Does anyone know if the following farmhouses still exist: Orchardton Farm Sorbie Appleby Glasserton (McKerlie ref: r 521 i) Coffin Lodge Portpatrick Glentriplock (McKerlie ref: l 299 i) Eldrig Village (address given in 1841 Census for Hamilton McMeekan ) Eldrig Meikle (McKerlie ref: m2 310 i Cothouse Inch Kirkcolm (on the great McKerlie site I see that there are say, Cothouse1, Cothouse 2) also can 'cothouse' be a generic name for 'farmhouse? Balker Inch Thank you Maggie Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "DIANA HENRY" <dianahhenry@btinternet.com> To: "sct-wigtownshire@roots" <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 1:32 AM Subject: [WIG LIST] NEIL/M'CORQUODALE/BAIRD > >From Wigtown Free Press 8th February, 1900 > > DEATHS > NEIL, Alexander - D14/12/1899 - At Echuca, Victoria, on the 14th December > last, Alexander Neil, formerly of Stranraer, youngest son of the late > Peter Neil, farmer Wellhouse, Kikrcolm, aged 38 years > M'CORQUODALE, Hugh Stewart - D24/1/1900 - Reported on the 29th January, > 1900, killed in action, Spion Kop, on the 24th, Hugh Stewart M'Corquodale, > Lieut. "Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry" youngest son of the late George > M'Corquodale, of Newton-Le Willows and Gladlys, Isle of Anglesey, in his > 25th year. > BAIRD, Peter - D27/1/1900 - At Orange River Hospital, on the 27th ult., of > enteric fever, Peter Baird, 1st Gordon Highlanders, youngest son of the > late Peter Baird, joiner, Kirkmaiden, aged 30 years. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All Eldrig is the old name for Elrig village very much alive still though there are more homes used as holiday lets than ever. Use this link to search for farms and places: http://www.old-maps.co.uk/indexmappage2.aspx Just type in the nearest village and scroll around it...slow but interesting. Regards Anton

Thank you very much for your responses to 'Farmhouses' off to search now with your guidance. Kind regards to all, Maggie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie McNeill Grant" <mlg27@optusnet.com.au> To: "DIANA HENRY" <dianahhenry@btinternet.com>; "sct-wigtownshire@roots" <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] FARMHOUSES > Does anyone know if the following farmhouses still exist: > > Orchardton Farm Sorbie > Appleby Glasserton (McKerlie ref: r 521 i) > Coffin Lodge Portpatrick > Glentriplock (McKerlie ref: l 299 i) > Eldrig Village (address given in 1841 Census for Hamilton McMeekan ) > Eldrig Meikle (McKerlie ref: m2 310 i > Cothouse Inch Kirkcolm (on the great McKerlie site I see that there are > say, > Cothouse1, Cothouse 2) also can 'cothouse' be a generic name for > 'farmhouse? > Balker Inch > > Thank you > Maggie Grant > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DIANA HENRY" <dianahhenry@btinternet.com> > To: "sct-wigtownshire@roots" <Sct-Wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 1:32 AM > Subject: [WIG LIST] NEIL/M'CORQUODALE/BAIRD > > >> >From Wigtown Free Press 8th February, 1900 >> >> DEATHS >> NEIL, Alexander - D14/12/1899 - At Echuca, Victoria, on the 14th December >> last, Alexander Neil, formerly of Stranraer, youngest son of the late >> Peter Neil, farmer Wellhouse, Kikrcolm, aged 38 years >> M'CORQUODALE, Hugh Stewart - D24/1/1900 - Reported on the 29th January, >> 1900, killed in action, Spion Kop, on the 24th, Hugh Stewart >> M'Corquodale, >> Lieut. "Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry" youngest son of the late George >> M'Corquodale, of Newton-Le Willows and Gladlys, Isle of Anglesey, in his >> 25th year. >> BAIRD, Peter - D27/1/1900 - At Orange River Hospital, on the 27th ult., >> of >> enteric fever, Peter Baird, 1st Gordon Highlanders, youngest son of the >> late Peter Baird, joiner, Kirkmaiden, aged 30 years. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-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-WIGTOWNSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message