Thinking on a wider scale, perhaps THURSO, Caithness. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Johnson" <gordon@kinhelp.co.uk> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Thruiss My best guess, but only a guess, would be TURRIFF. The reason is that in the old handwritten form, a double F can look like a double S, and the ur can easily be read as ru. Regards, Gordon Johnson. On 10/01/2014 08:00, aberdeen-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:47:41 +1100 > From: Tiamat <tiamat2250@gmail.com> > Subject: [ABERDEEN] Thruiss > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <52CF5F4D.4030802@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I have received some information that an ancestor came from "Thruiss" in > Aberdeenshire, however, I am unable to find any reference to it, except > for old message board posts referring to the same ancestor. Has anyone > come across Thruiss before - either as a farm or small hamlet or, > possibly, in another country? > > Fiona --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com