In a message dated 11/15/03 10:50:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, thistledown76@btinternet.com writes: > HARCUS family. David Harcus, last I knew, is farming in Stronsay. His sister-in-plaw, Emma Peace Omand, who now lives in Caithness, has been my pen-friend and friend for donkey's years... So I sent it to Emma to forward to David.... Anne in Ardmore, PA

Hi Mike I've posted to both sites, just in case. Anne

Charles Tait wrote: >We have at last gotten the Northern Lights pages up: > >http://www.charles-tait.co.uk/library/orkney/skiesl.html > Great pictures Charles - I just love the one with the curious cows! -- Mike Clouston

Mike Clouston wrote: > thistledown wrote: > >> I've just come across the following, for anyone researching the HARCUS >> family. >> >> Major James Logie ('Hamish') HARCUS, 20th Battalion, AIF. Born >> Heatherbank, >> Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Single; Barrister-at-law, of 52 Walker >> Street, >> North Sydney, NSW. Next of kin: Father; Andrew Harcus. Mother; Jane >> Harcus, >> of Heatherbank, Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Killed in action at Russell's >> Top, central Anzac, on 11 December 1915, aged 34. No Known Grave. >> >> Link: http://www.anzacs.org/index_hij.html >> >> >> > Are you sure you are posting to the right group, Thistledown? > You might be better posting this sort of information to > ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com which is specifically for genealogy subjects. Ooops! Just noticed you have posted it to ORKNEY-L as well -- Mike Clouston

Great pictures! I wish I could have seen it in real live! All the best, Victor Charles Tait wrote: > We have at last gotten the Northern Lights pages up: > > http://www.charles-tait.co.uk/library/orkney/skiesl.html > > There will be a pile more images from the last year coming soon. Have > been very busy with the digital camera! At present taking advantage of > the nice light to visit many obscure and normally unfrequented sites for > > OGB edition 3.0. -- URLs: http://www.reijs.org/ http://www.archaeocosmology.org/ http://www.iol.ie/~geniet/maeshowe http://groups.yahoo.com/group/archaeoacoustics http://groups.yahoo.com/group/archaeocosmology http://groups.yahoo.com/group/irish-stones http://groups.yahoo.com/group/irish-wells http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rockartglossary

thistledown wrote: >I've just come across the following, for anyone researching the HARCUS >family. > >Major James Logie ('Hamish') HARCUS, 20th Battalion, AIF. Born Heatherbank, >Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Single; Barrister-at-law, of 52 Walker Street, >North Sydney, NSW. Next of kin: Father; Andrew Harcus. Mother; Jane Harcus, >of Heatherbank, Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Killed in action at Russell's >Top, central Anzac, on 11 December 1915, aged 34. No Known Grave. > >Link: http://www.anzacs.org/index_hij.html > > > Are you sure you are posting to the right group, Thistledown? You might be better posting this sort of information to ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com which is specifically for genealogy subjects. -- Mike Clouston

I've just come across the following, for anyone researching the HARCUS family. Major James Logie ('Hamish') HARCUS, 20th Battalion, AIF. Born Heatherbank, Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Single; Barrister-at-law, of 52 Walker Street, North Sydney, NSW. Next of kin: Father; Andrew Harcus. Mother; Jane Harcus, of Heatherbank, Westray, Orkney, Scotland. Killed in action at Russell's Top, central Anzac, on 11 December 1915, aged 34. No Known Grave. Link: http://www.anzacs.org/index_hij.html

HOWDY: I ORDERED A FEW BOOKS OFFERED THROUGH THIS SITE FROM A SCHOOL IN KIRKWALL. ONE WAS A PARBACK COPY OF THE SAGA. I READ THE BOOK(FASCINATING), AND THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A HARDBOUND COPY FOR MY FAMILY. YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT OVER HERE FOR A HARDBOUND COPY EVEN "USED", IN US DOLLARS. NEW, THE PRICES GET TO $240 US DOLLARS. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! ANYBODY OVER THERE KNOW OF A GOOD HARDBOUND COPY AT A THINKABLE PRICE?...... STEPHEN

We have at last gotten the Northern Lights pages up: http://www.charles-tait.co.uk/library/orkney/skiesl.html There will be a pile more images from the last year coming soon. Have been very busy with the digital camera! At present taking advantage of the nice light to visit many obscure and normally unfrequented sites for OGB edition 3.0. -- Charles Tait Photographic Limited, Kelton, St Ola, Orkney, UK KW15 1TR Tel 01856 873738 Fax 01856 875313 Mobile 07785 220269 All outgoing and incoming mail is checked by Norton Antivirus 2003 email charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk website http://www.charles-tait.co.uk

