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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
I was about to reply to Jack that, although it took me a long time to find it, Culnacuries looks like the best bet to be Gualnacarrie. It’s in the right general area, and who knows which spelling
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I was about to reply to Jack that, although it took me a long time to find it, Culnacuries looks like the best bet to be Gualnacarrie. It’s in the right general area, and who knows which spelling
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Ken Harrison
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Thank you to the several persons who provided information on my request.
I am working thru them and will reply as I track down the leads.
Ken
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Thank you to the several persons who provided information on my request.
I am working thru them and will reply as I track down the leads.
Ken
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Ken Harrison
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
I have to agree with Jack that Culnacuries is by far the best contender for Gualnacarrie in areas that might have been associated with Muthill. The exact view on the NLS website is:
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I have to agree with Jack that Culnacuries is by far the best contender for Gualnacarrie in areas that might have been associated with Muthill. The exact view on the NLS website is:
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John Kemplen
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Someone wrote: "Muthill is a small place, smaller than Comrie and much smaller than Crieff I would be very surprised if these other places had ever come under Muthill for any administrative purpose."
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Someone wrote: "Muthill is a small place, smaller than Comrie and much smaller than Crieff I would be very surprised if these other places had ever come under Muthill for any administrative purpose."
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Anne Burgess
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
HiKen.
Ihave found from the Ancestry records not sure if they are your family. There seemsto be quite a few Archibald Sinclair & Margaret McKinzie /McKenzie families.
Firstfamily
Archibald
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HiKen.
Ihave found from the Ancestry records not sure if they are your family. There seemsto be quite a few Archibald Sinclair & Margaret McKinzie /McKenzie families.
Firstfamily
Archibald
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Josephine Conray
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Mulhill
I forgot to mention in my last email that the name of the church is
Mulhill Parish Church with Trinity Gask and Kinkell.
Cheers
Janet
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I forgot to mention in my last email that the name of the church is
Mulhill Parish Church with Trinity Gask and Kinkell.
Cheers
Janet
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Janet Farmer
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Ken,
This is a rather wild guess, so very possibly wrong.
There is a similar name to Gualnacarrie.
It looks to be a farmstead - Culnacuries.
And is SW of Comrie village.
(in part of Strowan Parish
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Ken,
This is a rather wild guess, so very possibly wrong.
There is a similar name to Gualnacarrie.
It looks to be a farmstead - Culnacuries.
And is SW of Comrie village.
(in part of Strowan Parish
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Jack Mills
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Muthill and Comrie
Hi Ken: I typed in Muthill Perthshire and got a really good site with pictures of the church and also heads of household etc.
I think that the name Cumrie at the top of the page might indicate that
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Hi Ken: I typed in Muthill Perthshire and got a really good site with pictures of the church and also heads of household etc.
I think that the name Cumrie at the top of the page might indicate that
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Janet Farmer
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Thank you to all who have offered help so far. I see now why I was puzzled.
I have viewed a film showing the Muthill parish registers (Spine of book clearly says “Muthill – B1704-1819;
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Thank you to all who have offered help so far. I see now why I was puzzled.
I have viewed a film showing the Muthill parish registers (Spine of book clearly says “Muthill – B1704-1819;
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Ken Harrison
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
I sent a reply to this, with an image, a couple of hours ago but it has not yet come to me.
Did anyone else see it?
Ken
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I sent a reply to this, with an image, a couple of hours ago but it has not yet come to me.
Did anyone else see it?
Ken
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Ken Harrison
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Hi Ken
Can you send more information onArchibald Sinclair date of birth, parents, wife we might be able to find thefamily. If you look for the family you might be able to find the place.
Is he
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Hi Ken
Can you send more information onArchibald Sinclair date of birth, parents, wife we might be able to find thefamily. If you look for the family you might be able to find the place.
Is he
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Josephine Conray
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
I know it very well. When I was a child we often went to St Fillans (in the parish of Comrie), where the owner of the hotel was a friend of my parents. Later, my aunt and uncle retired to Comrie and I
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I know it very well. When I was a child we often went to St Fillans (in the parish of Comrie), where the owner of the hotel was a friend of my parents. Later, my aunt and uncle retired to Comrie and I
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Anne Burgess
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Hi Ken
Muthill is a small place, smaller than Comrie and much smaller than Crieff. I would be very surprised if these other places had ever come under Muthill for any administrative
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Hi Ken
Muthill is a small place, smaller than Comrie and much smaller than Crieff. I would be very surprised if these other places had ever come under Muthill for any administrative
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John Kemplen
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Hi Ken FamilySearch gives some clues on Muthill Parish and Comrie Parish. If your family are like mine, they might have gone to different churches at different times. And have you seen the Name
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Hi Ken FamilySearch gives some clues on Muthill Parish and Comrie Parish. If your family are like mine, they might have gone to different churches at different times. And have you seen the Name
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Seymour Hosking
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Thank you, John.
I knew that most of those locales were close to Muthill, but I’m still wondering whether they would have been “part of” Muthill and so BDMs would have been recorded in the
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Thank you, John.
I knew that most of those locales were close to Muthill, but I’m still wondering whether they would have been “part of” Muthill and so BDMs would have been recorded in the
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Ken Harrison
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Oops, sorry Ken, the old maps are on the National Library of Scotland website, not Scotland's Places or Canmore.
John
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Oops, sorry Ken, the old maps are on the National Library of Scotland website, not Scotland's Places or Canmore.
John
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John Kemplen
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Re: COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
Ken
You can find all of these places except Gualnacarrie with a simple search on Google Maps. A few miles west of Perth you come to the small town of Crieff, and most of the places you
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Ken
You can find all of these places except Gualnacarrie with a simple search on Google Maps. A few miles west of Perth you come to the small town of Crieff, and most of the places you
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John Kemplen
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COMRIE parish or MUTHILL?
I’d appreciate advice from someone who knows Perthshire.
I’m looking at a page in a book which is named parochial registers of MUTHILL, Perth but the writing at the top of the register page says
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I’d appreciate advice from someone who knows Perthshire.
I’m looking at a page in a book which is named parochial registers of MUTHILL, Perth but the writing at the top of the register page says
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Ken Harrison
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Re: Maiden surnames
Somewhere in this thread someone wrote, "It is a relatively modern thing, and not just in Scotland, for married women to continue to use their maiden surname."
This is incorrect and potentially
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Somewhere in this thread someone wrote, "It is a relatively modern thing, and not just in Scotland, for married women to continue to use their maiden surname."
This is incorrect and potentially
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Unity Simpson
Hi Ken
Thank you for your information. I am not related to this family.
I was trying to help Ian MacLeod with some information as I dohave Ancestry and Happy to help anyone. I did not find much so
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Hi Ken
Thank you for your information. I am not related to this family.
I was trying to help Ian MacLeod with some information as I dohave Ancestry and Happy to help anyone. I did not find much so
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Josephine Conray
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