2009/11/22 RUTH DUNNE <abersyl@gmail.com> wrote: [slightly edited] > Has anyone any knowledge of a these place names in Aberdeenshire: North > ... Auchnie Bogs and / or Smarties Wells. This would be prior to 1855. I am > trying to find the locale in Aberdeenshire . This is from Family Lore which > is sometimes almost accurate >grin. I have tried unsuccessfully to find a > reference on Google / Genuki > _____________________________________________ Hi Ruth Do you have any further information such as the name [or something like it] of a parish? Do the family sources have ancestors born &/or married in Aberdeenshire who could be found on the OPRs. I used the GENUKI Gazetteer at http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/gaz, using the "word containing" feature for "bogs" and for "wells" in Aberdeenshire. There is a place called "North Arnie Bogs" [which is what I assumed your post meant] in Methlick parish. It is at NJ864397 [see http://bit.ly/NArnybogs, set the zoom control to level 4 (1:50,000)]. This is most probably the place your family source means. I couldn't find anything like "Smarties Wells" although ther are a couple of places a bit [not very] similar: "Stillswells" in New Deer [next-door parish to Methlick]; "Sundayswells" in Kincarding O'Neil [much further away]. The GENUKI Gazetteer for Aberdeenshire is based on a modern map analysed some while ago and is not exhaustive. However, I have a full list of place-names on the 1896 and 2002 maps for Methlick and there is nothing like it there - no "Wells" at all. As Gavin suggests, if you have any further information it might help us to help you! -- 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 **********************************************************
Hi Ray; Thank you so much for your reply! I am interested in the locale in Methlick as the family was there in 1881. I have sent more details to the List and am HOPING that someone recognizes the names in one of the areas where our family located. Ruth. On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> wrote: > 2009/11/22 RUTH DUNNE <abersyl@gmail.com> wrote: > [slightly edited] > > > Has anyone any knowledge of a these place names in Aberdeenshire: North > > ... Auchnie Bogs and / or Smarties Wells. This would be prior to 1855. I > am > > trying to find the locale in Aberdeenshire . This is from Family Lore > which > > is sometimes almost accurate >grin. I have tried unsuccessfully to find a > > reference on Google / Genuki > > > _____________________________________________ > > Hi Ruth > > Do you have any further information such as the name [or something like it] > of a parish? Do the family sources have ancestors born &/or married in > Aberdeenshire who could be found on the OPRs. > > I used the GENUKI Gazetteer at > http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/gaz, using the "word containing" feature > for "bogs" and for "wells" in Aberdeenshire. > > There is a place called "North Arnie Bogs" [which is what I assumed your > post meant] in Methlick parish. It is at NJ864397 [see > http://bit.ly/NArnybogs, set the zoom control to level 4 (1:50,000)]. > This > is most probably the place your family source means. > > I couldn't find anything like "Smarties Wells" although ther are a couple > of > places a bit [not very] similar: > "Stillswells" in New Deer [next-door parish to Methlick]; > "Sundayswells" in Kincarding O'Neil [much further away]. > > The GENUKI Gazetteer for Aberdeenshire is based on a modern map analysed > some while ago and is not exhaustive. However, I have a full list of > place-names on the 1896 and 2002 maps for Methlick and there is nothing > like > it there - no "Wells" at all. > > As Gavin suggests, if you have any further information it might help us to > help you! > > -- > 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 >