Hi Joe:--can you offer some info on your FLETTS as my FLATTS were orginally FLETTS from KIRKWALL, ORKNEY ISLES. Pat in Canada :) ---------- From: Joe Rodger <joe.rodger@talk21.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ORKNEY] SINCLAIR,FLETT,PEARSON,SCARTH,STRAIN. Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:07 PM Hello this is my first posting to the list,the above names are my main interest in Orkney as I'm just starting my husbands side of the family I dont have much to go on.My husbands granny ELIZA JANE STRAIN SINCLAIR is still alive at the grand old age of 96,but unfortunately doesn't know very much about her Orkney connections she would love to know where the name STRAIN came from and I hope someone on the list can help. T.I.A. Rita Rodger,Wishaw Lanarkshire.

Found a reference to a person born in Corsikirk, Isle of Sanday, Orkney. Anyone know anything about this place?

>Keith, >Are you in touch with Pat Banks of Wanneroo? Her husband (David ?) is a >descendent of the Banks of Smiddybanks. > >Cheers >David, >Perth, WA David - yes, I know David and Pat. David and I are both descended from James BANKS and Louisa Rose BRANDON. __________________________ Keith Dash Sydney, Australia

I have found much information concerning my gggrandfather. Have posted this information on the WEB at: http://www.island.net/~hme/findlay.htm Of course I am still looking for more information such as, exact location of the Finlay home, occupation of his parents who were, Christopher Finlay and Margaret Sinclair, marriage records, birth and baptism records etc. More information can be found at: http://www.island.net/~hme/mr.html Such as passenger list of the Tory etc.. I hope this information will be of value Thanks, Monte

Bonnijean - I have been posting extra 1891 Census sheets whenever possible. These are not in the 1700-1800 time period you needed, but there are 2 VOYs listed in the parish of Kirkwall and St Ola, at 47 Victoria Street, 1891. John VOY - lodger - unmar - 19 years old - saddler's apprentice - bn St. Ola James VOY - lodger - unmar - 15 years old - printer's apprentice - bn St Andrews Both men stayed at the lodging house of Janet Borwick - 61 yrs old I am sorry for not posting the remainder of my census sheets, they will be coming up next week. Someone needs to remind me to say 'NO' when called to volunteer for a school project ! <G> The monster project ends on Friday ! - Meg Greenwood

My gggg-grandfather was James Works. Died 1 Dec. 1812 in Georgia. Did he migrate from the Orkneys to Virginia, South Carolina and then to Georgia? There was a Robert Works in Charleston, SC in 1678. Searching for James parents. James married Penelope Toole. Ann Works Maynard Houston, TX

This link came up on another list I'm on -- it's not Orkney but may be of interest... Chris Havnar wrote: > > Dear List - > > If you have old California Spanish roots - there is some cool information here - free this week. > FYI - Christine -- SNIP SNIP (I've cut and pasted) > > This notice from the Ancestry Daily News, 13 September 1999 > > ======================================================= > The month of September marks 149 years of statehood for the state of > California, and in honor of this milestone, Ancestry is making its > California databases that are normally available to members only, free to > all visitors this week (until Monday, September 20). To see the entire > list of California databases, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/california.htm > > ====================================================== >

Keith, Are you in touch with Pat Banks of Wanneroo? Her husband (David ?) is a descendent of the Banks of Smiddybanks. Cheers David, Perth, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Dash <dashjk@ozemail.com.au> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 1:36 PM Subject: [ORKNEY] Braehead, St Margarets Hope > >Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 07:44:30 -0700 > I'm not sure to whom this message was directed: > > >From: "Robert Blake Allan" <rballan@home.com> > >To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: > <001d01befebf$a7c58160$6b404218@CS910969-A.gvmt1.bc.wave.home.com> > >Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Braehead?? > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >What was your great gf's name? B Allan > > If the question was directed to me (Blake and I discovered a year or two > ago that we are distant cousins), my great-grandfather was James BANKS(2), > 2nd of 8 children of James BANKS(1) and Eliza Gray ALLAN. He was born at > "Smiddybanks", St Margarets Hope (the farmhouse on the western shore of the > bay of St Margarets Hope, adjoining and below "The Braehead")in 1837. The > BANKS family still lives there. James(2) went to sea as an apprentice > midshipman when he was 14 and progressed to became senior captain and > commodore of the AUSN Company based in Sydney, Australia. He died in > Sydney in 1905 aged 67. From the various family history notes I have seen, > it seems that James(2)'s youngest sister, Ann Carmichael (Annie) BANKS > b.1849, inherited "The Braehead" from her maternal grandmother, Mary ALLAN > nee KENNEDY - "The Braehead" had originally been a KENNEDY property, it > became associated with the ALLAN family when Mary KENNEDY, the eldest child > of James KENNEDY and Isabella GRAY, married James ALLAN in 1805, it passed > to the BANKS family through Ann Carmichael BANKS, and then to the SINCLAIR > family by her marriage to W A SINCLAIR in 1890. From surviving letters of > the 1930s, it is clear there was an affectionate link between "The > Braehead" residents and their cousins in Australia. > __________________________ > Keith Dash > Sydney, Australia > >

>Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 07:44:30 -0700 I'm not sure to whom this message was directed: >From: "Robert Blake Allan" <rballan@home.com> >To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <001d01befebf$a7c58160$6b404218@CS910969-A.gvmt1.bc.wave.home.com> >Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Braehead?? >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >What was your great gf's name? B Allan If the question was directed to me (Blake and I discovered a year or two ago that we are distant cousins), my great-grandfather was James BANKS(2), 2nd of 8 children of James BANKS(1) and Eliza Gray ALLAN. He was born at "Smiddybanks", St Margarets Hope (the farmhouse on the western shore of the bay of St Margarets Hope, adjoining and below "The Braehead")in 1837. The BANKS family still lives there. James(2) went to sea as an apprentice midshipman when he was 14 and progressed to became senior captain and commodore of the AUSN Company based in Sydney, Australia. He died in Sydney in 1905 aged 67. From the various family history notes I have seen, it seems that James(2)'s youngest sister, Ann Carmichael (Annie) BANKS b.1849, inherited "The Braehead" from her maternal grandmother, Mary ALLAN nee KENNEDY - "The Braehead" had originally been a KENNEDY property, it became associated with the ALLAN family when Mary KENNEDY, the eldest child of James KENNEDY and Isabella GRAY, married James ALLAN in 1805, it passed to the BANKS family through Ann Carmichael BANKS, and then to the SINCLAIR family by her marriage to W A SINCLAIR in 1890. From surviving letters of the 1930s, it is clear there was an affectionate link between "The Braehead" residents and their cousins in Australia. __________________________ Keith Dash Sydney, Australia

I have three photo's relating to this on my web site. You are more than welcome to save them for your own use. Regards, Ivan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.alphalink.com.au/~isanders ----- Original Message ----- From: <MRICH10000@aol.com> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 4:30 AM Subject: [ORKNEY] Re: ORKNEY-D Digest V99 #220 > I wonder, is there some good soul, there in Orkney, that would be so very > kind as to send to me a photograph of the monument that has been built at the > Deer Sound in commemeration of the "Sinking of the Crown"? I, and my entire > family, would appreciate getting that photo very much. Or, better still, > maybe there is a picture of that monument available on the web, if you know > of one, could you please send me the web address? > I do appreciate this Orkney web-site. I have been able to gather alot of > very interesting information from the people on this site. I especially want > to thank > Sigurd Towrie and Roger Kelly for their valuable information. THANK YOU. > > > Respectfully > > Mel Rich > E-mail: MRich10000@AOL.com > >

What was your great gf's name? B Allan

I wonder, is there some good soul, there in Orkney, that would be so very kind as to send to me a photograph of the monument that has been built at the Deer Sound in commemeration of the "Sinking of the Crown"? I, and my entire family, would appreciate getting that photo very much. Or, better still, maybe there is a picture of that monument available on the web, if you know of one, could you please send me the web address? I do appreciate this Orkney web-site. I have been able to gather alot of very interesting information from the people on this site. I especially want to thank Sigurd Towrie and Roger Kelly for their valuable information. THANK YOU. Respectfully Mel Rich E-mail: MRich10000@AOL.com

If anyone has info on the VOY family of ORKNEY from 1700-1800 please contact me. Thanks. Bonnie McVoy Treon mailto:COOLTREONS@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Please excuse my lack of knowledge, but what are the 'troubled years of Traill and Burroughs'? Lori > descendants of Robert, and of his brother George, who was also head hunted > for the same purpose as Robert, but at the Westness Estate on Rousay during > > the troubled years of Traill and Burroughs.

Someone was asking about online maps a few days ago. This one is one of the best I've seen and can zoom in to considerable detail. Unfortunately the URL to view Orkney is a bit extreme. http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?ukwidth=250&ukheight=250&scale=1000000 &uk.x=122&uk.y=11 -- Sigurd Towrie - Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney E-Mail: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Orkneyjar - The Heritage of Orkney: http://www.orkneyjar.com

Dear Meg Greenwood, I was wondering if you have the 1871 census yet. I would like to find out if my GGGGGrandfather is Robert Tait who married Margaret Slater. If you could possibly E-Mail over relivent information it would be most apprieciated. Thanks Caroline Fulcher ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

In my ever-faithful AA Great Britain Road Atlas 1976, which I purchased in 1977 when I was working in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (ah, those were the days - howay the lads!), and which I still regard as the very best road and regional directory I have ever seen (and why I value it as a reference book), there are 5 Braeheads listed - all in mainland Scotland, none in Orkney. There are 28 Brae+ listings, including some in Orkney and Shetland. __________________________ Keith Dash Sydney, Australia

Meg Greenwood wrote: > My sister has a book entitled "Orkney from Old Photographs" by Gordon > Wright (the first book). Sounds like a book we'd all love to have! Can you tell us the date, publisher, etc., and do you know if this book is still available? Thanks, Linda

My sister has a book entitled "Orkney from Old Photographs" by Gordon Wright (the first book). We have enjoyed it immensely, as we see what the area looked like, and 'felt' like around 1900 or so. My maternal Ggrandfather, William HALCROW was born in Kirkwall on Main Street, 1885, and left about 1907 for Canada, then the US. We have visited Orkney, but get much more of the idea of living then from this book. She has eMailed me saying that on p167, there is a group photo of an outing from Graemsay, circa 1908, and identifies 3 WILSONs in the photo. Isabella and John Henry WILSON are from Nether Newhouse. James WILSON is from Flaghill. Help me with locating these places. We are descendant from an Isabella WILSON who married William HALCRO in 1879 in Stromness. My Ggrandfather was one of their sons. He was a Police Constable in Stromness. I realize there are quite a few WILSONs in Orkney, but it is worth a shot to ask about Nether Newhouse, and Flaghill, as Graemsay is not far from Stromness at all. Thanks for any help you can give - Meg Greenwood in Oklahoma, USA

Is there a listing somewhere of the THOMAS surname who came to Canada to work for the Hudson Bay Company in the 1700's? Adele