Hello Lance, The Burnside you visited is about 11 miles north-west of Galston. Looking at the old maps, it doesn't seem to have been a farm, although there are certainly other farms in the vicinity. There is, or was, a Burnhouse near Galston, about half-a-mile south east, and is identified on old maps as a sawmill. Regards, Robert Struthers > Hello Listers, > > I visited Burnhouse “Village” in April, 1993 searching for > ancestors while visiting Scotland. This Burnhouse was located in > Beith parish and situated at the crossroads of highways A736 and B706. > Is this in Galston? It was really a hamlet, but it was referred to > locally as Burnhouse Village probably because of earlier more > productive years. My great, great grandparents and my great > grandparents lived here as noted in the 1871 census, until my great > grandparents emigrated to Ontario, Canada in !873. These ancestors > were usually referred to as “agricultural labourers” and I have > always thought that they must have lived in Burnhouse and worked on > nearby farms. > > I found a community of about twenty buildings at most. There was a > Caravan shop which was the most enterprising building in town. We met > up with Robert and Mary Wilson on the same main street. He was a > contractor. Mary’s mother had been a McCluskie, but we were unable > to ever find any connection with out ancestors. > > I have joined this discussion with the hopes that I may learn more > about the possibility of Burnhouse being some kind of a farm. Thank > you Kay in Edinburgh. > > Lance McCluskie, > Ontario, Canada > > ------------------------------- > 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