That's a very plausible explanation - and of course Turriff is indeed a parish, just down the road from me. Alison On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Gordon Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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, [email protected] wrote: > > Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:47:41 +1100 > > From: Tiamat <[email protected]> > > Subject: [ABERDEEN] Thruiss > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > 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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >