Can anyone tell me some details about Achlichnie Farm Near Timintoul, Rathven. My ancestors quoted this name on the birth certificate of Robert Hay 1774, f James Hay m Ann Riach 1761, and had children Female 1762, Isobel 1764, James 1780, John 1766, Nathaniel 1769, William 1771, Barbara 1785 & our Robert. All baptised in Kirkmichael. We cannot seem to trace them after Robert was transported to Aust/Tassie and thought maybe info on Achlichnie would help as they all seem to have disappeared. Can anyone help? Bev

> Can anyone tell me some details about Achlichnie Farm Near Timintoul, > Rathven. Well, Achlichnie is still there, in Strathavon, a few miles north of Tomintoul in the parish of Kirkmichael. However I don't know how the Rathven bit fits in - Rathven is at the opposite end of the county of Banff - it's the parish in which the town of Buckie is situated. You can find both Achlichnie and Buckie online at www.streetmap.co.uk > maybe info on Achlichnie would help as they all seem to have disappeared. HTH Anne

Beverley wrote: > Can anyone tell me some details about Achlichnie Farm Near Timintoul, > Rathven? ______________________________________ Hi Beverley As Anne said, Achlichnie Farm is in Kirkmichael parish. It is about 3½ miles NW of Tomintoul [note the spelling]. Its Ordnance Survey grid reference is NJ151232. If you look at multimap [see http://tinyurl.com/dhn2s ] you will see that there is a place about a mile south of the farm called Ruthven [note this spelling too!]. This may be what was meant in your notes. Achlichnie is on the eastern brae of the Strathavon valley. We were up there last year looking at Inverlochy on the other side of the burn where Sheena's G-G-Grandfather Norman MELDRUM was born in 1808. Unlike the south & east of Tomintoul which is bleak and almost featureless, the Strathavon valley is lush and very attractive. [And it goes down to Glenlivet!! ;-)) ] HTH Ray Hennessy