Any help with this? Doing some ancestry research and I can’t decipher this location, but hoping it might stand out to someone on here!

22 comments

1. Try r/cursive

2. I read it as Lerwick but i’m not sure

   -Edit, Or Falkirk if the dot’s in the wrong place

3. Partick

4. I reckon it could be Borthwick

5. does the top line read “scotland Dumbarton” ? might help narrow down the search

6. Donbrick?

7. It would help to see a bigger selection to compare letters. that said the the two words about say scotland and possibly dumbarton, which suggests Partick to me…

8. Partick.

   I do a fair amount of research with Scottish records.

9. Partick

10. Borthwick

11. Needs a zoomed out photo so people can compare letters.

12. You need to show more of the text for similarities to be noticed.

13. Partick area in Glasgow

14. Definitely Partick.

15. I think we’ve cracked it – thanks so much everyone!

    https://preview.redd.it/ideev6hyg6vd1.png?width=694&format=png&auto=webp&s=4b29eb305ac499a830abd4e3fb200c79867ffbe3

16. There’s an area of Dumbarton called Dumbuck, if that’s any help.

17. Interesting. There are some errors further down – what I assume is Durham looks like Dorham, and West Hartlepool on the same line the writer has tried to correct. Just the sort of errors we all make writing too fast.

    I say this, because compared to the other letters it looks like Portrick, but I would bet money that it’s Partick with some too fast joining of the “ar” so they look like “or” and an extra squiggly start of an r after the t. Easily done because of the existence of Patrick

18. Partick – quite easily read

19. Osprey heights Craiglang

20. Could it be Dun Patrick ie Downpatrick in NI ?

21. I think there is a letter between the t and the i

22. Lerwick or Patrick