Balsarroch is located parish of Kirkcolm Wigtownshire.  Search the word Balsarroch, it will give you numerous details re Balsarroch even a picture of Balsarroch House.  The picture is by Francisn Frith taken in 1951.   Hopefully thism might help   Robert Ambrose From: "sct-wigtownshire-request@rootsweb.com" <sct-wigtownshire-request@rootsweb.com> To: sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 5 May 2013, 0:10 Subject: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 81 ********************************************************************************     When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying.   ********************************************************************************   11 Feb 2013 All Wig list subscribers are in digest mode until list mode starts working again. ******************************************************************************** Today's Topics:   1. Balsarroch (Mary Forsyth)   2. Re: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 80, Balsaarroch       (Donald and Sue Main)   3. Re: Balsarroch (Bruce McDowall)   4. Re: Balsarroch (Margaret McDowall)   5. Balsarroch (Donald and Sue Main)   6. Re: Balsarroch (ailsa158) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 09:24:45 +0100 (BST) From: Mary Forsyth <mar_for2003@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [WIG LIST] Balsarroch To: "sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com" <sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Message-ID:     <1367655885.19408.YahooMailNeo@web172601.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Judi ? There is a Balsalloch Farm, but it is in?Ayrshire not Wigtownshire. ? Mary From: "sct-wigtownshire-request@rootsweb.com" <sct-wigtownshire-request@rootsweb.com> To: sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 4 May 2013, 8:00 Subject: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 80 ******************************************************************************** ? ? When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. ? ******************************************************************************** ? 11 Feb 2013 All Wig list subscribers are in digest mode until list mode starts working again. ******************************************************************************** Today's Topics: ? 1. Balsarroch (Judi Hollands) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 17:18:23 +0800 From: "Judi Hollands" <dutchess@wn.com.au> Subject: [WIG LIST] Balsarroch To: <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <001b01ce47df$29a2d760$7ce88620$@wn.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain;??? charset="us-ascii" Hi Wig Listers Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction?? I am after any information on Balsarroch.? Many of my early BELL ancestors are recorded as being born, dying or residing at Balsarroch - what exactly was it?? A farm? A town? A region??? Thanks, in anticipation of a response. Regards Judi ------------------------------ To contact the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE list administrator, send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE mailing list, send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 80 *********************************************** ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 18:02:21 +0800 From: Donald and Sue Main <donald.main@iinet.net.au> Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 80,     Balsaarroch To: sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <B3975F4F-CA86-4146-8860-DE24BDF45577@iinet.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes On 04/05/2013, at 3:00 PM, sct-wigtownshire-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Today's Topics: > >  1. Balsarroch (Judi Hollands) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Balsarroch is a ruined building about a couple of miles due west of  > Kirkcolm inside the elbow of the B738 road which turns sharp left  > when traveling from Kirkcolm. Presumably once a decent farmhouse but  > I am not sure if there are any other places with a similar name.     Donald Main ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 20:04:22 +1000 From: Bruce McDowall <milldriggan@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Balsarroch To: Judi Hollands <dutchess@wn.com.au> Cc: Wig List <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Message-ID:     <CAC1_HmVA0aN=EFVV6MLAiR89mTkMHW=fx+Or3RBwqMQfRwrSjQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Judy, Balsarroch will have been a farm. There's only one in Wigtownshire by that spelling that I can see on the current OS Landranger map. It is in the parish of Kirkcolm, about 4km or 2.5 miles west of Kirkcolm village. Balsarroch Wood is marked close by on Google Maps. If your BELLs were not from Kirkcolm, there are other similar named farms in the parishes of Penninghame, Mochrum, and Stoneykirk. Perhaps there may have been one in Wigtown also. Spelling was rather arbitrary prior to the 19th century, and the farther back in time, the more variations one will find, so those other farms could easily have been recorded at some time as Balsarroch. What parish were your BELLs in, and over what time span? Regards, Bruce ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 11:19:17 +0100 (BST) From: Margaret McDowall <mmcd109@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Balsarroch To: sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com Cc: dutchess@wn.com.au Message-ID:     <1367662757.84765.YahooMailClassic@web171606.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 There is a farm in Mochrum called Barsalloch is it maybe the same place you are looking for Margaret McDowall ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 22:57:58 +0800 From: Donald and Sue Main <donald.main@iinet.net.au> Subject: [WIG LIST] Balsarroch To: SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1B5D9948-BEA2-41AC-A260-4384D74A1BB3@iinet.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes I am not sure if I have replied properly but Balsarroch is a ruin  (farmhouse?) about 2 miles due west of Kirkcolm in the elbow of the  B738 road where it does a sharp turn to the left or to the south. I am  not sure if there are any other places called by the same name. Donald Main. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 09:09:41 +1000 From: "ailsa158" <ailsa158@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Balsarroch To: <sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com> Cc: dutchess@wn.com.au Message-ID: <002401ce491c$75d77710$61866530$@optusnet.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii" Hi Judi, Re your message below: "Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 17:18:23 +0800 From: "Judi Hollands" <dutchess@wn.com.au> Subject: [WIG LIST] Balsarroch To: <SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com Hi Wig Listers Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction?  I am after any information on Balsarroch.  Many of my early BELL ancestors are recorded as being born, dying or residing at Balsarroch - what exactly was it?  A farm? A town? A region??? Thanks, in anticipation of a response. Regards Judi" I wonder if the place 'Balsarroch' could be the same as 'Balsalloch', a farm in Penninghame. Regards Ailsa ------------------------------ To contact the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE list administrator, send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE mailing list, send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 8, Issue 80 *********************************************** ------------------------------ To contact the SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE list administrator, send an email to SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. 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