Hi Mary, what time frame are your Johnston's in. 1800? Catherine ----- Original Message ----- From: "george legge" <glegge@bigpond.net.au> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 5:27 PM Subject: [MORAY] strange names > > Hi, as a newcomer to this list I'm hoping some wonderful person with > local knowledge can help me. On researching my Johnston ancestors in > Banff I was delighted to find the following entry in the Banff church > register (Film accessed through LDS) "Jean Johnston daughter of William > Johnston Wheel Wright in Banff and lawfull son to James Johnston some > time farmer in Castle of Auchery" - > Question 1. I can find no castle or village of that name in either the > Banff or Scotland gazetteer - I'm fairly confident of the spelling, the > writing in the entry is pretty good. > Ques.2....."Minwhiter parish..." where this castle is supposed to be? > The W in the centre of the word is exactly the same as those in wheel > wright and the M at the start bears a close resemblance to other Ms on > the page. Has anyone heard of this parish? > Ques.3 "...and Barbara TAAS his wife..." Can anyone tell me anything > about this surname - it seems a fairly unusual name in Scotland - Is it > of Dutch origin? The writing here is very clear. > It is the old story, when you get an answer to one question it always > seems to pose moire! > Can anyone help me please? > Regards, Mary Legge (Melbourne, Australia) > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > 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 > > >