2009/11/19 Cci <cci@arach.net.au> wrote privately: Hi Ray, > Catherine here. Could I ask for some help with this place name for a > relative of mine. The name is/looks like > > al auquharsy > > I've looked in the paishes for Aberdeenshire and Banff but can't see > anything close. I can send an attachment of it, if that would help. Many > thanks, Catherine > _______________________________________ Hi Catherine I searched the Genuki Aberdeenshire gazetteer on *quhar* [i.e. Names containing quhar] and found seven. Of these the one that looks very likely is AUQUHARNEY in Cruden. How does that suit? I'm not sure what the "al" means on your sample letters??? As this is so close to your extract, I didn't go so far as to extend my search to Banffshire!! Auquharney House is at NK023380 You can see it at http://bit.ly/Auquharney [set zoom to level 4, 1:50000] Mains of Auquharney and Easter Auquharney [which may be where your "..al.." comes from] are at the bottom edge of the map as shown. -- Best wishes Ray PS I've copied this to the Aberdeen List in case anyone else is interested in Auquharney. The House looks fairly substantial on the maps; the area covered by the three named locations is about a square mile. ********************************************************** >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 **********************************************************