On 12 March 2010 00:57, Virginia Adams <vkadams@cox.net> wrote: > > St. Nicholas is a town outside of Aberdeen. > I don't think so, Virginia, but Gavin will doubtless put us straight in the morning. I think St Nicholas is one of two parishes which make up the City of Aberdeen. I am fairly sure St Nicolas parish is the centre of Aberdeen, half surrounded on the north and west by Old Machar parish but I may be wrong. Genuki has a lot about it, including defining the boundaries; see http://www.urie.demon.co.uk/genuki/ABD/Aberdeen/description.html This is one quote worth extracting: "St. Nicholas, or City Parish, ... comprehends the ancient Royalty..." -- Best wishes Ray ********************************************************** >From Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP **********************************************************

My Grandmother was born in St. Nicholas and I know that she wasn't born in the church. It is probably both. Usually, the IGI records the Parish ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:13 PM Subject: -- SPAM -- Re: [ABERDEEN] Saint Nicholas > On 12 March 2010 00:57, Virginia Adams <vkadams@cox.net> wrote: > >> >> St. Nicholas is a town outside of Aberdeen. >> > > I don't think so, Virginia, but Gavin will doubtless put us straight in > the > morning. > > I think St Nicholas is one of two parishes which make up the City of > Aberdeen. I am fairly sure St Nicolas parish is the centre of Aberdeen, > half surrounded on the north and west by Old Machar parish but I may be > wrong. Genuki has a lot about it, including defining the boundaries; see > http://www.urie.demon.co.uk/genuki/ABD/Aberdeen/description.html > > This is one quote worth extracting: > "St. Nicholas, or City Parish, ... comprehends the ancient Royalty..." > > -- > Best wishes > > Ray > > ********************************************************** >>From Ray Hennessy > Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net > Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP > ********************************************************** > > ------------------------------- > 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