Well I think this one is a little unusual. It is 'important' enough as a house or place to be mentioned in a will and named in successive censuses. I can work out roughly where it must have been by looking at the places on the same page on the Ancestry census index. The spelling variations are not all that bothersome - the 1871 version does sound like a Geordie was living there! - because some of them may be down to mistranscription. The odd thing though is that I can find no indication of this house on any of the maps I have looked at. I think this may be because unlike many of the other names, this is just a single house but on the other hand its not a high status building. It may have been a local name or landmark - Elliot was a carrier so his house would be well known and you would expect outbuildings etc. But the house was not the home of a notable family so doesnt make it on to the map in its own right. Anyone know if its still there? Judy On 16 Mar 2007, at 05:33, Donal O'Kelly wrote: > Changes in names of places make us more than a little crazy. Looks > like > public ennumerators living there would know how the place was spelled. > Perhaps not. > > Don Burwick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "judy olsen" <copywriter@tesco.net> > To: "Roy" <roygraham@perkins9617.freeserve.co.uk> > Cc: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 4:00 PM > Subject: [BORDER] gone to the skarnook > > >> I wonder if Roy or anyone else remembers the debate more than six >> years ago about >> >> Mr and Mrs. Elliott is left and is >>> gone to the skarnook. >> >> It appeared in a letter I think. >> >> Well guess what, I reckon Roy was exactly right, it was or is a place >> in Roberton - Scotlandspeople has a will listed for >> >> Elliot John 26/09/1888 Scarnook, Parish of Roberton, d. 25/08/1888 at >> Scarnook, testate Selkirk Sheriff Court SC63/34/20 >> >> >> From what I remember the letter was dated in the 1840s so >> >> Next stop the 1851 census on Ancestry, where there is an Elliot >> family at "Scaurnook". >> >> In 1871 it is Scarenerk. >> >> >> >> >> >> Judy >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.11/723 - Release Date: >> 3/15/2007 >> 11:27 AM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Judy, You'll find it at 343448,614247. Right next to Cleuchfoot school. Regards Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "judy olsen" <copywriter@tesco.net> To: <border@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Roy" <roygraham@perkins9617.freeserve.co.uk>; <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [BORDER] gone to the skarnook > Well I think this one is a little unusual. It is 'important' enough > as a house or place to be mentioned in a will and named in successive > censuses. I can work out roughly where it must have been by looking > at the places on the same page on the Ancestry census index. The > spelling variations are not all that bothersome - the 1871 version > does sound like a Geordie was living there! - because some of them > may be down to mistranscription. > > The odd thing though is that I can find no indication of this house > on any of the maps I have looked at. I think this may be because > unlike many of the other names, this is just a single house but on > the other hand its not a high status building. It may have been a > local name or landmark - Elliot was a carrier so his house would be > well known and you would expect outbuildings etc. But the house was > not the home of a notable family so doesnt make it on to the map in > its own right. > > Anyone know if its still there? > > > Judy > > > > > > On 16 Mar 2007, at 05:33, Donal O'Kelly wrote: > >> Changes in names of places make us more than a little crazy. Looks >> like >> public ennumerators living there would know how the place was spelled. >> Perhaps not. >> >> Don Burwick >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "judy olsen" <copywriter@tesco.net> >> To: "Roy" <roygraham@perkins9617.freeserve.co.uk> >> Cc: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 4:00 PM >> Subject: [BORDER] gone to the skarnook >> >> >>> I wonder if Roy or anyone else remembers the debate more than six >>> years ago about >>> >>> Mr and Mrs. Elliott is left and is >>>> gone to the skarnook. >>> >>> It appeared in a letter I think. >>> >>> Well guess what, I reckon Roy was exactly right, it was or is a place >>> in Roberton - Scotlandspeople has a will listed for >>> >>> Elliot John 26/09/1888 Scarnook, Parish of Roberton, d. 25/08/1888 at >>> Scarnook, testate Selkirk Sheriff Court SC63/34/20 >>> >>> >>> From what I remember the letter was dated in the 1840s so >>> >>> Next stop the 1851 census on Ancestry, where there is an Elliot >>> family at "Scaurnook". >>> >>> In 1871 it is Scarenerk. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Judy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.11/723 - Release Date: >>> 3/15/2007 >>> 11:27 AM >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BORDER- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > >