Dear Frank, Harold & Sandy, Thankyou for your advice concerning the birthplace of Flora Beaton. I have viewed an image of the original census and will report the errors to Ancestry. Frank, thanks for your detailed reply, it was extremely helpful. Regards, Wayne Cameron ----- Original Message ----- From: <wflbigwood@aol.com> To: <sct-argyll@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 7:10 AM Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] SCT-ARGYLL Digest, Vol 4, Issue 70 Glensealth > > > Wayne > > > > As you suspected, this is an example of the all too common very poor > reading of place names. The Census entry actually has Glenscattle as Flora > Cameron's birthplace. (You should report this to ancestry.com) This is > Glen Scaddle which is just a few miles south of Trislaig. If you have > identified Trislaig on the map you should be able to find Inverscaddle to > the south where you will see that two rivers, the Scaddle and the Cona, > join just before they reach the sea.? Glen Scaddle is of course not an > exact address and there are several house in this glen. You will have seen > from Flora Beaton/Cameron's death certificate in 1868 that her father was > a shepherd which means that they might have lived at any of the points in > the glen where there were houses. If you want to see the entry > for yourself? try www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (There is a charge.) Look > up Flora Cameron in Argyllshire Kilmallie parish. the one you want has > the reference 520/22/20. > > Frank Bigwood