Sherry wrote: >I am now working on the Ross family who married into my Calder family from >Nairn. > >Anne Ross, daughter of Alexander Ross and Isabel Watson, married into my >Calder family by way of John Calder in 1830 Nairn, Nairn. > > At the risk of being boring, can I point out once again that labels like "Nairn, Nairn" (for which we have to thank the IGI) are ambiguous. The name "Nairn" actually applies to three separate places. There is the town or Burgh of Nairn, the Parish of Nairn (which includes the town, but also covers some of the surrounding countryside), and the County of Nairn, or Nairnshire. These distinctions are worth preserving. >.... > >Does anyone know anything about this particular area? Would Layhill be a >name of a farm on an estate called Inshoch?? > > Do you know which parish these places were in? I cannot see them anywhere in the landward part of the Parish of Nairn. Gavin Bell

Gavin wrote: At the risk of being boring, can I point out once again that labels like "Nairn, Nairn" (for which we have to thank the IGI) are ambiguous.... You are never "boring".......force of habit.......will take me some time to condition myself :) Sherry