Thanks Gavin for the confirmation of the pronunciation of Oyn. Doing some google searches I found this website with some interesting photographs by Anne Burgess of the old buildings at Oyn and the surrrounding area of Drumfold ,Smallburn and Sinsharnie http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9916581 Like all photographs by Anne the ones on this site (almost a thousand images) are quite stunning and of great interest to someone like myself as they bring to life the landscape, buildings, places and farmsteads of this area which formerly were just names on the OPRs . Well worth a look if your ancestors came from the Strathbogie area of Aberdeenshire regards George -- George Brander Torre de la Horadada España

Hi George, A great website showing some of the farms my ancestors lived in e.g. Drumfold, Smallburn and Sinsharnie. Anne Burgess has done a wonderful job in recording the old buildings. Having grown up in Aberdeenshire I have seen so many old buildings knocked down and used for road fill etc. I hope her work continues in other areas. Researching Mellis, Duncan and Harper. Sandy Mellis N.S.W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Brander" <george.brander@gmail.com> To: "Aberdeen" <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 1:12 AM Subject: [ABERDEEN] Re Oyn or Een, Cairnie by Huntly

Thanks, George, for the link to the photos. My ancestor, George MICHIE, was born in Oyne in 1707. Seeing photos of where he lived makes him more real to me! Venita On Jan 2, 2010, at 7:12 AM, George Brander wrote: > Thanks Gavin for the confirmation of the pronunciation of Oyn. > > Doing some google searches I found this website with some interesting > photographs by Anne Burgess of the old buildings at Oyn and the surrrounding > area of Drumfold ,Smallburn and Sinsharnie > > http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9916581 > > Like all photographs by Anne the ones on this site (almost a thousand > images) are quite stunning and of great interest to someone like myself as > they bring to life the landscape, buildings, places and farmsteads of this > area which formerly were just names on the OPRs . Well worth a look if your > ancestors came from the Strathbogie area of Aberdeenshire > > regards > George > -- > George Brander > Torre de la Horadada > España > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Venita I think you will find that George Michie was born at a different Oyne also in Aberdeenshire This is a link to some photographs of that area of Aberdeenshire http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/NJ6825 Regards George On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Venita Roylance <venitar@mac.com> wrote: > Thanks, George, for the link to the photos. My ancestor, George MICHIE, > was born in Oyne in 1707. Seeing photos of where he lived makes him more > real to me! > > Venita > > On Jan 2, 2010, at 7:12 AM, George Brander wrote: > > > Thanks Gavin for the confirmation of the pronunciation of Oyn. > > > > Doing some google searches I found this website with some interesting > > photographs by Anne Burgess of the old buildings at Oyn and the > surrrounding > > area of Drumfold ,Smallburn and Sinsharnie > > > > http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9916581 > > > > Like all photographs by Anne the ones on this site (almost a thousand > > images) are quite stunning and of great interest to someone like myself > as > > they bring to life the landscape, buildings, places and farmsteads of > this > > area which formerly were just names on the OPRs . Well worth a look if > your > > ancestors came from the Strathbogie area of Aberdeenshire > > > > regards > > George > > -- > > George Brander > > Torre de la Horadada > > España > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- George Brander Torre de la Horadada España