, to brandish a sword.l It is more probable, we conceive, that the surnames Christie and Christison are derived from the Danish baptismal name Christian or Christigern. A few families of the name in the Isle of Man distinctly claim a Norse or Danish origin. The chief families of the sept may be traced to the north-eastem coast. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.