Try Amazon.co.uk; they (claim to, at least) offer it hardbound for GBP 7.41. Jim Steve Davie wrote: > HOWDY: > > I ORDERED A FEW BOOKS OFFERED THROUGH THIS SITE FROM A SCHOOL IN > KIRKWALL. ONE WAS A PARBACK COPY OF THE SAGA. I READ THE > BOOK(FASCINATING), AND THOUGHT I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A HARDBOUND COPY > FOR MY FAMILY. YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT OVER HERE FOR A > HARDBOUND COPY EVEN "USED", IN US DOLLARS. NEW, THE PRICES GET TO $240 > US DOLLARS. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! ANYBODY OVER THERE KNOW OF A GOOD > HARDBOUND COPY AT A THINKABLE PRICE?...... STEPHEN > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the > word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > >

In a message dated 11/14/03 10:26:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, mike@mikeclouston.co.uk writes: > http://www.orcadian.co.uk/books/reviews/index.html Just found what to give my brother to celebrate his 50th! a subscription to the Orcadian!. Thanks, Sigurd and all. Anne in Ardmore (PA)

Thank you, Charles - the images are absolutely stunning! Charlie Petersen Port Townsend, Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Tait" <charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 5:00 AM Subject: [<orcadia>] Northern Lights at last > We have at last gotten the Northern Lights pages up: > > http://www.charles-tait.co.uk/library/orkney/skiesl.html > > There will be a pile more images from the last year coming soon. Have > been very busy with the digital camera! At present taking advantage of > the nice light to visit many obscure and normally unfrequented sites for > > OGB edition 3.0. > -- > Charles Tait Photographic Limited, Kelton, St Ola, Orkney, UK KW15 1TR > Tel 01856 873738 Fax 01856 875313 Mobile 07785 220269 All outgoing > and incoming mail is checked by Norton Antivirus 2003 email > charles.tait@zetnet.co.uk website http://www.charles-tait.co.uk > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >

FloReming@aol.com wrote: >Solved ! Go to www.orcadian.co.uk, then to "bookstore" then to "reviews". > >Flo > It's "bookshop" actually, Flo :-) The correct URL is http://www.orcadian.co.uk/books/reviews/index.html -- Mike Clouston

sorry, but http://www.orcadian.co.uk/reviews answers "File not found!" Is that the reason why I found a lot of adverts on the Orcadian hp but no reviews ... :-)

A couple of new books that might be of interest to list members: "Fine That - an Orkney Island Life" : Julia Welstead's account of her move from Edinburgh to set up home in Sanday. "The Shore and Roond About" : Dave Tinch shares his memories to rekindle memories for some and give younger readers a fascinating insight into living in Orkney 60 years ago. "Landscapes and Desire": An investigation into the history of Britain's 'sexually-inspired' landscapes and monuments. From Orkney's Ring of Brodgar and Maeshowe to 18th-century English pleasure gardens. Reviews for all three are at http://www.orcadian.co.uk/reviews -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

Solved ! Go to www.orcadian.co.uk, then to "bookstore" then to "reviews". Flo

On 14 November 2003 01:35, Dutch Thompson wrote: > Hello- > Recently someone wanting to know about life in Orkney > asked about books to read. A friend just brought back from > Papay "A Jar of Seed-Corn" by Jocelyn Rendall. The book is a > 300-year social history of the farm she now works with her > husband, and I can vouch that the 1st 50 pages at least are > very readable, with good photos & other illustrations. My > family came from Papay but I think the book is more generic > than just that particular island. Unfortunately out-of-print at the moment. It's done by The Orcadian and I think it may be reprinted in the near future. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

Hello- Recently someone wanting to know about life in Orkney asked about books to read. A friend just brought back from Papay "A Jar of Seed-Corn" by Jocelyn Rendall. The book is a 300-year social history of the farm she now works with her husband, and I can vouch that the 1st 50 pages at least are very readable, with good photos & other illustrations. My family came from Papay but I think the book is more generic than just that particular island. Hope I'm not breaking any rules by listing the price etc below . I have no connection with the author, nor as far as I know am any relation to Wm P L Thomson who wrote a lovely foreword to the book. The ISBN # is : 1 902957 164 10 pounds the price. cheers D Thompson

While trawling through old issues of Old Lore Miscellany (printed 1910'ish) I came across an intriguing eye-witness account of a fairy battle in Birsay - between dwellers of a knowe at Norton and Furse-a-kelda (Fursakeldy). Aside from the fact that this was recorded by a respected 'antiquarian' the fact the 'fairicks' in question bore guns seems to indicate that sightings of such phenomena had as much to do with world-views/fears of the time as it did with tradition/folklore. The full account is online at http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/fairicks/soldiers.htm -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

On 13/11/03 at 08:18 KJEMEM@aol.com wrote: >They really did seem to have a glow at one point yesterday. Maybe they >were testing them. The lights won't be turned on till the Christmas tree is received from Norway and put up on the Kirk Green - probably about Devember 10. They are up remarkably early this year though. S.