Now that I have found another generation of my family in Moray (thanks to the marvellous LIBINDX database), I have been looking on the web for a map showing the parish boundaries of where they lived but without any luck. Does anyone know if one exists? Murray

Hi Murray I suggest you have a browse of the John Thomson maps on http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/atlas.html There are two maps you might need to look at: Northern Part of Aberdeen & Banff Shires Nairn and Elgin The parish boundaries are marked in colour but the maps are a little bit approximate [1 inch = 2 miles, ish]. However, I've found them quite acceptable. If you want a hard copy, Caledonian Maps supply reprints of Victorian 1896 Ordnance Survey maps with parish boundaries marked. www.caledonianmaps.co.uk/ I can't tell you which sheets you need but the website has a gazetteer. Maybe someone has access to them and can do look ups for you. I only have the Banff & Aberdeenshire ones but I believe Gavin Bell has put a large number in the new map library at the ANESFHS office. Having them mailed to NZ might push the price up a bit. However, at £6 [25% off for more than 4] they are a bargain. Best wishes Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net PS Message to Anne Burgess I hope to be able to view LIBINDX soon but as I use Firefox ... Remember Firefox uses International Standards but IE doesn't, even though MS were involved in helping to set the standard! Microshaft at work, serving your best interests! Correction: for "your" read "their" ----- Original Message ----- From: Murray Lynn To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 11:29 AM Subject: [MORAY] Parishes in Moray Now that I have found another generation of my family in Moray (thanks to the marvellous LIBINDX database), I have been looking on the web for a map showing the parish boundaries of where they lived but without any luck. Does anyone know if one exists? Murray ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a posted message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not just the sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All " Thank you ;-) ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Ray and all you wonderful Moray researchers, I did find some of my other towns, with your help a couple of weeks ago, but I can't seem to find this one, even using the maps sites you all sent out. Robert Murray died 3-14-1733 at Innerdalich. Parish Register MF A Ab1 (Is this in Aberlour?) This information came off that Moray Liberindex website. But, I can't find what the 'MF' stands for, and the 'A'. If I understand correctly, the 'Ab1' appears to be Aberlour???? I think. So would Innerdalich be in Aberlour? Your help is appreciated. Thanks, Kathy Wells. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Parishes in Moray > Hi Murray > > I suggest you have a browse of the John Thomson maps on > http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/atlas.html > > There are two maps you might need to look at: > Northern Part of Aberdeen & Banff Shires > Nairn and Elgin > > The parish boundaries are marked in colour but the maps > are a little bit approximate [1 inch = 2 miles, ish]. > However, I've found them quite acceptable. > > If you want a hard copy, Caledonian Maps supply reprints of > Victorian 1896 Ordnance Survey maps with parish boundaries marked. > www.caledonianmaps.co.uk/ > I can't tell you which sheets you need but the website has a gazetteer. > > Maybe someone has access to them and can do look ups for you. > I only have the Banff & Aberdeenshire ones but I believe Gavin Bell > has put a large number in the new map library at the ANESFHS office. > > Having them mailed to NZ might push the price up a bit. > However, at £6 [25% off for more than 4] they are a bargain. > > Best wishes > > Ray Hennessy > Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > > PS Message to Anne Burgess > I hope to be able to view LIBINDX soon but as I use Firefox ... > Remember Firefox uses International Standards but IE doesn't, > even though MS were involved in helping to set the standard! > > Microshaft at work, serving your best interests! > > Correction: for "your" read "their" > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Murray Lynn > To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 11:29 AM > Subject: [MORAY] Parishes in Moray > > > Now that I have found another generation of my family in Moray (thanks > to the marvellous LIBINDX database), I have been looking on the web for > a map showing the parish boundaries of where they lived but without any > luck. Does anyone know if one exists? > > Murray > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a posted > message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not just the > sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All " Thank you > ;-) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > MORAY OPR's. The OPR's for the Moray area are now starting to be > transcribed and volunteers are needed. Would anyone interested in > transcribing the OPR's for our area please contact me via my usual email > address or visit the Moray Rootsweb pages and contact me via the mailing > list Admin. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

