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Offline Rosinish

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*COMPLETED* Where in Fife was/is Braucehaven ?
« on: Sunday 16 March 14 17:35 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

I have been reading an article: 2nd paragraph, 8th sentence on: http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/benline.html

Would this possibly be what/where is known today as "Buckhaven" ? & if so how did the transition occur ? as it seems peculiar    :-\

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Re: Where in Fife was/is Braucehaven ?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 16 March 14 17:43 GMT (UK) »
Buckhaven was called Buckhaven on the 1832 Thomson map
http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400166

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Re: Where in Fife was/is Braucehaven ?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 16 March 14 17:44 GMT (UK) »
More likely to be Brucehaven, Limekilns, near Dunfermline; it was a a fishing village for centuries and still has a promenade and a sailing club, so was clearly a place likely to have a boatyard big enough to construct a small barque in the nineteenth century.

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Re: Where in Fife was/is Braucehaven ?
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Re: Where in Fife was/is Braucehaven ?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 16 March 14 17:47 GMT (UK) »
Brucehaven is also a lot closer to Alloa than Buckhaven

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*COMPLETED* Re: Where in Fife was/is Braucehaven ?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 16 March 14 19:24 GMT (UK) »
Thanks to all - much appreciated  ;D

Annie
South Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland:- Bowie, Campbell, Cumming, Currie

Ireland:- Cullen, Flannigan (Derry), Donahoe/Donaghue (variants) (Cork), McCrate (Tipperary), Mellon, Tol(l)and (Donegal & Tyrone)

Newcastle-on-Tyne/Durham (Northumberland):- Harrison, Jude, Kemp, Lunn, Mellon, Robson, Stirling

Kettering, Northampton:- MacKinnon

Canada:- Callaghan, Cumming, MacPhee

"OLD GENEALOGISTS NEVER DIE - THEY JUST LOSE THEIR CENSUS"
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