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Offline oldfashionedgirl

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Place name help please
« on: Thursday 13 January 11 10:22 GMT (UK) »
I was so excited to break through to the 1700's yesterday !
I found a birth in 1781 in Fodderty R&C and I cant read the place name, it is probably a farm or big house.(Have tried to post it onto deciphering but failed, will have to wait till kids get home!!)

It looks like kinniteil or rinnittel ?

All help appreciated
Cheers

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Re: Place name help please
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 13 January 11 21:54 GMT (UK) »
Hi there

I've had a look in WJ Watson's "Place names of Ross and Cromarty" and there are a few possibilities in Fodderty parish:

Kinnettes
Kinnellan
Knockfarrel
Keppoch

I think the first two look the most likely from what you've been able to decipher so far - let me know if you'd like any further info about them from Watson's book.

Best wishes
Lynn
Gunn, Grant, McAskill, McKenzie, McIver, McLeod (Gairloch, ROC, Scotland)
Ross, McLeod, Campbell, Graham, Gair, Bain, McCulloch (Nigg & Fearn, ROC, Scotland)
Thomson, Matheson, Paterson, Gray, Munro, Fowler, McDonald, Murray, Hossack, McKenzie (Resolis, ROC, Scotland)
McTavish, Fraser, McLellan(?) (Dores, INV, Scotland)

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Re: Place name help please
« Reply #2 on: Friday 14 January 11 10:28 GMT (UK) »
Thanks very much Lynn,looking at your findings I think it is probably the first one. The entry I was looking at was in OPR and had been squeezed as an after thought between other entries an was tiny writing. You really are a whizz with that book as you have answered my questions before. I realised then that I have it but could never understand how to use it, its very difficult to read (or is it just me?)

Anyway thanks a million for your help, your a star.

OFG
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