Hi Brenda I found this site http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/?current_set=1&p_name=rhynd&p_type=PARISH&cache_name=111parishrhynd1211perthshire&p_county=perthshire&per_page=50&id%5B%5D=1211&per_page=100&p_filter=&new_p_filter= an also this may be of interest http://howdiie.com see Scottish pages Jenny > From: b-g.anderson@sympatico.ca > To: perthshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 22:37:51 -0400 > Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Grange of Elcho and Grange Cottage, Rhynd > > Hi Mary: > > This is great information. My brain is not functioning at this time, but I > will certainly spend time with it tomorrow evening. Thank you for sending > all this information. I will be back in touch tomorrow. > > Brenda > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BRUINSWOOD@aol.com> > To: <perthshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 9:52 PM > Subject: Re: [PERTHSHIRE] Grange of Elcho and Grange Cottage, Rhynd > > > > found my scots dictionary. grange is a barb=n or granery, the granery of a > > religious house. gra > > > > > > In a message dated 11/1/2010 6:07:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > BRUINSWOOD@aol.com writes: > > > > Brenda, > > > > I have some new photos of Rhynd, pronounced rind not rynd.... my kids > > love > > > > elcho castle, as it's empty, and great for hide and seek. My family lived > > next door and kept the castle keys. I'll check SCRAN for Grande cottage > > or > > farm on SCRAN, which has lots of old photos, also look at RCAHMS (royal > > commission on ancient and historical monuments of Scotland, which has > > old > > photos and text from books, drawings, and photos of places now gone or > > still > > available. I search online as many places are now B and B. If you find > > one > > close, you can write the owners, or church folks who often help out with > > a > > villages history, or taking a photo. I have a professional who drives to > > locations for me. Multimap and UK streetmap, both Internet mapping > > programs > > which you can zoom in to see farm names. > > > > I have an old repro map (Ordnance map) around 1850, which are only a > > couple > > pounds and show farm names. RHYND church has been converted to housing, so > > no hope there but St. Madoes, and Glencarse might help. St. Madoes is > > pronounced Semmidoes, as one word. Locals tease me about my accent, and > > told me > > how to pronounce. Scots are very picky, and consider it an insult if > > you > > say names incorrectly. But they are very generous helping with history, > > they are very proud of their history. > > > > I'll write back if I find something. I have subscriptions to SCRAN, > > deceased online and ancestry. You can search SCRAN by village, surname, > > trade or > > subject without a subscription, but you won't see the text, and place > > who > > has the original, and will see only thumbnails. It connects museums and > > archives, for scottish school teachers, so the photos are priceless and a > > great > > cause. > > > > The two photo books on the Carse of Gowrie, include many villages, but > > not > > > > Rhynd. There are no doubt old photos, you just need to find them. > > Wellgate > > > > Library (central branch in Dundee public library) which might have some, > > and they'll do research for a reasonable fee. below is a great man in > > their > > history dept. > > > > ain Flett > > _iain.flett@dundeecity.gov.uk_ (mailto:iain.flett@dundeecity.gov.uk) > > > > hope some of this helps, > > > > Mary in Oregon > > > > > > In a message dated 11/1/2010 6:03:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > b-g.anderson@sympatico.ca writes: > > > > I am researching my McPherson family from the Rhynd area and have found > > both these addresses on the Census for them. I am trying to figure out > > what > > the Grange part means. I can find Elcho Castle, but where would the > > grange > > be in location to the castle. Does it mean a house, a farmhouse, and > > small group of cottages. I am assuming that the Grange cottage would > > just be > > a cottage, but what would it be connected to - a farm, or just in the > > town. > > > > He was an agricultural labourer on both Census. Living in Canada, > > sometimes it's hard to get a sense of what these things are. 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