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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Inverness => Topic started by: alastairgm on Friday 13 October 06 09:45 BST (UK)
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The IGI has my g.g.grandmother, Mary McIntosh, daughter of John McIntosh, Farmer, and Janet McIntosh, as being born 24th. November, 1780 at Balnaglich, Petty, Inverness.
I have looked at both the modern OS map and used the search facility on the old-maps website but cannot find a Balnaglich anywhere in the Petty area. Presumably it was a Farm name.
Has anyone any idea where it is or was?
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I confess I am baffled also. The nearest I could find using Old Maps was Balnacreich (Co-ordinate 280574, 851532) and Breachlich (Co-ordinate 279019, 852196).
It appears that Petty Parish, from 1845 to 1891, was partly in Invernesshire and partly in Nairnshire.
Bervonian.
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Thanks for the suggestions. Of the two I would say Balnacreich sounds most like Balnaglich.
Regards, alastairgm
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Not sure if this helps ...
I've got a book which includes MIs from Petty Cemetery (where quite a few McIntoshes are buried). Ones of the stones in the cemetery reads:
"Erected by John Macintosh, father Alexander Macintosh, late farmer of Brachlich of Calder, died 25 March 1815 aged 54 years (wife Margaret Rose died 6 November 1823 aged 67 years)."
Could these Macintoshes be linked to your line? If they are, could your IGI entry have been mistranscribed from "Brachlich"?
Hope this is of some help!
Lynn
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Thanks for the suggestion. I also have the Petty MI book but had missed that reference to Brachlich. That's definitely a possibility.
Looks like I shall have to send for a copy of the original.
Regards, Alastairgm
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Try this, it's way down the page, so keep searching.
Thought the name was familiar, but you kind of loose track of things.
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/SCT-STRATHNAIRN/2001-05/0989551650
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Hello Paula,
Thanks for the suggestion. Balnaglaic does indeed sound a likely possibility but I looked for it on a map and it's in Glen Urquhart, which is a long way from Petty.
I've sent for a copy of the original OPR entry so I hope that will be of some help when it arrives.
Many thanks for your time and trouble.
alastairgm
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To all who replied with suggestions.
I've now received the copy of the original OPR entry and in that it's clearly written as Balnaglach.
There's a Balnaglack on the modern OS map just south-west of Inverness Airport on the coast near Fisherton so this could well be it.
Further evidence from the OPR entry is that one of the Witnesses to Mary's baptism is a William Clerk(sic) in Carroward(sic). If you look at the Highland FHS booklet of MI's in Old Petty Churchyard No. 267 there is a William Clerk, late farmer in Kerroward, who died age 84 in 1822. This would make him age 42 at Mary's baptism in 1780, and so he could well be a friend of fellow farmer John Macintosh, as Balnaglack is not far from modern day Kerrowaird.
This resolves the question, I think, and shows the value of going to the original document even if it costs a bit.
alastairgm
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I live 4 miles from Old Petty Churchyard. Let me know if you want any pics or info.
I have 2 books written in early 1800's with info from Ardersier and Petty etc. I'll have a look to see if any mentions of your people/places but may be after the New Year.
Christine
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Hello Christine,
Many thanks for your offer of pics. I would very much like to have something to ask for but I haven't discovered enough yet! My gggrandmother from Balnaglack is buried in Rafford, Moray and although I've been through the Old Petty MI booklet I haven't found one that could be for her father and mother. The only possibility is the John Macintosh mentioned in Reply#3 above; but do you know where is Brachlich of Calder. Could it be Cawdor?
If you live near Old Petty churchyard you must be near Balnaglack, too. What sort of a place is it, do you know? It looks to be in a nice spot down by the shores of the Firth. Would it be worth a visit, if I can get there next summer?
It would be a nice surprise if they were mentioned in your book on Petty. After New Year is fine by me.
Once again, many thanks for the contact.
Regards, Alastair MacDonald
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Hello Alastair,
Go to http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/os_scotland_popular_list.html
Sheet 28 - Nairn & Cromarty
The second major woodland in from the south-west corner is Cawdor Wood.
At the top of the woodland is Cawdor.
A shot distance north-east of that is Brackla House (with distillery next door).
On many old records, Cawdor is written as Calder. I would be surprised if Brackla is not the Brachlich of Calder that you are seeking.
ADP
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In addition to the above, I see there is a Brackley, that was listed on some older maps as Bracklish. On the 1920s map listed above it was in Inverness-shire, just over the boundary from Nairnshire.
As above, find Cawdor, then follow thre road out to the North-west. Just before you reach the red road (nowadays the A96 Inverness to Aberdeen road), you should see Brackley. Beyond the crossroads you should also see Milton of Breachlich.
Pre-1891, this could well have been in Cawdor parish, as at that time the parish was split across the county boundary into Inverness-shire, although mostly in Nairnshire. It looks like the Inverness-shire portion was transferred into Petty parish as a result of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 that tidied up the parishes that were across county boundaries over the course of the following few years.
ADP
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Hello ADP and a Happy New Year to you,
Thanks for the suggestions. I found them on the map with no problem. Could be either place I suppose, although I favour the Brackley one over Brackla, even though there is a distillery there. More research needed.
Regards, Alastair
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It’s an old thread but if you want to know where Bracklish is then please ask, it has been spelt different ways over the years and has a cemetery located at it, it is close to Brackley, possibly a mile, but is a good few miles from Brackla, maybe 5?
I have family buried at Brackish (breachlich, Bracklich etc), and I was born a mile away from there
Garry
Garry
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Good morning, I have just joined Roots chat and was amazed to see all this chat about Mary McIntosh of Petty. I am just working on the Calder family tree as a present for my brother-in-laws 70th birthday. Mary McIntosh married James Calder in 1806, who I think died early 1800s. Mary is living with her son in 1841 census as a pauper in Grantown and died in 1858.
Does anyone have any further information or grave records of these people?