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 > >