Where is Arquhail.....

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JohnGlass
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Where is Arquhail.....

Post by JohnGlass » Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:49 am

In an OPR I have a relative residing in Arquhail,Rosshire.
Had a Google but zero results.
Anyone know where it is? or is it a mis-spelling of somewhere

John

DavidWW
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Re: Where is Arquhail

Post by DavidWW » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:20 am

JohnGlass wrote:In an OPR I have a relative residing in Arquhail,Rosshire.
Had a Google but zero results.
Anyone know where it is? or is it a mis-spelling of somewhere

John
Try the Scots Origins site at http://www.originsnetwork.com/ and play about putting in just parts of the name and variant spellings.

David

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Post by LesleyB » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:01 pm

Hi John
A list of parishes for Ross & Cromarty is on Genuki:
http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/sct/ROC/index.html

...but I don't see anything likely - is this a place name within Parish? If so, do you know which Parish its in? - this would narrow it down a bit as Rosshire is quite a big area.

Do you have an image you could upload of the OPR entry?
If not, can you give us the place name in the context that it appears in the OPR entry?

Sorry, lots of questions... :D
Hmmm, very long shot...same kinda shape - it couldn't be Urquhart could it?

best wishes
Lesley

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JohnGlass
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Post by JohnGlass » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:24 am

Thanks David and Lesley
Urquhart was also our guess and I'm hoping thats right.
The OPR's were in Rothesay for a marriage and I do not have a copy unfortunately as it was transcribed (maybe incorrectly)by someone who sent it to me and I have lost the contact info.
" Archibald Glass Merchany in Rothesay,son of Finlay Glass residing in Arquhail Rosshire and Christina Kilpatrick daughter of William Kilpatrick Flesher,Rothesay.Booked 3 Nov,Married 7 Nov 1848"

John

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Post by SuMacd » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:13 am

Hi John
Could it be Artafallie in the area of Killearnan. I had a quick lookat IGI and found the name Finlay Glass in Killearnan.
Susan
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