http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/researchtools.asp might help. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Suzie Woodward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 21 July 2005 20:26 To: [email protected] Subject: [Orkney] Old Scots Language I wonder if the list can help me. A friend of mine on another list has asked me if I can help find someone - or a website - that would help in deciphering an old Scots will. I can't help her but wonder if anyone can direct me to where I might find the answer for her. Many thanks. Suzie ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >>>>TIP: When when posting your research interests, include the surnames in your subject line - this will improve our list archive and assist future researchers.<<<< ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Dave. Many thanks. I'll pass this on. Suzie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Annal" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [Orkney] Old Scots Language Try this: http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/ Dave Annal, Watford, England http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dave.annal/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzie Woodward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:25 PM Subject: [Orkney] Old Scots Language >I wonder if the list can help me. > > A friend of mine on another list has asked me if I can help find someone - > or a website - that would help in deciphering an old Scots will. > > > I can't help her but wonder if anyone can direct me to where I might find > the answer for her. > > > Many thanks. > > Suzie > > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >>>>>TIP: When when posting your research interests, include the surnames >>>>>in your subject line - this will improve our list archive and assist >>>>>future researchers.<<<< > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== SPAM - best advice.. DELETE it. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Norman. Many thanks. I'll pass it on. Suzie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Tulloch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [Orkney] Old Scots Language Suzie, You could try here: http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/ Norman Tulloch ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== To browse or search the archives of this list: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Try this: http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/ Dave Annal, Watford, England http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dave.annal/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzie Woodward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 8:25 PM Subject: [Orkney] Old Scots Language >I wonder if the list can help me. > > A friend of mine on another list has asked me if I can help find someone - > or a website - that would help in deciphering an old Scots will. > > > I can't help her but wonder if anyone can direct me to where I might find > the answer for her. > > > Many thanks. > > Suzie > > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >>>>>TIP: When when posting your research interests, include the surnames >>>>>in your subject line - this will improve our list archive and assist >>>>>future researchers.<<<< > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Suzie, You could try here: http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/ Norman Tulloch

James Irvine wrote: > I think Mike means just http://www.orkneytoday.ltd.uk , without /index > asp. No, I didn't - both URLs take me to the same page. -- Mike Clouston

I wonder if the list can help me. A friend of mine on another list has asked me if I can help find someone - or a website - that would help in deciphering an old Scots will. I can't help her but wonder if anyone can direct me to where I might find the answer for her. Many thanks. Suzie

I think Mike means just http://www.orkneytoday.ltd.uk , without /index asp. Listers may also not be aware of http://www.orkneytoday.ltd.uk > "Visitors Downloads" > "Orcadian Genealogy". On this page I have attempted to meet Orkney Today's request to provide concise advice to those intending to visit Orkney to seek their roots. This page may be of use to Listers who are planning such visits, or who have friends who are. Listers' suggestions for improving the site will be appreciated. James Irvine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Clouston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:15 PM Subject: Orkney Today > Listers may not be aware of Orkney's "other" newspaper and its on-line > presence. > "Orkney Today" can be found at http://www.orkneytoday.ltd.uk/index.asp. > > It is possible to download free a *complete* copy of the current version > by clicking on the link on the right-hand side of the banner at the top of > the home page. You need to register with an e-mail address and have Adobe > Acrobat Reader to read the paper. Be warned! It is about 15 Mb in size so > it is only suitable for broadband/ADSL connections. > > Just how long a complete version will be available on-line is anyone's > guess - it can't do much for their sales. > > Kind regards > > -- > Mike Clouston > > ______________________________

Isabella (Fea) Miller is one of the name I watch for - my ancestor 1 Isabella Fea Miller b: 09 Apr 1807 Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland d: 04 Jan 1891 .. +John Tomison b: 06 Mar 1796 South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland m: 15 Apr 1823 in South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland d: 02 Mar 1882 I am aware of at least two others: * There was also a John Thomson married an Isabel Millar on 23 Jan 1806 in Westray & Papa Westray * From the will of Captain James Sutherland, then of Bu of Burray (will proved 15 Feb 1827 in London, reported by Barbara Stirling ([email protected])): "Isabella Miller at that date his housekeeper at the Bu of Burray, £100." This IM is on the 1821 census for South Ronaldsay (entry #8/31) as being 40 - and there is an entry that matches my ancestor on the Pentland Skerries.. So this isn't her either. I hope this is of assistance Mike -----Original Message----- From: Blake [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 July 2005 19:37 To: [email protected] Subject: [Orkney] Laughton I would like to be in touch with descendants of John Laughton (1784-1857) born in South Ronaldsay and Isabella Kennedy (17841857) dau Elizabeth married Moses Spenccer, and son John Laughton who married Isabella Miller Blake Allan, Victoria BC ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >>>> Orkney list now has 329 subscribers <<<<< ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Listers may not be aware of Orkney's "other" newspaper and its on-line presence. "Orkney Today" can be found at http://www.orkneytoday.ltd.uk/index.asp. It is possible to download free a *complete* copy of the current version by clicking on the link on the right-hand side of the banner at the top of the home page. You need to register with an e-mail address and have Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the paper. Be warned! It is about 15 Mb in size so it is only suitable for broadband/ADSL connections. Just how long a complete version will be available on-line is anyone's guess - it can't do much for their sales. Kind regards -- Mike Clouston

