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Glacgour?
« on: Sunday 14 January 24 19:18 GMT (UK) »
Is there such a place as Glacgour in Ross-Shire?
I'm finding it difficult to read a census image
Thanks for any help.
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Re: Glacgour?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 14 January 24 19:28 GMT (UK) »
No hits at British Newspaper Archive, or in a text search at archive.org. (There were a few spurious hits, all due to mistaken OCR of the word Glasgow.)
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Re: Glacgour?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 14 January 24 19:33 GMT (UK) »
Found a newspaper reference from the year 1811 to a farm, Glackour, in the parish of Contin in Ross. Could it be this?
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Re: Glacgour?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 14 January 24 19:47 GMT (UK) »
on modern maps Glackour is on the A835 in Strath More south of Loch Broom : postcode IV23 2RT
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Re: Glacgour?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 14 January 24 20:33 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: heilanlassie on Sunday 14 January 24 19:18 GMT (UK)
Is there such a place as Glacgour in Ross-Shire?
I'm finding it difficult to read a census image
In which parish is it?

You already have two possibilities, one in the parish of Lochbroom and one in the parish of Contin.

See https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=758930.0
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Glacgour?
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 14 January 24 21:46 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: AlanBoyd on Sunday 14 January 24 19:47 GMT (UK)
on modern maps Glackour is on the A835 in Strath More south of Loch Broom : postcode IV23 2RT

I think this is the most likely.
Thank you for your help.
Researching the names Mckenzie / Mackenzie from Ross and Cromarty especially Scoraig and Rherivach.

The names Fraser, MacGillivary and Grant from Daviot & Dunlichity.

The name of Fraser from Lanarkshire.

The name of Bell from Northumberland.

The name Chilla / Chylla / Chyla from Poland.

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Re: Glacgour?
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 14 January 24 21:50 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Forfarian on Sunday 14 January 24 20:33 GMT (UK)
Quote from: heilanlassie on Sunday 14 January 24 19:18 GMT (UK)
Is there such a place as Glacgour in Ross-Shire?
I'm finding it difficult to read a census image
In which parish is it?

You already have two possibilities, one in the parish of Lochbroom and one in the parish of Contin.

See https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=758930.0

As my family member was listed as living in Achlunachan on the 1851 census, before moving to Ullapool, I think she is more likely to have been born in the Parish of Lochbroom.

Thank you for your help.
Researching the names Mckenzie / Mackenzie from Ross and Cromarty especially Scoraig and Rherivach.

The names Fraser, MacGillivary and Grant from Daviot & Dunlichity.

The name of Fraser from Lanarkshire.

The name of Bell from Northumberland.

The name Chilla / Chylla / Chyla from Poland.
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