Smith

My grandfather George Smith was born in Pumpherston Scotland 10Sep1897.I have been unable to determine if Pumpherston is in East/Mid or West Lothian ..pls advise.All mail Ive sent to Pumpherston has been returned unknown.but I know it exists..many thanks..Tracy

Tracy,
I have looked at the lists of parishes (from GenUKI's website) in both Midlothian and West Lothian and I don't see Pumpherston mentioned as a parish. It is possible that it's a very small village within a parish. If it was from an earlier date, I would recommend that you look at the Statistical Accounts of Scotland that show where parishes were combined or became defunct, but the latest one of those was done in 1841. I will look on my detailed map of East Lothian, as well as in my UK atlas and let you know if I come up with anything.

Tracy, I found it! I should've waited to post until after I looked at the map, but I wanted to get some messages up on this new board!
Pumpherston is a town in West Lothian just west of Livingston. It is right off the M8 by exit 3 and just north of Mid Calder. I'm not sure what parish boundaries it lies in, but you might take a look at both the West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) GenWeb project as well as the West Lothian GenUKI site for more info.

Tracy i would like to inform you Pumpherston is in West Lothian it is a little village outside Livingston