G'day Listers I am trying to locate the above farm for a friend of mine. I imagine it is about the early 1800's, but not sure. He has no other information. Not much to go on I know, but maybe someone knows of it! I believe Tomnacross is near Dingwall. Cheers..........Bob in Oz.

Have a look at the old maps at www.nls.uk and www.old-maps.co.uk. Another method would be to use the search facilities on the LDS 1881 census discs. But bear in mind that a farm called Easter Mains could be almost anywhere in Scotland. A mains farm is basically a 'home' farm, which could indicate that it was part of a large estate, but then land enclosures meant increasing numbers of tenanted farms at this date. Easter just means 'east'. So with luck you will find a largish farmstead to the east of Tomnacross, near to the 'big house' (assuming there is one). but you may have to cast your net a little wider. Judy On 26 Oct 2005, at 06:26, mck@datafast.net.au wrote: > G'day Listers > I am trying to locate the above farm for a friend of mine. I > imagine it is > about the early 1800's, but not sure. He has no other information. > Not much to go on I know, but maybe someone knows of it! > I believe Tomnacross is near Dingwall. > > Cheers..........Bob in Oz. > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >