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Offline matth364

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help with place-name, please
« on: Friday 11 November 16 21:36 GMT (UK) »
I have a note about an ancestor that lists a place of residence as "Dumdal" or Dumdahl" Inverness.
Anyone ever heard of it?  My ancestor mostly lived in the Knockando-Cromdale area.  Thanks.

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Re: help with place-name, please
« Reply #1 on: Friday 11 November 16 23:47 GMT (UK) »
Hi, matth364,

Just wondering if it’s possible that the Dumda[h]l in your note is based on a mis-transcription of Cromdale, sometimes spelt Cromdail or even Cromdal in old documents.

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Re: help with place-name, please
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 12 November 16 00:10 GMT (UK) »
Seems quite likely McG

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Re: help with place-name, please
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 12 November 16 01:55 GMT (UK) »
Thanks so much, makes perfect sense!!