Don My guess is that it is a mistranscription of Glasgow - I suggest checking the original of the source. Is that possible? Jay On 22-Aug-13 5:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I am searching for information on a James Duncan born Mar 1689/1690 at or in Gleagum, Lanarkshire, Scotland. > What is Gleagum? Is this a place? A parish? A Township? A castle? A poor house? I have searched through a number of the old maps of Scotland between 1628 and 1794 for this place and could not even find something with a similar spelling. > > ... > > Thanks Don