Christine Following mailnote I was sent should help : Regards Joy From: Alan Bowles <[email protected]> To: JOY SALT <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Balmaghie > > Question - where is or was: > > > > BALMAGHIE - George, Lauries and Grissels birth location according to Scots > Origins.. I can't find it on my map. > > On a modern Ordnance survey 1:50,000 map, the only reference is to Balmaghie > House at NX 7163. It doesn't show on a road atlas. > > Balmaghie is a parish to the NNW of Kirkcudbright. If you do a search on the > name in Google http://www.google.com/ you will get a number of references, > including fellow researchers and the GENUKI page at > http://www.burgoyne.com/pages/djaggi/genuki/Balmaghie.htm > > > . . . Kirkudbright - which is in Dumfriesshire . . . > er, no! Kirkcudbright (note the spelling, pronounced kur koo bree) is in the > modern day administrative region of Dumfries and Galloway, but was never in > Dumfriesshire. It was its own sherifdom, properly known as the Stewartry of > Kirkcudbright, but often referred to as Kirkcudbrightshire. > > Alan > > ----- Original Message ----- From: The Stewart Family <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:05 AM Subject: Balmaghie > I have tried to find BALMAGHIE on my maps and also the oldmaps.uk site but nothing. Could anybody help me to locate the parish. > > Christine Stewart > Townsville Australia > > researching families related to ROBERT PEARSON, ANN McGOFFIE or McGOVIE, GEORGE IRELAND >