Further to the suggestion that Culton might be a misspelling of calton near Campbletown, there is also the district of Glasgow in the east end called Calton! Jim McPherson >From: "Donna Smillie" <dms@zetnet.co.uk> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] CULTON (place name) - possibly CALTON? >Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:41:39 +0100 > >I wonder if "Culton" might be a mis-transcription of "Calton"? There is a >Calton at the north end of Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula. > >The Gazetteer at http://www.old-maps.co.uk is really useful for this - you >can scroll through lists of place names, and look for something that is >similar to the name you have. Then you can either view the location on the >old maps on that website, or go to http://www.streetmap.co.uk and look for >the same place on a modern map. It's not foolproof of course, but it's a >useful resource when you're trying to find a town or village and you're not >sure if you've got quite the right spelling. :-) > >Hope that helps... > >Regards, >Donna > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Doug & Melissa Buckley" <dbmeesa@together.net> >To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:14 AM >Subject: [ARGYLL] Culton/Fraser > > > > Hello. I am a new subscriber to the list and am searching for my direct >ancestor Robert Fraser according to the 1881 census was born approx. 1832 >in >Culton, Argyll, Scotland. I have not been able to find a town called >Culton. Does anyone know of Culton and/or the Frasers there? I know that >my Robert Fraser married Marion Robb of Kirkconnel, Dumfries, Scotland in >1867 in Tradeston Glasgow. > > > > Many Thanks. > > > > Melissa Buckley > > USA > > > > > > ==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== > > ********************************************************************** > > Need an LDS film number to order a film at your local LDS library? Try > > http://geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/1311/13300-scottishreference.htm > > > > > > >==== SCT-ARGYLL Mailing List ==== >********************************************************************* >GenUKI Argyll home page http://www.roe.ac.uk/genuki/argyll/index.html > _________________________________________________________________ On the move? Get Hotmail on your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile

Heheh... indeed, given the recent discussion about Shipka Pass! Though Melissa wrote that the census entry indicated "Culton, Argyll", so I only looked in the Gazetteer listing for Argyll for something similar to Culton. :-) Regards, Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy McPherson" <templar_bb2461314@hotmail.com> > Further to the suggestion that Culton might be a misspelling of calton near > Campbletown, there is also the district of Glasgow in the east end called > Calton! > > >From: "Donna Smillie" <dms@zetnet.co.uk> > > > >I wonder if "Culton" might be a mis-transcription of "Calton"? There is a > >Calton at the north end of Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Doug & Melissa Buckley" <dbmeesa@together.net> > > > > > Hello. I am a new subscriber to the list and am searching for my direct > >ancestor Robert Fraser according to the 1881 census was born approx. 1832 > >in > >Culton, Argyll, Scotland. I have not been able to find a town called > >Culton. Does anyone know of Culton and/or the Frasers there? I know that > >my Robert Fraser married Marion Robb of Kirkconnel, Dumfries, Scotland in > >1867 in Tradeston Glasgow.