There is a guide in the Lighthouse Museum, Jim Oliver who was a lighthouse keeper there and a local man, now in his 70's. Jim is a font of information and if he doesn't know the answer he will find it for you. You can email the Lighthouse museum if you wish or I have some connections with it and can do it for you if you prefer. Regards Isobel -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gavin Bell Sent: 22 November 2009 11:10 To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Kinnaird Castle goldie and Lido Doratti wrote: > What are we talking about here...Kinnairdy Castle or something else...... Something else. There is a Kinairdy Castle (generally spelled with just one "n") in the parish of Marnoch, Banffshire, and there are various "Kinnairds" elsewhere: there is an entire parish of that name in Perthshire, and elsewhere in Perthshire there are a "mansion" in the parish of Little Dunkeld and a "hamlet" in the parish of Moulin. There is also a "Kinnaird Castle" in Farnell parish, Forfarshire, and a "Kinnaird House" in the parish of Larbert, Stirlingshire. But as the original enquirer specified "Kinnaird Castle, Fraserburgh", it would be safe to assume that he meant none of the above, bat rather (as Ken has reported) what rather incongruously became the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, now the Museum of Scottish lighthouses: http://www.lighthousemuseum.org.uk/ Incidentally, Kinairdy (Marnoch, Banffshire) is recorded in the "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland" as "An ancient castellated mansion ... belonging to the Crichtons of Frendraught, from whom it passed to the Earls of Fife" and not to the "Innes Clan" for whom you claim it. Gavin Bell ------------------------------- 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