Hi, Is it possible that it is Mishnish? Valeria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacqueline Archibald" <h.j.arch@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 3:22 PM Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Mornish Estate, Mull > Hello List: > > This was some information I got when at the National Archives of Scotland > which may be of help to some people. Didn't get a chance to go through > this information though and had left it to the last as the names didn't > seem relevant to me. > > Jacqueline in Nova Scotia > > > > In consulting the papers, held by the National Archives of Scotland, that > relate to landowners in Mull, I searched the GD112 (Papers of the Campbell > Family of Breadalbane) collection for references to Mornish and Quinish. > Of the 18,000+ documents in this particular collection none are catalogued > using the word 'Quinish' and only four using the word 'Mornish'. I have > copied the catalogue entries for Mornish below, perhaps by ordering out > this material you might be able to determine the parish in which Mornish > lies. As I stated in my last e-mail, I have been unable to locate Mornish > in my reference sources. Furthermore, since my last communication I have > examined a modern Ordnance Survey Landranger map of mull which shows small > estates and hamlets. Again I was unable to immediately locate Mornish. > > > > GD112/11/1/4/18 > > Report by ground officers of Crannich and Lawers on dwelling house, > > barn and byre occupied by widow of Alexander Anderson, late miller at > Mornish > > 22 May 1786 > > Open > > > > GD112/11/3/2/69 > > Petition of John McDiarmid, crofter in a small croft near lintmill of > Mornish, > > for possession of Duncan McPherson, tenant in Balemeanoch of Edramuchy > > 1794 > > Open > > > > GD112/11/4/1/79 > > Memorial by Malcolm MacPherson in Easter Kyltirie, district of Mornish, > > to continue in his possession; offers to provide a soldier, in an effort > to keep this in spite of his brother's attempts to supplant him > > 19 Mar 1795 > > Open > > > > GD112/11/4/1/80 > > Memorial by John McDermid, crofter at Miln of Mornish, > > to be continued in possession > > 23 Feb 1795 > > > > > > > > > > . > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
As far as i know Mornish on Mull is about a mile from Calgary going towards Dervaig Iain www.mull-seaview.co.uk > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:38:12 -0400 > From: vrijnbeek@accesswave.ca > To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Mornish Estate, Mull > > Hi, > Is it possible that it is Mishnish? > > Valeria > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacqueline Archibald" <h.j.arch@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 3:22 PM > Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Mornish Estate, Mull > > > > Hello List: > > > > This was some information I got when at the National Archives of Scotland > > which may be of help to some people. Didn't get a chance to go through > > this information though and had left it to the last as the names didn't > > seem relevant to me. > > > > Jacqueline in Nova Scotia > > > > > > > > In consulting the papers, held by the National Archives of Scotland, that > > relate to landowners in Mull, I searched the GD112 (Papers of the Campbell > > Family of Breadalbane) collection for references to Mornish and Quinish. > > Of the 18,000+ documents in this particular collection none are catalogued > > using the word 'Quinish' and only four using the word 'Mornish'. I have > > copied the catalogue entries for Mornish below, perhaps by ordering out > > this material you might be able to determine the parish in which Mornish > > lies. As I stated in my last e-mail, I have been unable to locate Mornish > > in my reference sources. Furthermore, since my last communication I have > > examined a modern Ordnance Survey Landranger map of mull which shows small > > estates and hamlets. Again I was unable to immediately locate Mornish. > > > > > > > > GD112/11/1/4/18 > > > > Report by ground officers of Crannich and Lawers on dwelling house, > > > > barn and byre occupied by widow of Alexander Anderson, late miller at > > Mornish > > > > 22 May 1786 > > > > Open > > > > > > > > GD112/11/3/2/69 > > > > Petition of John McDiarmid, crofter in a small croft near lintmill of > > Mornish, > > > > for possession of Duncan McPherson, tenant in Balemeanoch of Edramuchy > > > > 1794 > > > > Open > > > > > > > > GD112/11/4/1/79 > > > > Memorial by Malcolm MacPherson in Easter Kyltirie, district of Mornish, > > > > to continue in his possession; offers to provide a soldier, in an effort > > to keep this in spite of his brother's attempts to supplant him > > > > 19 Mar 1795 > > > > Open > > > > > > > > GD112/11/4/1/80 > > > > Memorial by John McDermid, crofter at Miln of Mornish, > > > > to be continued in possession > > > > 23 Feb 1795 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail http://www.newhotmail.co.uk