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From: "Julie" <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Densford
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:37:21 +1000
References: <000901c78a41$31b0dbd0$6401a8c0@julie> <463498FF.9000406@which.net>


John, Barbara, Les and Gavin,

Thank you all so much for the information.

Les, your explanation of the "in" "of" and "at" was especially helpful.

It is such a pity that at that time, the mother of the child was not
considered important enough to be included.

Julie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Bell" <>
To: "Julie" <>; <>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Densford


> Julie wrote:
>
>>Could anyone tell me if this is a town and where I might have found it in
>>1762.
>>
>>I have a copy of a baptism from 1762 in Kintore and it is very hard to
>>read. I'm sure it says that the father was in "Densford". One of the
>>witnesses was from Keith-hall and I think the other was from Tofshills or
>>Tosshills.
>>
>
> It certainly won't be a town. The only settlement of any size in the
> parish of Kintore was (and is) the village of Kintore. Like the great
> majority of such "addresses", as found in OPRs, this will be the name of a
> farm. The GENUKI Gazetteer offers "Dewsford".. Follow this link:
>
>
> http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/maplink?GR=NJ765141,CCC=ABD,PLACE=Dewsford
>
> to see the place on a range of online maps.
>
> You can get to Tofthills via:
>
>
> http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/maplink?GR=NJ800150,CCC=ABD,PLACE=Tofthills
>
> (although the map reference is less precise - you may have to look around
> a bit to see it)
>
>
> Gavin Bell

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