Many registration districts in Scotland are based on the parishes of the Church of Scotland and have the same name. There is/was a registration district in Aberdeen called St Nicholas basically the parish, but there isn't a town by that name nor as far as I'm aware an official locality. As Ray says, Gavin, as a local. will be able to answer in more detail Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Adams" <vkadams@cox.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] -- SPAM -- Re: Saint Nicholas > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >