Hi Sandy Couldn't agree more. Maybe I am getting sentimental in my old age or maybe its because it is the New Year but I was quite moved to see Anne's photographs of what is left of the buildings at Oyne or Een where my Branders lived, worked and had children around 250 years ago. Most of the photos of the area on that website have some association with either my family or my wife's. This summer we are to leave the heat,sun and beaches of Torre de la Horadada to the visiting Madrilenos for the month of August and spend the whole month in Scotland. We have actually booked to stay a week at what is termed the Factor's House at Smallburn so I will be thinking of your namesake Sandy Mellis and his father and mother John and Margaret who were at Smallburn at the 1841 census and as we approach Curbrothack we will remember John Brander and his wife Jean Mellis who had a child there in 1756, one of the witnesses being George Mellis in Curbrothack. The following week we are to be staying in a fisherman's cottage in Old Sandend just a few doors along from where my Brander family lived for about 90 years in the 1800s but on the way there no doubt we will be looking for Raemore and Redmoss farms where my wife's family lived. regards George On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:11 AM, sandy mellis <cluny1@optusnet.com.au>wrote: > Hi George, > A great website showing some of the farms my ancestors lived in e.g. > Drumfold, Smallburn and Sinsharnie. > Anne Burgess has done a wonderful job in recording the old buildings. > Having grown up in Aberdeenshire I have seen so many old buildings knocked > down and used for road fill etc. I hope her work continues in other areas. > Researching Mellis, Duncan and Harper. > Sandy Mellis > N.S.W. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Brander" <george.brander@gmail.com> > To: "Aberdeen" <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 1:12 AM > Subject: [ABERDEEN] Re Oyn or Een, Cairnie by Huntly > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- George Brander Torre de la Horadada España