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Loch Lynn [16 June 2013]

Hi

I am trying to figure out what changes you made to [[Place:Loch Lynn, Scotland|Loch Lynn]]. The "radio buttons" on the History aren't working--probably because there have only been two versions.

If you are absolutely sure that Loch Lynn is a version of Loch Linnhe, then it's a place I recognize. It is in Argyleshire, I have been there, and we currently buy salmon from our supermarket that says "caught in Loch Linnhe" on the package. (BTW, I live in England.)

I think we should change the primary name of the place to Loch Linnhe, with Loch Lynn as supplementary, and identify it further as being in Argyleshire. As to the type of place--the reference is probably to the lands surrounding the loch--and I would call it a "settlement". "Region" tends to cover a larger area (but I wasn't part of WR when the descriptions were set up, so I don't feel I am authority. (Pity the powers that be didn't consider using the term "estate"--it would solve a lot of problems of this side of the pond.)

I have been working through the counties of Scotland, trying to get all the places organized. Two other people attempted this a few years ago, but I think they stopped part way through, perhaps because they didn't have the same sources to hand (i.e. online) that I am using now. So far I have been working south of the Clyde and the Forth, the area I know best. I will gradually move further north--probably.

I would appreciate knowing what alterations you think ought to be made to Loch Linnhe/Loch Lynn. /cheers --Goldenoldie 14:52, 16 June 2013 (EDT)

Hi. The only change I made was the description of "Loch Lynn". What I should be saying is that (1) this particular Lynn family has no proven connection to any particular Lynn family in Scotland; (2) the title "laird" or "lord" was never used in Scotland to refer to a body of water; and (3) the term "laird of Loch Lynn" first appeared in 1892 as an embellishment to an 1869 work of fiction posing as an historical document. You might want to look at these pages ... http://www.house-of-lynn.com/Margaret_Lynn_Lewis.html http://www.house-of-lynn.com/Lynn_of_that_Ilk.html

The first page exposes the 1869 hoax that, unfortunately, has come to be regarded by some as the diary of Margaret (Lynn) Lewis. It was exposed in a 1948 Richmond, VA Times-Dispatch news article, which you can also see at that page.

Perhaps the most well known Lynn family in Scotland is Lynn of that Ilk in Dalry, Ayrshire, who were lairds of the minor barony of Lynn for a few centuries prior to 1532. On 11 May of that year, they sold the barony to the Boyds while retaining possession and use of the "mains" or manor place, called Over Lynn. There is a beautiful falls in Lynn Glen (in the former barony), and the family has a place in Ayrshire folk tales. For all these reasons, the Ayrshire Lynns have become very attractive to Lynn descendants who want to find a connection to Scotland. Again, however, such a connection cannot be proven by anyone, owing no doubt to the complete extinction of the family's title by 1671 and their even earlier departure to Ulster. As you may know, the great majority of Ulster records prior to about 1845 are lost.

As to the loch, I only meant to identify the so-called "Loch Lynn"

Loretta (Lynn) Layman--Annlynn9 17:11, 16 June 2013 (EDT)

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