Hi Jim Some years ago I made up a list of all the place names I could find in the parish of Minnigaff, using a wide range of sources. These included the 1638 Heath Tax List, the 1684 Parish List, McKerlie's monumental Lands and their Owners in Galloway, the Minnigaff Old parish Registers, the 1841 census, the Minnigaff Kirkyard monumental inscriptions and the 1896 Ordnance Survey Map. Here are all the place names beginning with L Lagbaes Lomoquhen (now Lamachan) Lanliewee Lansboy Larg, North & South Largforag Largourly Lessens Linkens Linn House Littlepark and Lochspring I never came across anything like Lespraig, but wonder if it could be an early version of Lochspring? The 1896 OS map also has a place called Lurneach in the parish of Penninghame On 28 Nov 2010, at 21:21, Jim Patterson wrote: > Wow, what skilled listers we have on the list, amazing help and > suggestions > and all further help greatly appreciated on this continued thread > please:-) > Most responders feel the name I was seeking is "In Lespraig" a place > near > Minnigaff in 1778, possibly a farm or house name? Another lister > suggests > the name is similar to a favourite Isle of Islay Whiskey which > really fits > with my kin:-) The name Laphroaig, perhaps my relie was baptised in it > hey:-)lol > > Whatever the reality of this wee mystery and whether my John McClure > and his > wife Sarah McClung or McClurg is their son was baptised "In > Lespraig" a > place likely nr Minnigaff and most likely nr the lead mines as > that's where > my kin all lived at Craigtoun/Blackcraig area at this time.. > > I am ever grateful to you all:-) > > Jim > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > I am responsible for what I write but not what you read! > And I am responsible for what I say but not what you hear! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim > Patterson > Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 3:52 PM > To: Wigtownshire Roots Web list > Subject: [WIG LIST] Identify a Placename please? > > Hello Listers, > > > > Recently a Baptism record came in to my possession that says, James > McClure > and Sarah McClung had a son baptised James at what really looks like > "Lefpraig? or Lelpraig?" This unrecognised location would be close to > Penninghame or Whithorn area as this is where my ancestors once > lived in the > 1778 timeframe. Can anyone possibly identify the name or similar as > being a > familiar place name in the general area please? Perhaps it was a > farm > name? > > > > If anyone wishes to see the actual record I can e mail the original? > > > > Cheers All > > > > Jim Patterson. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3278 - Release Date: > 11/26/10 > 23:34:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Is there another spelling that could have been misheard as an "L" word? Or maybe it was only seen...capital S is often misread for a capital L. ??? If you guys cannot recognize what it is, then perhaps "we" ought to consider what kind of innocent error could have traveled through the decades and generations. Kristy in Illinois On 11/28/10 8:20 PM, "bill copland" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim > > Some years ago I made up a list of all the place names I could find in > the parish of Minnigaff, using a wide range of sources. > > These included the 1638 Heath Tax List, the 1684 Parish List, > McKerlie's monumental Lands and their Owners in Galloway, the > Minnigaff Old parish Registers, the 1841 census, the Minnigaff > Kirkyard monumental inscriptions and the 1896 Ordnance Survey Map. > > Here are all the place names beginning with L > > Lagbaes > Lomoquhen (now Lamachan) > Lanliewee > Lansboy > Larg, North & South > Largforag > Largourly > Lessens > Linkens > Linn House > Littlepark > and Lochspring > > I never came across anything like Lespraig, but wonder if it could be > an early version of Lochspring? > > > The 1896 OS map also has a place called Lurneach in the parish of > Penninghame > > > > On 28 Nov 2010, at 21:21, Jim Patterson wrote: > >> Wow, what skilled listers we have on the list, amazing help and >> suggestions >> and all further help greatly appreciated on this continued thread >> please:-) >> Most responders feel the name I was seeking is "In Lespraig" a place >> near >> Minnigaff in 1778, possibly a farm or house name? Another lister >> suggests >> the name is similar to a favourite Isle of Islay Whiskey which >> really fits >> with my kin:-) The name Laphroaig, perhaps my relie was baptised in it >> hey:-)lol >> >> Whatever the reality of this wee mystery and whether my John McClure >> and his >> wife Sarah McClung or McClurg is their son was baptised "In >> Lespraig" a >> place likely nr Minnigaff and most likely nr the lead mines as >> that's where >> my kin all lived at Craigtoun/Blackcraig area at this time.. >> >> I am ever grateful to you all:-) >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> I am responsible for what I write but not what you read! >> And I am responsible for what I say but not what you hear! >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim >> Patterson >> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 3:52 PM >> To: Wigtownshire Roots Web list >> Subject: [WIG LIST] Identify a Placename please? >> >> Hello Listers, >> >> >> >> Recently a Baptism record came in to my possession that says, James >> McClure >> and Sarah McClung had a son baptised James at what really looks like >> "Lefpraig? or Lelpraig?" This unrecognised location would be close to >> Penninghame or Whithorn area as this is where my ancestors once >> lived in the >> 1778 timeframe. Can anyone possibly identify the name or similar as >> being a >> familiar place name in the general area please? Perhaps it was a >> farm >> name? >> >> >> >> If anyone wishes to see the actual record I can e mail the original? >> >> >> >> Cheers All >> >> >> >> Jim Patterson. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3278 - Release Date: >> 11/26/10 >> 23:34:00 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message