Does anyone have experience at finding town, or village names? This above subject line name is listed as my relatives birthplace on the 1851 census of Cambusnethan Scotland. Joseph Lindsay age 21 Robert MacKay age 30 wife Jane Lindsay Mackay 28 Thanks Lindsey ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

I just returned from Ireland. Before going I ordered an LDS film. On the left side of my gg uncle's baptism was the name Glackenstown. I reviewed the film at the National Library. I inquired as to location since I wasn't able to find it on my own. Neither of the assistants could find it. They went through TONS of reference books. Finally the one guy said it sometimes happened that if there were several families with the same surname, that that area would become known as a town. Like with lots of Jones' it may end up being called Jonestown. Looking further into the film we found numerous Glackens throughout the BMD records. One of the guys called someone who lived in the parish area and asked about the town. She gave him directions. So away we went. I asked at a store if they knew where it was and the girl said around the corner. I still wanted to see a name sign......but of course never found one. I then came across two surveyors on the road. I asked if the y knew where Glackenstown was and was told I was in it. He had a survey map and THERE IT WAS!! Glackenstown..on the survey map. I don't think I'll ever see it in print again....but it was wonderful to see. This was something that I never would've found had I not gone to Ireland. Barb in Michigan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 3:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IRELAND] Negil Ireland Does anyone have experience at finding town, or village names? This above subject line name is listed as my relatives birthplace on the 1851 census of Cambusnethan Scotland. Joseph Lindsay age 21 Robert MacKay age 30 wife Jane Lindsay Mackay 28 Thanks Lindsey ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ------------------------------- 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