> The mention of Braco, snipped out of a previous message below, > intrigues me. > I, too, have ancestors who were from Braco - one bunch who > ended up in > Orkney, and others who were in Paisley area. > > I had assumed that this Braco was further north. For the part > of my family > who were in Paisley area, census records from 1851 to 1881 > show the > birthplace to have been "Braco, Perths" or "Muthill, Perths". > I know that > in the parish of Muthill there is a Braco and a Braco Castle, > and from these > references I'm quite certain that that is where my GGgma came > from. I'm > confident that I have found her family there. > > But what about this Braco in Shotts? Can anyone give me more > information? There are several different places in Scotland named Braco or similar. The one in Perthshire is the best known. It is the largest village in the quoad sacra parish of Ardoch, which is, as you say in the parish of Muthill, and Braco Castle is a mile or so north-west of the village. The Braco in my tree is in the parish of Shotts. There are two farms still on the map: Nether Bracco and Wester Bracco, south of Hillend Reservoir a few miles east of Airdrie. There are others: one in Angus, in the parish of Lethnot and Navar; one a few miles west of Uplawmoor in what is now called East Renfrewshire; three different ones in Aberdeenshire; one in the parish of Grange in Banffshire; and one a few miles west of Dumfries. There are also variations like Bracobrae and Bracorina, and there may well be, or have been, other ones which no longer exist. HTH Anne

Anyone know where the name originates? What is its meaning? Rhoda

Rhoda, http://www.archive.org/stream/faclairgidhl01dweluoft#page/n3/mode/2up You should bookmark this page. Cheers!!! Don Muirhead Port Dover, ON CA -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CandROverson Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:59 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Braco Anyone know where the name originates? What is its meaning? Rhoda ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message