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30th April 2017 - Please note: This website will no longer be updated. It will however remain online as a source of reference in legacy of the hard work and dedication of its founder James M. Grant.
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Welcome to the Kinnethmont Web
Site.
No! it's not a spelling mistake,
the name was originally spelt as it is still pronounced locally
today, Kinnethmont.
Kennethmont is a small country
village situated in the shadow of Tap o' Noth in Aberdeenshire,
Scotland. It is best known as the location of William Teacher's
Ardmore Distillery and Leith Hall, the family home of the Leith-Hay
family.
This site is a result of information
gathered over the years in establishing my own family history and
a general interest in the history of Kennethmont and the surrounding
parishes of Gartly, Auchindoir & Kearn, Rhynie & Essie and Clatt.
This task was made easier by the
fact that my paternal farming ancestors have only moved 10 miles
from Auchindoir to Kennethmont, via Gartly, since 1720 and in researching
this I have amassed a considerable amount of information on the
inter-marriages, births, deaths, etc of the farming families living
in these communities.
I have recently begun a project
to record as much information as possible on the men of Kennethmont
who fell in the two World Wars. I have included this information
on the site but still need much more to complete this task. If you
have any connection to them I would be delighted to add any additional
photographs or family information I can obtain on them in regular
site updates.
I hope you find something of interest.
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