Thank you Alison, It is appearing that it will be best to hire a car for at least 2-3 days to visit all that I want to see. I can only imagine how my areas of interest will expand over the next 9 months or so. The links that you have detailed will be so helpful. My great grandparents were married at Boghead of Cobairdy, so a visit there will also be on the list. Also, thank you for your suggestion of writing to the Aberdeen Press and Journal in the hope of contacting relatives and meeting them. That will be absolutely amazing if it should come to fruition. I am amazed at the response and helpful information that has been given to me from the researchers this list . Regards Rhonda -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of B&A Smith Sent: Monday, 7 October 2013 6:07 PM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Yule -visit to Aberdeen Huntly and Monymusk might just be feasible by public transport, depending on the exact locations you hope to visit, but you'll need a hire car for Kildrummy and Forgue. Huntly is served by both rail and bus. Bus timetables can be downloaded from http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/publictransport/timetables/index.asp. You might find it useful to refer to the map of burial grounds at http://www.abdnet.co.uk/burialgrounds/index.html. The Aberdeenshire Council website also includes an excellent mapping facility at http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/local/map.asp, while for historic maps the OS series is a good way of pinpointing dwellings no longer in existence. Digital copies from the National Library of Scotland can be viewed (and purchased very reasonably) at http://maps.nls.uk/series/index.html. It's well worth checking out http://www.northeastscotlandroots.com for a guide to resources and research facilities in the area and there is additional helpful information at www.anesfhs.org.uk. >From Aberdeen it will take about an hour by car to get to Kildrummy, slightly less to Huntly & Forgue, and only about 1/2 hour to Monymusk. Huntly itself is probably as good a base as any (see http://www.huntly.net/) and Inverurie might also be suitable (though accommodation there is just as costly there as in Aberdeen). You might also consider writing to the Aberdeen Press & Journal ( http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/), specifying the families of interest to you, and inviting relatives to get in contact in advance of your trip. Happy hunting! Alison On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Rhonda Ross <fracj@icloud.com> wrote: > Hello to all listers, > > Over a period of many years I have been researching the Yule and Anderson > families. They lived in the Huntly, Kildrummy, Monymusk and Forgue area's > in the 1800's. I am considering taking a trip to Aberdeen next year and > seek suggestions on where to base my stay. Would I need to hire a car or > could I travel on public transport? I would love to visit the graves of my > families and of course if I could meet up with unknown relatives that old > be wonderful. I have never travelled outside of Australia so I am a little > apprehensive but look forward to this journey and want to make the most of > every day. > > Other names in my families are Wattie and McKnight. > > Many thanks > > Rhonda in Cairns Australia > > Sent from my iPad > > ------------------------------- > 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

Rhonda I'm not sure if you have found Boghead of Cobairdie on the maps but it is still there. If you put the OS reference NJ568443 into Streetmap.com and zoom out two steps you will find it marked. It is about 3 miles NE of Huntly , just off the A97 trunk road. I've looked at it on Google Streetview and it is clearly very much a working farm. However getting there without a car iwill prove a bit difficult! some people on the list have been going round photographing places of interest to other members so you may get more data from the List. Put "Cobairdie, Forgue, Scotland" into Google maps and it will actually find the Boghead of Cobairde farm for you [well it did for me!]. Cheers Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net On 9 October 2013 10:59, Rhonda Ross <rlross@bigpond.com> wrote: > Thank you Alison, > > It is appearing that it will be best to hire a car for at least 2-3 days to > visit all that I want to see. I can only imagine how my areas of interest > will expand over the next 9 months or so. The links that you have detailed > will be so helpful. My great grandparents were married at Boghead of > Cobairdy, so a visit there will also be on the list. > > Also, thank you for your suggestion of writing to the Aberdeen Press and > Journal in the hope of contacting relatives and meeting them. That will be > absolutely amazing if it should come to fruition. > > I am amazed at the response and helpful information that has been given to > me from the researchers this list . > > Regards > > Rhonda > > -----Original Message----- > From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of B&A Smith > Sent: Monday, 7 October 2013 6:07 PM > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Yule -visit to Aberdeen > > Huntly and Monymusk might just be feasible by public transport, depending > on the exact locations you hope to visit, but you'll need a hire car for > Kildrummy and Forgue. Huntly is served by both rail and bus. Bus > timetables can be downloaded from > http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/publictransport/timetables/index.asp. You > might find it useful to refer to the map of burial grounds at > http://www.abdnet.co.uk/burialgrounds/index.html. The Aberdeenshire > Council website also includes an excellent mapping facility at > http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/local/map.asp, while for historic maps the > OS series is a good way of pinpointing dwellings no longer in existence. > Digital copies from the National Library of Scotland can be viewed (and > purchased very reasonably) at http://maps.nls.uk/series/index.html. > > > It's well worth checking out http://www.northeastscotlandroots.com for a > guide to resources and research facilities in the area and there is > additional helpful information at www.anesfhs.org.uk. > > >From Aberdeen it will take about an hour by car to get to Kildrummy, > slightly less to Huntly & Forgue, and only about 1/2 hour to Monymusk. > Huntly itself is probably as good a base as any (see > http://www.huntly.net/) > and Inverurie might also be suitable (though accommodation there is just as > costly there as in Aberdeen). > > You might also consider writing to the Aberdeen Press & Journal ( > http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/), specifying the families of interest to > you, and inviting relatives to get in contact in advance of your trip. > > Happy hunting! > > Alison > > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Rhonda Ross <fracj@icloud.com> wrote: > > > Hello to all listers, > > > > Over a period of many years I have been researching the Yule and Anderson > > families. They lived in the Huntly, Kildrummy, Monymusk and Forgue area's > > in the 1800's. I am considering taking a trip to Aberdeen next year and > > seek suggestions on where to base my stay. Would I need to hire a car or > > could I travel on public transport? I would love to visit the graves of > my > > families and of course if I could meet up with unknown relatives that old > > be wonderful. I have never travelled outside of Australia so I am a > little > > apprehensive but look forward to this journey and want to make the most > of > > every day. > > > > Other names in my families are Wattie and McKnight. > > > > Many thanks > > > > Rhonda in Cairns Australia > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

For those Listers who have already shared with us that they will be visiting Scotland, I though it worth a mention about The Commonwealth Games http://www.glasgow2014.com/games which start in Glasgow on 23 July 2014; it will undoubtedly affect travel arrangements as well as accommodation bookings from the point of booking early. I suspect that it will affect the whole of Scotland in many ways, not only Glasgow Janet