Sorry, MAvis, should have sent to the List Dear Mavis, Thank you for your interesting response to my first post. You suggested a "brief" outline of my tree...... Robert Cutt m. Elizabeth Swanny (Sanday, Orkney, Scotland) James Cutt chr. 22 Nov 1779 Sanday m. Ann Keldy John Cutt b. 1 May 1812 N. Ronaldshay m. Margaret Craigie 16Mar1838 died 24 July 1898 Kirkwall, Orkney James b. 26 Mar 1840 (prob died childhood) Kirkwall *John b. 16 Apr 1842 St Andrews Kirkwall m. Jane Findlater 6 Jun1868 died 7 Jan 1918 Portsmouth Robert b. 12 Sep 1844 m. Margaret Foubister William 10 Sep 1846 Ann 20 Mar 1848 m. Alexander Thomson David 6 Jun 1850 Margaret Eunson 27 Jul 1855 Mary 31 Oct 1857 m. a Tulloch buried on SAnday Hugh Craigie b. 29 Mar 1861 m. Elizabeth Robina Gaudie Of the above, John, Robert, Ann and Hugh definitely had children. They are seen at "West Waterhall", a little farm near Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland, up to the 1901 census. I saw what remained last summer -- a pile of rubble. However, a wonderful elderly gentleman who lived up the hill told me tales of the Cutts and what became of them. He remembered Hugh, the youngest, and knew where they were all buried. From a great website : www.cursiter.com I obtained a text file listing all the IGI birth & chr data for Cutts in Orkney, Caithness & Shetland. From the 1881 census cds I have copied off all Cutt data, and I have also attempted to get as much as I can from 1891 census material. (I have had in my mind to do a one-name study "some day".......) I think this is long enough for now! Will write again with the even longer list of the next generation... Sue Hamilton, Maryland, USA _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com