Thank you Betty for the information re /Flitting the Flakes/ I shall try to get a copy. Shirley Jimn'Shirl wrote: > Hello Betty: > Does the book /Flitting the Flakes/ make mention of an estate/place > called Glaschoil, Kincardineshire? Our ancestor came from that place, > Donald, son of Roderick MacKenzie of Glaschoil, Kincardineshire. I > wonder if there is any mention of that spot or similar ones in the > book?. Did it concern latter part of 1700s or early 1800s. > Thank you for taking the time to read this note, if it is convenient I > would appreciate your comments. > Shirley > Nova Scotia > > Betty wrote: > >> Hi Jim, >> I did purchase this book "Flitting the Flakes" a few years ago, I am >> not >> sure whether it is still in print, it was published by Aberdeen >> University >> Press and National Museums of Scotland in 1992.. >> and as mentioned the catalogue number is ISBN 1 85752 008 4 >> >> It is excellent reading to find out how people lived at that time >> >> As I mentioned in the email to Emma, the burial records for >> Kincardinshire have been printed in a booklet entitled "M.I for >> Kincardinshire" I am not sure which Scottish Genealogy Society >> printed the >> booklet, but it should still be available. >> >> Cheers, >> Betty >> Adelaide, South Australia >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: diana murray <littlewarrenfarm@fletchingcommon.fsbusiness.co.uk> >> To: <SCT-KINCARDINE-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:05 AM >> Subject: Re: [SCT-KINCARDINE] Re: Fordoun Arbuthnott Kineff >> >> >> >> >>> Hi there Betty, >>> >>> I too have a lot of ancestors who came from the Howe of the Mearns >>> >> >> country - >> >> >>> mainly Murrays, Christies and Keillors. >>> >>> I would be very interested in the farmer's diary 'Flitting Flakes'. >>> Is it >>> possible to purchase a copy? >>> >>> Also of interest would be the burial records for Fordoun. >>> >>> Yours >>> >>> Jim Murray >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >> >> > > > > ============================== > 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 > >