> Robert Murray died 3-14-1733 at Innerdalich. > Parish Register MF A > Ab1 (Is this in Aberlour?) > > This information came off that Moray Liberindex > website. But, I can't > find what the 'MF' stands for, and the 'A'. They are the Moray Heritage Centre's own references to the source material 'MF' means microfilm'; the 'A' tells me it is a parish register and the next bit tells me which one, though as it says Aberlour in the index I don't need this to find the right one. > If I understand correctly, > the 'Ab1' appears to be Aberlour???? Yes. > So would Innerdalich be in Aberlour? Very probably. At the moment I am in Edinburgh so I don't have access to my reference material, so I can't search for it. But places which begin with 'inner...' are usually 'inver...' places, that is, where a smaller water feature merges into a larger one. As this death was in 1733, the present village of (Charlestown of) Aberlour did not exist at the time of the burial. I am tempted to speculate that 'Innerdalich' might perhaps have been somewhere about the mouth of the Burn of Allachie, but please don't take that as a certain thing, not least because that makes no allowance for the 'd' in the middle (I would expect 'Inverallachie' if it were indeed the mouth of the Allachie Burn). Hope this helps Anne

Hi Kathy No luck this time. You may have to wait for Anne to return from the smoke where I believe she has been having fun and leaving us all to suffer. [Only joking, Anne. You deserve your break.] Given Anne's comments about Inner = Inver, i.e. where a small stream meets a bigger one, I have looked along the Burn of Allachie on the 1896 (1") and 2002 (2.5") maps in the possibility that "Inver-Allachie" might have become "Innerdalich". There is a cottage or croft called the Burnside of Allachie at NJ282415 and the burn joins the Burn of Aberlour near the Cottartown distillery. But no Innerdalich or variations on it. As Anne says, the introduction of the letter "d" is odd, but presumably quite possible. I can't get access to the National Library of Scotland [Google on "nls"] at the moment but you might like to try later. Look at the digital maps of Aberdeenshire & Banff which should show the 1832 map of Aberlour in the bottom left quadrant. Anne has a wealth local knowledge and should be able to help if anyone can. I'm in the south of England so not much use to anyone really. Sorry. Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net ----- Original Message ----- From: David & Kathy Wells To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Parishes in Moray Ray and all you wonderful Moray researchers, I did find some of my other towns, with your help a couple of weeks ago, but I can't seem to find this one, even using the maps sites you all sent out. Robert Murray died 3-14-1733 at Innerdalich. Parish Register MF A Ab1 (Is this in Aberlour?) This information came off that Moray Liberindex website. But, I can't find what the 'MF' stands for, and the 'A'. If I understand correctly, the 'Ab1' appears to be Aberlour???? I think. So would Innerdalich be in Aberlour? Your help is appreciated. Thanks, Kathy Wells. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Parishes in Moray > Hi Murray > > I suggest you have a browse of the John Thomson maps on > http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/atlas.html > > There are two maps you might need to look at: > Northern Part of Aberdeen & Banff Shires > Nairn and Elgin > > The parish boundaries are marked in colour but the maps > are a little bit approximate [1 inch = 2 miles, ish]. > However, I've found them quite acceptable. > > If you want a hard copy, Caledonian Maps supply reprints of > Victorian 1896 Ordnance Survey maps with parish boundaries marked. > www.caledonianmaps.co.uk/ > I can't tell you which sheets you need but the website has a gazetteer. > > Maybe someone has access to them and can do look ups for you. > I only have the Banff & Aberdeenshire ones but I believe Gavin Bell > has put a large number in the new map library at the ANESFHS office. > > Having them mailed to NZ might push the price up a bit. > However, at £6 [25% off for more than 4] they are a bargain. > > Best wishes > > Ray Hennessy > Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > > PS Message to Anne Burgess > I hope to be able to view LIBINDX soon but as I use Firefox ... > Remember Firefox uses International Standards but IE doesn't, > even though MS were involved in helping to set the standard! > > Microshaft at work, serving your best interests! > > Correction: for "your" read "their" > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Murray Lynn > To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 11:29 AM > Subject: [MORAY] Parishes in Moray > > > Now that I have found another generation of my family in Moray (thanks > to the marvellous LIBINDX database), I have been looking on the web for > a map showing the parish boundaries of where they lived but without any > luck. Does anyone know if one exists? > > Murray > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a posted > message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not just the > sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All " Thank you > ;-) > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > MORAY OPR's. The OPR's for the Moray area are now starting to be > transcribed and volunteers are needed. Would anyone interested in > transcribing the OPR's for our area please contact me via my usual email > address or visit the Moray Rootsweb pages and contact me via the mailing > list Admin. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a posted message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not just the sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All " Thank you ;-) ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429