That might open up the possibility of the place being Glass. Another one which comes to mind is Birse, which was sometimes referred to as Birss. Both of these are in Aberdeenshire. Alison On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Andy <andycandlish@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Tiamat > >Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 1:48 PM > >To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Thruiss > > >On 10/01/2014 9:11 PM, Gavin Bell wrote: > >> What form does your information take? The bulk of early sources for > >> info on our ancestors is tied to a specific parish (e.g. Old Parish > >> Registers, or Census). If we could trace the reference back to a > >> contemporary parish-based source we might be better able to guess what > >> the name really was. 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 > > >The information I've gotten is from inheriting research done by a > >now-deceased cousin. It's typewritten so I'm sure of the spelling she > >had, but I have no idea where SHE got the information from - she > >apparently didn't believe in referencing things. > > >The specific event is James Duncan, a Presbyterian minister, married > >Elspeth Anderson in Thruiss, Aberdeen in the early 1700s. > > >Her spelling elsewhere is ... quaint, but not as mystifying as this one. > > >Thank you for your suggestions. > > >Fiona > > Hi > > Familysearch.org has a marriage between a James Duncan and Elspet Anderson > 20th Sept 1760 Cairnie by Huntly, Aberdeenshire, does this fit into the > time > frame? If so then it would be worth looking at the OPR on Scotlandspeople > to > see what additional information there is. > > Andy > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >