Hello James Find a map of Scotland; locate the extreme south end of Loch Lomond; come southwards from there (it's about 5 miles) to the River Clyde; and that's where Dumbarton is. Dumbarton WAS in Dunbartonshire. The county was named after it. Dumbarton is now in the local authority area called West Dunbartonshire; but for older records (Births, Marriages, Deaths, Census, etc.) you may as well think of it as being Dun/Dumbartonshire. Hope you don't need to hop on to that plane now! Best wishes Arthur Arthur F. Jones Dumbarton Scotland afjones@mailhost.sol.co.uk At 17:38 02/05/1999 EDT, you wrote: >Confused Yank needs assist regarding the location of Dumbarton, Scotland. Is >that in Dunbartonshire? Or Renfrewshire? Or in Dunbartonshire near >Renfrewshire [presuming Renfrewshire is where Renfrew is located]? Sorry to >be confused, but it's a long commute to check it out, so I appeal to my >fellow list members for the answers. > >With all good wishes, > >/S/ > >James J. Carey >Washington, DC > > >==== DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB Mailing List ==== > ********************PLACE YOUR QUERY*********************** > **************on the DUNBARTONSHIRE HOME PAGE****************** > ****http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/4423/index.html*** > > >