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place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« on: Wednesday 04 January 17 05:42 GMT (UK) »
I have a birth in Tomintoul 1802 - place name unknown to me - Does anyone know of this area or farm in Tomintoul - many thanks -

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Re: place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 04 January 17 07:09 GMT (UK) »
These are old maps of the area around Tomintoul.   I can see a few slightly similar names but not one that seems to match :-\

http://maps.nls.uk/view/74427083

http://maps.nls.uk/view/74427083

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Added - I keep coming back to this one  :-\  http://maps.nls.uk/view/74427083#zoom=5&lat=8892&lon=11513&layers=BT

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Re: place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 04 January 17 07:15 GMT (UK) »
For anyone else who, like me, was mightily confused:
Tomintoul is a village in Scotland; formerly in Banffshire.

So, nothing to do with Kirkmichael on the Isle of Man :-\
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Re: place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 04 January 17 08:23 GMT (UK) »
For anyone else who, like me, was mightily confused:
Tomintoul is a village in Scotland; formerly in Banffshire.

So, nothing to do with Kirkmichael on the Isle of Man :-\


It's on the wrong board, so confusion is understandable.  ;)

Kay may have found the correct place, but in order to confirm, maybe you could check the baptisms of other children, assuming a place name is given, to see how it is written. The parent's marriage might also be worth a look.


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Re: place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 04 January 17 10:17 GMT (UK) »
These are old maps of the area around Tomintoul.   I can see a few slightly similar names but not one that seems to match :-\

http://maps.nls.uk/view/74427083

http://maps.nls.uk/view/74427083

Kay

Added - I keep coming back to this one  :-\  http://maps.nls.uk/view/74427083#zoom=5&lat=8892&lon=11513&layers=BT
I'd agree with Delnalyne - there's a list of place names from the OS books on Scotland's Places, and the list for Kirkmichael can be found at http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/place-names/Kirkmichael?id=1008&class=parish&county=Banffshire

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Re: place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 04 January 17 11:11 GMT (UK) »
Well first of all thank you Kay99 - Alex father William was based on a farm called Delachule just near to the place Dalynalion as written in his baptistism - I have just by-passed it time and time again thinking it was just another old spelling for Delachule - but today bless you - you have put me right - as for the survey maps I have used before - but at the moment as I have just moved my laptop is in storage and dreaded using the ever so small maps on the phone - but thanks to Kay99- there it was right in front of my eyes - it now adds another slant to my kinsfolk - Alex being my GGG grandfather born 1802 - so I just presumed it was Delachule home of his father - Alex did take on Delachule after his father left it - for Kirkmichael not sure why I put that up I think it because Kirkmichael just comes up for that time - and yes it is Tomintoul - Kirkmichael - Banffs - thank you all B-)

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Re: place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 04 January 17 12:21 GMT (UK) »
Glad it ties up with the existing info you have on the family  :)

Kay

Added if you google Delnalyne Tomintoul  you should find a photo of the house

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Re: place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 05 January 17 08:00 GMT (UK) »
Glad it ties up with the existing info you have on the family  :)

Kay

Added if you google Delnalyne Tomintoul  you should find a photo of the house
Thank you Kay99 - the pictures are free to post - so here we go - Dalynalion as it was once known and the track from Lagganvoulin to Dalynalion and a randy Stuart and an illegitimate child at Delachule now we know how he got there - it would have been down to Dalynalion and across the foot bridge to Delachule - he he he  8) - and if anyone says we could have done with a little less info - God bless 'em   ::)

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Re: place name in Tomintoul - Kirkmichael need help
« Reply #8 on: Friday 06 January 17 01:56 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

Dalnaloin, to the east of and south of Tomintoul is marked on the General Roy 1747 - 1752 Military map (see attached ref http://maps.nls.uk/geo/roy/index.cfm#zoom=14&lat=57.2439&lon=-3.3016&layers=roy-highlands)

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