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Falkirk Burns House

Thanks, Karin. This means that it must have been demolished to make way for the Forth and Clyde Canal, rather than the Union Canal or any later development. So the canal company must have acquired the

By Anne Burgess · #239 ·

Use of codes

I have 50,000+individuals in my tree. For every single one the county/state/country/province etc is abbreviated using Chapman codes. Assuming that the average full name is 9 letters, that's one-third

By Anne Burgess · #218 ·

Use of codes

Angus is ANS and it was Forfarshire not Forforeshire. Anne

By Anne Burgess · #217 ·

Use of codes

I absolutely disagree. You soon learn the ones you use regularly. I almost never need to look up a UK code. And it's a lot less pain to look up an occasional code than to type out 'Ross and Cromarty'

By Anne Burgess · #192 ·

Lochaber & North Argyll Family History Group.

The island of Lismore is the only Lismore listed in the Ordnance Survey Name Books (1850s). However it makes up a united parish with Appin, on the adjacent mainland, so it is just possible that someon

By Anne Burgess · #99 ·