Thank you very much John and Anne. It seems that an Innes family was running a local alehouse. I am assuming that Alexander & James Innes were relatives of Margaret. -- Jo-Ann Croft -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Anne Burgess" <anne.burgess@btinternet.com> > > > Attached is the OPR image. It is the first entry on the page. > > Thank you for your help. > > Jo-Ann Croft > > It's our old friend Overalehouse! > > See > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/MORAY/2004-07/1089982345 > I am puzzled that the subsequent correspondence is not there. > > Overalehouse is marked on the 1874 six-inch Ordnance Survey map. > If you go to > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/153889 then down to the bottom > of the page and click on OS Get-a-Map, you will see Kinneddar. > Overalehouse was south of Kinneddar, on the west side of the > road just north of where the field boundary (thin black line on > the map) meets the road. There's nothing there now - I went to > look after it cropped up before. > > Anne ====================================== -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: John Lovie <john.lovie@unco.demon.co.uk> > > Hi Jo-ann, > > It's Overalehouse, just a bit out to the SW of Kinneddar. > > Bruce Bishop has a whole series of booklets on the land and peoples of > Moray, Number 11 covers Kinneddar. There's a sketch map of the place > about 1750, on page 41 of the booklet. I've scanned it, hope you can > read it (it's a jpeg). > > Regards, > John

> Thank you very much John and Anne. It seems that an Innes > family was running a > local alehouse. Possibly, but I am not sure it's inevitable. It could be a variation of an older name with an entirely different meaning. I certainly would not bet on it. > I am assuming that Alexander & James Innes were relatives of > Margaret. Much more likely. Anne