> When did Banff go from being in Moray to being in > Banffshire? My rellie, Charles MIDDLETON, was born in > Banff, Moray in 1789. To the best of my knowledge and belief it didn't, and he could not have been. Banff is the county town of the historic county of Banffshire (to which it gave its name), and it is in the parish of Banff. After the abolition of the old counties in 1975, it was the administrative capital of Banff and Buchan. This was in turn abolished in about 1992, and the town and parish of Banff are now in the latest version of Aberdeenshire. Some parts of Banffshire were included in the revised version of Moray in 1975, and remain there today, but the town and parish of Banff are not among them. If you have found a source saying that someone was born in Banff, Moray, in 1789, then I fear that there must be an error in the source, even if it is as prestigious a source as the DNB. Perhaps he was born in Banff, and moved to Moray at some time in his childhood, so that whoever supplied the information to the DNB misunderstood his birthplace. I shall be interested to hear what Gavin has to say on the subject. HTH Anne