Allan, did you get my email attachments? Re: Robert Cromarty and his two wives? Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 8:40 PM Subject: [Orkney] Descendants of Robert Cromarty (1861-1915) and Violet Pringle Work > I would like to be in touch with, or be given the address of > one of the descendants of the above couple who married > abt 1890. Robert was born in Sanday. > Blake Allan, Victoria BC > > > ==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== > SPAM - best advice.. DELETE it. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Albert's Beecreek Mail wrote: >Hi Norman, >Those are good suggestions. I'll give that a try. What I'm going on are >notes my Mom had that said George Melville and his sons George and Edward >owned the Viking Threadworks. As far as I know, they were all born in >Orkney, but the father was buried in Glasgow. So I'm not sure where the >factory was located. I'll send off a note to those two places you suggested. >Thanks, >Albert > Albert, It sounds to me more likely that the Viking Threadworks was in Glasgow, then, and maybe so called as a sort of reminder of the family's northern roots. However, it may be worth trying the email addresses I gave you; it won't cost anything. I don't even know what a threadworks is. Does it produce thread, or go in for some sort of weaving? While there have undoubtedly been knitting and some tweed production in Orkney, I don't think it was ever a great centre for the textile industry, whereas Glasgow and other places in the west of Scotland were important in that respect. Remember the Paisley patterns, for example? Firms like Coates were also very important in thread production. Regards, Norman Tulloch

I would like to be in touch with descendants of John Laughton (1784-1857) born in South Ronaldsay and Isabella Kennedy (17841857) dau Elizabeth married Moses Spenccer, and son John Laughton who married Isabella Miller Blake Allan, Victoria BC

Albert's Beecreek Mail wrote: >Hi List, > Has anyone heard of The Viking Threadworks or my gg uncle, George Melville, born abt 1840? He and his sons George and Edward were supposed to have owned the Threadworks. Thanks for any help, >Albert in Harper, Texas. > Albert, I've never heard of the Viking Threadworks. I assume it was in Orkney, though? If it was, it might be worth sending an email to this man who is in charge of the museum service in Orkney. [email protected] Source here: http://www.orkney.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=446 Just possibly there might be something made by the Viking Threadworks in one of the Orkney museums, or they might have some sort of record of the business. Another contact you might want to try is the Orkney Library & Archive. For general archive enquiries, the address is: [email protected] Source: http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/html/contact.htm Regards, Norman Tulloch

Hi Norman, Those are good suggestions. I'll give that a try. What I'm going on are notes my Mom had that said George Melville and his sons George and Edward owned the Viking Threadworks. As far as I know, they were all born in Orkney, but the father was buried in Glasgow. So I'm not sure where the factory was located. I'll send off a note to those two places you suggested. Thanks, Albert

Could this be the fellow you're looking for. Just speculation. [sorry I don't know about the threadworks] Dwelling: 10 Moray St Census Place: Wick, Caithness, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0203403 GRO Ref Volume 043 EnumDist 8 Page 41 Marr Age Sex Birthplace George MELVILLE M 49 M Sanday, Orkney, Scotland Rel: HeadOcc: Cutter & Tailor Esther MELVILLE M 47 F Wick, Caithness, ScotlandRel: Wife George MELVILLE 14 M Wick, Caithness, ScotlandRel: SonOcc: Scholar Dorothea MILL U 18 F Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland Rel: LodgerOcc: Teacher GEORGE MELVILLE -IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Birth: 13 JUL 1867 Wick, Caithness, Scotland EDWIN DORUARD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Birth: 31 MAY 1864 Wick, Caithness, Scotland EDWIN DORUARD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Death: 17 SEP 1865 JANE DORWARD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Female Birth: 02 JUN 1862 Wick, Caithness, Scotland DONALD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Birth: 23 DEC 1859 Wick, Caithness, Scotland DONALD MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Male Death: 04 JUL 1861 ESTHER MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Female Birth: 11 DEC 1865 Wick, Caithness, Scotland ESTHER MELVILLE -IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Female Death: 06 AUG 1867 BARBARA MELVILLE - IGI George Melville & Esther Bremner Gender: Female Birth: 12 AUG 1857 Wick, Caithness, Scotland Susanne Albert's Beecreek Mail wrote: >Hi List, > Has anyone heard of The Viking Threadworks or my gg uncle, George Melville, born abt 1840? He and his sons George and Edward were supposed to have owned the Threadworks. Thanks for any help, >Albert in Harper, Texas > > >==== ORKNEY Mailing List ==== >To browse or search the archives of this list: >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >

Hi susanne, I don't think that's my George. The date is about right but the info that I have states there were three kids, George, Edward, and Unknown. If some knows about the Viking Threadworks, that will help pin point my George. Thanks for the effort, Albert

Hi List, Has anyone heard of The Viking Threadworks or my gg uncle, George Melville, born abt 1840? He and his sons George and Edward were supposed to have owned the Threadworks. Thanks for any help, Albert in Harper, Texas

Hi, Whilst researching my Dearness line I have come across the following from the Central Index of Seamen 1913-1941 (after enquiring through the Southampton Archives); (a copy of) C.R. 10. No. of Identity Certificate 304783 John Norquay Dearness : Bosun b. 29 October 1891 St Margaret's Hope, Orkney Isles and a photograph of same (a copy of) C.R. 1 Dearness, Robert b. 1886 Orkney height, eyes, hair and distingushing marks (tatoos) C.R. 2 dated 7 Dec 1928 Andy Boyd

I would like to be in touch with, or be given the address of one of the descendants of the above couple who married abt 1890. Robert was born in Sanday. Blake Allan, Victoria BC