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Title: Scottish parish name John McDonald and Isobell Scrimzeour in the parish of..
Post by: JanetRu on Tuesday 12 May 15 02:30 BST (UK)

I am trying to decipher the name of the parish in this old parish register entry.
I think the entry reads Dec. 8th John McDonald and Isobell Scrimzeour in the parish of ---- had their child baptized and named Alexander.

Title: Re: Scottish parish name
Post by: jaybelnz on Tuesday 12 May 15 03:08 BST (UK)

Can you give maybe give us the church for the register?  Or any other place names on the record to possibly link into?

Also, I think that your z is a g - as in in Scrimgeour.

Jeanne

Title: Re: Scottish parish name
Post by: Alexander. on Tuesday 12 May 15 03:18 BST (UK)

I think it says "Dow".

Seeing as the baptism (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X14G-TQT) is from the parish of Logierait (Perthshire), I would suggest this is a spelling of the neighboring parish of Dull. I've not got an ounce of Scots in me, but I think Dow would be pronounced more like Doo, which sounds similar to Dull.

Jeanne - the letter yogh in Scrimzeour is usually transcribed 'z', though of course it was spoken with more of a 'g' sound.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogh

Alexander

Title: Re: Scottish parish name
Post by: jaybelnz on Tuesday 12 May 15 03:25 BST (UK)

Thanks Alistair, all good!

Just found this.  Do you think this might be them? 

Index only record on Ancestry Marriage of John McDonald to Isabell Scrimgor 1 January 1830.
Parish of Findo-Gask, Perth, Scotland.

Hope this might be helpful in some way!

Jeanne

Title: Re: Scottish parish name
Post by: JanetRu on Tuesday 12 May 15 03:34 BST (UK)

The entry is from Logierait, Perthshire in 1695.

Title: Re: Scottish parish name
Post by: jaybelnz on Tuesday 12 May 15 03:39 BST (UK)

Aw gee Janet - I'm only about 135 years off track!!   ;D ;D ;D

Jeanne

Title: Re: Scottish parish name
Post by: JanetRu on Tuesday 12 May 15 04:43 BST (UK)

Thanks for the comments. I had got nowhere looking through parish lists. I hadn't thought about it from a phonetic viewpoint.

Title: Re: Scottish parish name
Post by: GR2 on Tuesday 12 May 15 06:08 BST (UK)

Alexander's comments are correct. Dow = Dull.

A final "ll" often becomes "w" in Scots. I use it myself, for example "row" for "roll". In the north east of Scotland a morning roll is a "rowie".

Title: Re: Scottish parish name
Post by: jaybelnz on Tuesday 12 May 15 06:26 BST (UK)

 ;D. And in Ayrshire, a row is Raw! 

Jeanne 😄

Title: Re: Scottish parish name John McDonald and Isobell Scrimzeour in the parish of..
Post by: JanetRu on Wednesday 13 May 15 05:46 BST (UK)

Thank you all so much. This is another brick wall down and out (I hope). I only joined up yesterday and I am super impressed.