Hello List Members; I may have sent a partial note to the List as I pressed a key by mistake and my note disappeared! Here is the complete note: Thank you to Gavin and Ray for their replies. Unfortunately, I have only "Family Lore" to refer to. What I do know which may be helpful is that our grgrgrandfather was born in Banff, Banffshire abt 1845, He was found on the 1851 Census in Banff, Banffshire, High Street Close, 1861 Census in Alvah, Banffshire at Strath of Bydock, 1864 at Braco, Aberdour, 1867, New Aberdour, Aberdour, 1871 Census at Aberdeenshire, Strichen, Fridayhill, 1874 at Savoch, New Deer, 1881 Census at Aberdeenshire, Methlick, Burnside, 1891 Census at Loch St. Aberdeen St. Nicholas, 1901 Census at Wales Street, North Aberdeen. He remained in Aberdeen, Loch Street, until his death. Copies of BMD Certs for he, his wife, and his children do not refer to the two place names mentioned by relatives now passed..Family hearsay gave only the names AUCHNIE BOGS and SMARTIES WELLS in North Aberdeenshire as family residences. No other info is available to me regarding these locations. Ruth in Canada.

RUTH DUNNE wrote: > Hello List Members; > > I may have sent a partial note to the List as I pressed a key by mistake and > my note disappeared! Here is the complete note: > > Thank you to Gavin and Ray for their replies. Unfortunately, I have only > "Family Lore" to refer to. If the source is "hearsay", then, of course, much might have happened to the original names in the course of transmission! As an example of "oral transmission" I remember the story of the General who sent a message: "Send reinforcements; we are going to advance." - but once this had been carried to Headquarters by a series of runners, relaying it by word of mouth, the despatch was received as: "Send three-and-fourpence; we are going to a dance." > > What I do know which may be helpful is that our grgrgrandfather was born in > Banff, Banffshire abt 1845, He was found on the 1851 Census in Banff, > Banffshire, High Street Close, 1861 Census in Alvah, Banffshire at Strath of > Bydock, 1864 at Braco, Aberdour, 1867, New Aberdour, Aberdour, 1871 Census > at Aberdeenshire, Strichen, Fridayhill, 1874 at Savoch, New Deer, 1881 > Census at Aberdeenshire, Methlick, Burnside, 1891 Census at Loch St. > Aberdeen St. Nicholas, 1901 Census at Wales Street, North Aberdeen. He > remained in Aberdeen, Loch Street, until his death. However, it is useful to have some more details of where the relevant people were at various points ... > Copies of BMD Certs for he, his wife, and his children do not refer to the > two place names mentioned by relatives now passed..Family hearsay gave > only the names AUCHNIE BOGS and SMARTIES WELLS in North Aberdeenshire as > family residences. No other info is available to me regarding these > locations. ... but the places that *are* named in BMDs might also hold clues ... Gavin Bell

2009/11/23 RUTH DUNNE <abersyl@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you to  Gavin and Ray for their replies. Unfortunately, I have only "Family Lore" to refer to. Some further questions, Ruth, in the interest of furthering your research. a] What was your gggf's name? What are his parent's names on his MC and/or DC? Are they in the Censuses with a parish of birth noted? Do you have a birth record for either of them? b] Was the "family lore" written down or passed on orally? If written, was it by one of the "passed" relatives, or did you write it yourself from chatting to someone? Was there any other detail? c] What was the family context in which the place names were mentioned? If it was pre1855, the location in Methlick in 1891 after moving several times [initially from Banffshire] is not entirely relevant. Note: North Arnybogs and Burnside are less than half a mile apart [in 1881 Sheena's ggm lived c300 yards up the road from Burnside but had moved by 1891!!] d] Are you sure that the "North" applied to Aberdeenshire and not to Auchnie Bogs? This may be a mix up in the recording of these names. -- Best wishes and good hunting 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 **********************************************************

Hullo Ruth, There is, if I remember correctly, a Bogs at Hillhead of Auchharnie in Forgue parish, for which the registration district has been Ythanwells since some time in the later 1800s. tom > Hello List Members; > > I may have sent a partial note to the List as I pressed a key by mistake > and > my note disappeared! Here is the complete note: > > Thank you to Gavin and Ray for their replies. Unfortunately, I have only > "Family Lore" to refer to. > > What I do know which may be helpful is that our grgrgrandfather was born > in > Banff, Banffshire abt 1845, He was found on the 1851 Census in Banff, > Banffshire, High Street Close, 1861 Census in Alvah, Banffshire at Strath > of > Bydock, 1864 at Braco, Aberdour, 1867, New Aberdour, Aberdour, 1871 > Census > at Aberdeenshire, Strichen, Fridayhill, 1874 at Savoch, New Deer, 1881 > Census at Aberdeenshire, Methlick, Burnside, 1891 Census at Loch St. > Aberdeen St. Nicholas, 1901 Census at Wales Street, North Aberdeen. He > remained in Aberdeen, Loch Street, until his death. > > Copies of BMD Certs for he, his wife, and his children do not refer to > the > two place names mentioned by relatives now passed..Family hearsay gave > only the names AUCHNIE BOGS and SMARTIES WELLS in North Aberdeenshire as > family residences. No other info is available to me regarding these > locations. > > Ruth in Canada. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content > by the SmallWorld MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the SmallWorld MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ---------------------------------------------------------------