I agree with Anne that it says Inivey (a.k.a. Inivea), a long-deserted township south west of Cruach Sleibh and north of Calgary Bay. I was looking for a place of that name in the Dervaig / Calgary ar

There are several references to a place called Dluich in databases of old farms, tenants and births on Islay. Some of these mention Upper Dluich and Mil (or Miln) of Dluich. One of the farm references

Sorry to drip-feed information. I have asked on the "Old Islay" Facebook site what at "lot" is in this context and was directed to this web page: https://www.croftingyear.org.uk/the-township-system.as

Hi Glynn The link that Diane gave you is a good one which accurately describes Duich Lots as a group of agricultural holdings. In English terminology it might be described as a hamlet, but it would no

Hello Glynn The place east of Bowmore is, a believe, usually known as Dluich. I have never seen anywhere else beginning with "Dl" and I have no idea how to say it, but there it is. The place your peop

Hi Valorie I see that the conference is scheduled to continue until 10pm British time, which is 2pm your time, so perhaps you could contact the organisers to see if the Canadian presentation could be

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: https://maps.nls.u

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 purpose. The only

Oops, sorry Ken, the old maps are on the National Library of Scotland website, not Scotland's Places or Canmore. John This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com

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 mention are out

Hi Jocelyn Good advice. We have to be open to all possibilities in our genealogical research. It's so easy to hit brick walls that we need to be looking at all possible ways round them, not letting do

Interesting what different experiences and recollections we have of this. In spite of what I said earlier about women being known by their married surnames, I agree totally with what Ken says about wo

I don't think it is quite like that. Most married Scottish women have, for many years, ALWAYS been known by their married surname while they are alive and it is ONLY on their headstones when they are

Hi Janet I don't know if we have direct links but some of the names and locations that you mention crop up in my family too. My great grandmother Margaret McLugash, born c.1852, was raised at Lenanbui