They're not far apart in today's terms, Annette, but Montrose and Forfar are in the County of Angus (formerly known as "Forfarshire") to the north of the Firth of Tay, whilst Auchtermuchty and Newburgh are in the ancient Kingdom of Fife, south of the River Tay. They are "neighbouring" shires (counties), but are separated by a tidal river, which in those days was not bridged, so families (then) located in one county (e.g. Fife) would not (typically) be found in the other (e.g. Angus); at least not in large numbers (those with peripatetic jobs being the exception- e.g. travelling tradesmen known as "journeymen") I wouldn't rule out a connection between Angus and Fife though- I have just such a couple of connections in my tree. Hope this is helpful rather than just plain confusing- have a look at this map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=335000&Y=725000&A=Y&Z=9 You'll see Forfar and Montrose marked- Fife is the area to the south of Dundee (shaped a little like a "Scottie" dog's head in profile) with St Andrews, Leven, Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline and Glenrothes marked. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Pringle" <iapring@snoopacowra.com> To: <PETRIE-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 12:21 AM Subject: [PETRIE-SCOTLAND] Betty PETRIE > Hi all > > The closest I have come to my David PETRIE/PEDDRIE is something I got off > the web and did not write down where I got it from, (naughty naughty) I > think it may have been off theScottish people site. Anyway it says:- > > Betty Petrie 12/12/1867. Residing in Montrose or Parish of Craig, Forfar > and I wrote down Sherriff Court. > > Are these places far from Auchtermuchty and surrounds? or Newburgh? > > Any thoughts from anyone would be helpful. > > Annette > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PETRIE-SCOTLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

Thank you for your information. Yes, it probably seemed further away then than now. I am probably clutching at straws, but it is the only reference I have seen to a Betty Petrie, but then she may have gone back to her maiden name and as I can't find a marriage I don't know what that was. Well I'll keep hoping for something in the future that will help me. Annette....ps the map was great, I have an A-Z british map book but can't find it since the move!