I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place...sorry

[forthefamily]

I was wondering if anyone is familiar with a house called The Sheiling, Furnace, Argyll   I'm reading this off a death certificate so I may be wrong about the spelling  

mab 

[Thrall]

Hi Mab, I had a quick look on "192" and could only find two houses in UK with the name "The Shieling", one in Hatton, Derby, and t´other in Bellingham Northumberland. So not promising, I´m afraid.

The Post Office at Furnace could probably confirm this:

The Post Office, Furnace, Inveraray, Argyll, PA32 8XN

No email or ´phone number that I could find quickly.

Guid hunting,

Thrall

[Ecneps]

Hi mab,   

What date was the cert?
It's a lovely place, and as Thrall says, the post office should know the whereabouts of the house (unless it's no longer there)

http://www.toadholidays.co.uk/html/furnace.html


Barbara
 

[forthefamily]

Hello...thanks for responding. The cert is dated 1987 so not too old.

The reason I asked was when I googled I came up with a house in Tobermory, Isle of Mull which while in the same neck of the woods can't possibly be right.

We were wondering if any family still lived in Furnace.

mab

[Ecneps]

Hi mab,

Have you tried the phone directories for the area, or 192.com?
The post office seems to be 4 miles away in Strachur, tel: 01369 860221

Here's the OS map but the Shieling isn't named 
http://www.rootschat.com/links/055u/


Barbara

[forthefamily]

I'm thinking it may have new owners who have renamed it 

mab

[Ecneps]

Possible, it's a popular name in those parts 

[Isles]

The 1998/99 Postal Address Book of the Inverary section mentions "The Shieling", Furnace -  Post Code PA32 8XU.

[forthefamily]

I'm trying to decipher a family tree that was given to me by a distant relative of my OH. It has given me a big headache but it looks like he has a lot of living cousins in Scotland that his family don't know about yet

Thanks for the help  

mab