Place names in Minnigaff Parish

[Petra Mitchinson]

I have downloaded a marriage register image from ScotlandsPeople for a marriage in 1873 in Minnigaff Parish. The ink has deteriorated very badly, and while I can work out the remainder of the entry, there are two place names that defy me.

The first one is the place where the marriage took place - after the printed "at" and before Minnigaff in the next line.

The second one is the abode of the bride - again I can read Minnigaff but not the word before it.

Apologies for the small pictures - I tried to use a bigger one but it breached the 500 KB limit.

Any help from people with local knowledge much appreciated!

Petra

[Forfarian]

Best thing to do is ask Scotland's People to re-scan the image, using the 'Report an Issue' button above the image when you view it.

[Petra Mitchinson]

Thanks for the tip - I did not know you could ask them to do that.

However, if the quality of the ink is so poor, I doubt there is much they can do to produce a more legible image.

[Gadget]

SP are very good with these problems but you could also check this listing

http://www.kirkcudbright.co/places.asp?ID=4

https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/place/kirkcudbrightshire?id=17

Gadget

[Petra Mitchinson]

Brilliant list!

I think the first one is Carseminnoch - although in the register with a k at the end. And the second is the same!

[Gadget]

I'll see if I can bring them up a bit using Photoshop

[Gadget]

Playing with then hasn't really improved them but it definitely looks like Carseminnoch

[Petra Mitchinson]

Thanks for trying! But I am pretty confident now that Carseminnoch is correct.

[Gadget]

Is this the location

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01tq3/