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

Based on the date, I wonder if it could be that someone has interpreted a manuscript with the long "s" which looks like an "f" in which case, Turiff would appear to be the place referred to. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tiamat" <tiamat2250@gmail.com> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 2:48 AM 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 ------------------------------- 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

On 11/01/2014 02:48, Tiamat wrote > 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. I was rather afraid it might be something like that ... > > The specific event is James Duncan, a Presbyterian minister, married > Elspeth Anderson in Thruiss, Aberdeen in the early 1700s. If "Presbyterian Minister" can be taken to mean "Minister of the Kirk of Scotland" then it may be possible to trace him in the records of the Kirk. Do you have any indication of the parish(es) where he might have been Minister? Gavin Bell

>-----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