Hi Mike, I had a relative who lived in Johnstone, Abbey Paisley, and went to Saltcoats, Ayrshire for a holiday in the 1850s. Hope this helps. Lois > Hi all, > Just quick question. On my excursion through the 1841 Census for Paisley I > saw a note at the end of each E.D. That read, > > " At this season of the year many families Leave Paisley for the Bathing > Quarters and it was ascertained by the enumerator that in this district here > were absent on the night of the 6th of June ...." > > and then it went on to give the number. > > Where and what were the bathing Quarters? I've looked in Neilston, Abby, > Paisley High, Middle, Low and Abbey Paisley Parishes truing to locate my > ggg-grandparents Fleming with no luck. They were Married in Nielston, my > gg-grandfather was christened in Nielston, and the family minus my ggg-grandfather was in > Barrhead in 1851 (Mrs Fleming was listed as a widow) > Its possible I might have missed them in the 1841 Nielston census I've > got that reordered to take a second look. Different copy of the film this > time. > > Mike > > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/ >