> From: copywriter@tesco.net> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:43:48 +0000> To: border@rootsweb.com> CC: BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [BORDER] gone to the skarnook> > 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.> As you've found it after the mid 1850s, there must be an entry for it in the Robertson Valuation Rolls. These extremely interesting books were published annually listing ownera and occupiers property (in the early days just the more valuable stuff, in later days all of it). Thye're not easy to find, but Borders Archives were happy to supply me with photocopies of selected years for Whitsome (I picked the census years to try and match the two up) for just the cost of copying and postage so it would be worth asking them. Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ Check out some new online services at Windows Live Ideas—so new they haven’t even been officially released yet. http://ideas.live.com