I looked in the USGS Database for USA and found Amboys in IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, NM, NY, OH, SD, WA, and several of these towns are listed as (historical). Lots of schools, townships and churshes listed also. Sounds like this was another name from the "old country". Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Craig" <dcraig@slic.com> To: <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [CRAIG-L] Location of Amboy > At 12:41 PM 8/3/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Has anyone heard of the word Amboy? One suggestion is that it means a > >jut of land or pennisula... or that it was a lighthouse. > > How about Perth Amboy in New Jersey? I always thought that name was > Dutch because they were early settlers there. So is Amboy a place in > Scotland, apparently? > > My ancestor, > >Archibald CRAIG, is said to have been born there in 1678, the 2nd child > >of John and Ursula CRAIG. His siblings were an older brother James and a > >n younger sister named Ursula. > > > >Any and all assistance is appreciated. > > > >Rich SAUM > > > > > >==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > > All Material sent through Craig-L > > is copyright 2000 by its original author. > > Permission must be obtained from the original author, > > for the reuse of any text "whole or in part". > > Craig Genealogy Web Page > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > > > > >============================== > >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >