AYRSHIRE-L Archives

Archiver > AYRSHIRE > 1999-11 > 0942020287


From: Donald McLatchie <>
Subject: Re: General Geographical Question
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 18:18:07 -0600


duncan mackenzie wrote:
>
An excellent mapping site for the UK is at:
http://uke.multimap.com/

Select a city an a color map of the immediate area is displayed.
Kirksowald is just above Ayr and Dalmellington is at the junction of the
A713 and the B741 in East Ayrshire.

> Hi,
> I am new to this list and I'm researchin FINDLAY in Ayr.
> I have a John FINDLAY born c.1850 in Irvine.(1881 census, residing in Glasgow)
> When I look on IGI, I come up with 11 matches for his birth, not 1 in Irvine.
> Can someone tell me if any of the following places are close, so I can discard the rest.
> Ayr, Sorn, Kirkoswald, Newton-on-Ayr, Dunlop, Loudoun, Kilmaurs, Dalmellington,
> Riccarton.
>
My ancestors is Old Cumnock use this naming pattern with five John MC
LATCHIE s in the same generation and I cannot tell which one is mine.

> Also, does the naming pattern of eldest son- grandfather apply in this region?
> Regards,
> Duncan
> Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
>

This thread: