Another Inverness-shire town name

[Ruskie]

Nick, have to had a look at google maps to try to locate Teanalan?

I believe I have found Wellbank (which is just south of your location for Teanalan) on google maps, but the spot where Teanalan is on the old map appears to be just fields with no indication of any dwelling/s. Of course these could have disappeared over the years, but a lot of the other places on the old map correspond with places which still exist today, including farm buildings. How sure are you that you have the co-ordinates correctly placed on the old map? (not doubting you but just double checking in the hope that Teanalan still exists  )

[nickgc]

Hi Ruskie,

I use Google Earth because it lets me zoom around more easily, quickly plug in lats and longs for locations (and saves them for me!), and use some drawing tools to, for example, draw in property lines if I know them.  If anyone is interested I can show a jpg example of a a map I was creating of some old family-held land when a research colleague emailed me that he was in Nova Scotia and wondered how far he was from Black Brook Lake.  I fired up Google Earth, brought up my image and drew a straight line the lake to his location and told him which roads would get him there.

Back to Tealan:  Yes, I am sure it is a close as can be.  Click your 12:18 link again. At bottom right it will show an NH number, and lat/long.  As you move your cursor around, they both change to indicate your new location.  I was exactly at NH526475 when I noted the location and used a screen capture to grab the map I show in my 23:11 message.  It is not off by more than a few meters, I am sure.  It shows a different NH number on the image, but the cursor necessarily moved when I went to select my screen capture tool.

Go ahead and try this using the Historical Overlay Maps from NLS
and one of the NH locations from the Simon Taylor dissertation.

Nick

[Colin Cruddace]

Hi Nick,

It seems as though you have the placenames sorted, but I couldn't help with that 

The baptism sounds like a hastily assembled private baptism, born 21st last and baptised 22nd Jan. Perhaps Mr Kennedy who performed the baptism didn't know the mother's name when he notified the local incumbent. If the child survived then there may be a later entry for the admission into the Church. (Assuming that Scotland followed the same practices as in England & Wales)

Colin

[Ruskie]

Hi Nick. I will have a fiddle with those co-ordinates later. So there looks to be no trace of Teanalan which is a shame (unless Simon Taylor's co-ordinates were wrong). I had a bit of a look around the area on google street view and it looks idyllic.

For some of the Scottish research I did for my brother in law I have managed to locate existing farmsteads where his families lived which was very exciting.

[nickgc]

I really wish I could see the map that NLS has, but is not digitized.  Here is another link to the assessment of Lord Lovat's property in this area, and on page 7 it indeed places Teanalan right between Tomich and Wellhouse.  Just found this a couple of hours ago when I was doing more searching for the actual map (I guess it runs to 8 large sheets.

http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/beauly/pdfs/maybeaulyfinal.pdf

Since I have now pretty well placed where all my maternal ancestors were in Scotland in early 1800s, before migrating to Canada, I have been putting together a map laden itinerary with hopes of spending some time there... maybe in the Spring.

Nick

[Ruskie]

Excellent Nick!  There may be someone who can do a lookup for you and perhaps photograph the relevant section of the map. It might be worth putting out a request.

Have you been to Scotland before?

[Ruskie]

On that last link, about half way down the page where Teanalan is noted, there is a list of 6 names. Am I right in thinking that these are the 'buildings' that made up 'Teanalan'?

[nickgc]

Yes Ruskie, on the buildings - at least that is my interpretation as well.  No, I've not been to Scotland before, but have threatened to many times. 

By two big complaints about my siblings is that my older sister bought a Mercedes SL model before I did, and my younger sister went to Scotland before I did.

Nick

[Ruskie]

Scotland is a wonderful place! Hire a car, give yourself pleny of time to explore and enjoy your adventure!

[You can always sell your Merc to pay for your holiday.  ]