Scottish parish name John McDonald and Isobell Scrimzeour in the parish of..

[JanetRu]

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.

[jaybelnz]

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

[Alexander.]

I think it says "Dow".

Seeing as the baptism 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

[jaybelnz]

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

[JanetRu]

The entry is from Logierait, Perthshire in 1695.

[jaybelnz]

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

Jeanne

[JanetRu]

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

[GR2]

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".

[jaybelnz]

 . And in Ayrshire, a row is Raw! 

Jeanne 😄