Hi If you add the name of your ancestor as well as the other details into Google it will likely give more meaningful results for you. eg "stormy petrel 1881 stevenson". Ella Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: "hiflyte" <hiflyte@telus.net> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 7:22 AM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Stormy Petrel > Melvyn, > > If you Google "stormy petrel Dunbar Scotland October 1881" you will get > 1730 hits, granted not all about your family. > http://tinyurl.com/y9mq2ax > The first entry is reference your David Stevenson and his two sons. > http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_a/0_around_edinburgh_-_firth_of_forth_-_remembrance.htm > > Google is always the first place to look for data on just about > anything.............................never know what will pop ut. > > Bob > Cdn > =================== > On 11/01/2010 11:43 AM, Melvyn Hunter wrote: <SNIP>...Dear Listers, I > have three Stevenson ancestors who were variously recorded as fishermen > and river pilots. They are also recorded as all drowning on Black > Friday, having got caught upin the storm of 14 October 1881 off Dunbar,... > =================== > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to those who responded. Some new leads. Still hoping to find more detail about the type of vessel and perhaps a photograph of this or a similar vessel. Melvyn.