Can anyone read this placename in Boharm parish?!

[GDub71]

Hi Prue,

Just saw this and wondered what your interest was... Hugh Calder and Margaret Moir are my ancestors. Are you likewise a descendant?

[lasochd]

It looks like Starryhow which is at 57:34:02N 3:03:57W and can be found on http://geo.nls.uk/os6inch   I dont think there is a building there now although I know the nearest places on the map, Knowhead and Soundmoor have modern houses there but I don't even think there is a ruin where Starryhow was.

[PrueM]

thank you, lasochd    I don't think it says "Starryhow" but you never know with this old writing    I never remember to look at the NLS maps site, so thank you for providing the link and reminding me of it!

Hi GDub71

My husband (along with hundreds of others if you search the web!) is descended from this couple, through their descendants the Strathdees, who come into the picture about a century later.

[GDub71]

Hi Prue M,

I'd like to see the connection to the Strathdee family as my wife is descended from Strathdees and I've already done a great deal of reaearch on that family, which as you say were prolific child producers. Also, which of Hugh's children is your husband descended from?

[PrueM]

Hi GDub 

If you go to my profile, you can click on the link to my family tree website, and view the whole kit and caboodle there 

I'd be really pleased if you could let me know if I have anything incorrect, or if you can add to the info I have (which is fairly sparse that far back).

Cheers
Prue

[Forfarian]

Hugh Calder and Margaret Moir seem to have had a largish family, according to the IGI. Have you looked at other baptisms to see where the rest of them were born?