David, Thanks so much for the information! I will check this out. Debbie

It seems that not only are Mary & Margaret sisters but Henry & George are brothers. There is a lady searching this family, Linda, but I have lost her email addresses due to a computer problems. I am also doing a database of all the Petrie's in Orkney and so far it is at about 850 people. I have alot of census info on these two families if you are interested. Janine -----Original Message----- From: Wm Voss [SMTP:bellafortuni@southland.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 2:07 PM To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Petries/Baikies Adding to the Petrie/Piere/et al thread. I show two crosses with the Baikie line: Mary Petrie/Henry Baikie, m 1862 and her sister Margaret Robertson Petrie/George Baikie, m 1867. Has anyone come across any others? I have an old note of a marriage c 1760 between a John Baikie and an un-named Petrie, but have not been able to verify it. I would also be interested in any crosses with the Corner family. wev ily. wev

Listers - Have been listing the extra names from the 28 sheets of photocopies of 1891 Orphir, Kirkwall and Stromness census enumerations, gotten at Kirkwall Library last summer. Had been listing briefly, and sending details when asked. I wrongly assumed there would be little interest in these folks ! The entire details will be listed with the Orcadians found on these sheets - it will keep you from waiting for me to answer, and I can list more sheets. Don't hesitate to ask questions - these listings are as they appear on each page, there may be more of that name later.- Meg Greenwood Group #4 Census place - ORPHIR : 'Nearhouse' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window Charles FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - head - umnar - 32 yrs - self employed farmer Isabella FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - mother - Widow - 73 yrs John FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - brother - unmar - 45 - Agri laborer Tomima INSKSTER(probably should be INKSTER) (born Orphir) -niece - unmar - 19 yrs - domestic Peter HALCRO (born Orphir) - servant - unmar - 19 yrs 'Nearhouse' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window [Peter overwritten with Mary ?] FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - head - marr - 34 yrs - mason's wife Peter FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - son - 11 yrs - scholar Mary FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - dau - 9 yrs - scholar Williamina FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - dau - 7 yrs - scholar James S FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - son - 5 yrs Tomina F FARQUHAR (born Orphir) - dau - 1 yr 'East Cott' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window Isabella HALCRO (born Caithness, Canisby) - head - widow - 80 yrs Ellen HALCRO (born Stromness) - grand-dau - unmar - 17 yrs - Nurse 'Roadside' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window George FLETT (born Orphir) - head - marr - 52 yrs - Laborer Barbara FLETT ( born Orphir) - wife - mar - 43yrs Mary Jane FLETT (born Orphir) - dau - unmar - 26 yrs - General Domestic Georgina FLETT (born Orphir) - dau - unmar - 15 - At Home Anderina FLETT (born Orphir) - dau - 13 - scholar Robert FLETT (born Orphir) - son - 11 yrs - scholar Jamles FLETT (born Orphir) - son - 3 yrs

I am trying to find out the origin of the village of Quindry, It is small settlement in the north of South Ronaldsay. It is about two miles south of St. Margaret's Hope. Does anyone know of any books about the Orkney Islands or South Ronaldsay in particular which might be of some help? Perhaps a library which might have a history of early settlers. Would be very happy if someone can help me with this. Ed Oldaker Mesa, AZ

Hello All! I'm looking for information on a George Will who married a Eliza Sclater Millar in Stromness 1871. The 1881and 1891 census lists her as a sailors wife and George is not mentioned. I assume this means he was out to sea at the time of census. I tried looking him up under royal navy on 1881 census but did not find him! Does anyone know where I might look for list of sailors from stromness? Could he have possibly been on a merchant type ship? Could sailor mean he was a fisherman? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Debbie

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Hi all, I have now posted out the ParishNo.DataBase to all requests I had recorded in my address book. For anyone that requested the DataBase and never received a copy, my apologies and please let me know. My thanks to all those that sent acknowledgments with their complimentary remarks. For anyone who would like a copy, advise by DIRECT email together with the DataBase Program you have : MSWorks, Excel, Access, Approach, dBase3 Many thanks Arthur McGREGOR New Zealand.

Meg I am just waiting for my own copy of the 1881 census to arrive. They are still on backorder. In the meantime if I get back to my local LDS centre I will check it out on the fiche. If you can send me a scan of the 1891 census that you found of Pirie\Pierie I would appreciate it. If you can't don't worry about it. Could you tell me what parishes are on the 1891 census that you have access to? Janine -----Original Message----- From: Greenwood [SMTP:finn@ionet.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 12:43 PM To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Re: PIERE - is it PETRIE ? NO, its PIRIE ! On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:39:46 -0700, you wrote: Janine - Since I did not have much for you with the 1891 census, I have looked up the PIERIEs on the 1881 Census CDs, and found 20 of them !! But they are listed as PIRIE ! Have re-checked the handwritten records of the 1891 census - and what had appeared as a stray mark in the area of the first ' e ' of PIERIE, might be a mark to cross out the ' e ' ! The only other PIERIE surname found is hard to read (blobby ink), but could easily be PIRIE, not PIERIE. Have found 111 PETRIEs on the 1881 Census CDs !!!! Looked only for those born in the Orkneys. We haven't had the scanner on for a bit, it is disconnected. Will fire it up ASAP and send the PETRIE scans to you. Please LMKnow what you want to do with the PIRIEs - send them ? Meg PS - if any other Listers want these PETRIE scans, LMKnow. I won't hand-enter them all and post them onto the ORKNEY List, but a scan sent off-list is easy.

I would like to unsubscribe to this site. I've sent a few requests already but after being away for a few days I now have 60 messages. How do I unsubscribe? A McGregor wrote: > Hi to All.... with the set of 1881 British Census Index CDs > > Some may find this Index helpful to determine which disc to use when the > > Region is known. > > Arthur McGREGOR. > New Zealand. > > REGION CODE COUNTRY DISC NAME & No. > ====== ==== ======= =============== > Aberdeen Aber Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Anglesey Angl Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Angus Angu Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Argyll Argy Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Ayr Ayr Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Banff Banf Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Bedford Bedf England East Anglia 1 > Berkshire Berk England Greater London West 3 > Berwick Berw Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Brecknock Brec Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Brecon Brec Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Buckingham Buck England Greater London East 4 > Bute Bute Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Caernarvon Caer Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Caithness Cait Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Cambridge Camb England East Anglia 1 > Cardigan Card Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Carmarthen Carm Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Channel Islands ChaI England Nth.Boarders & Misc. 1 > Cheshire Ches England Midlands West 1 > Clackmannan Clac Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Cornwall Corn England Southwestern 1 > Cumberland Cumb England Nth.Boarders & Misc. 1 > Denbigh Denb Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Derby Derb England Midlands East 2 > Devon Devo England Southwestern 1 > Dorset Dors England Southwestern 1 > Dumfries Dumf Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Dunbarton Dunb Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Durham Durh England Nth.Boarders & Misc. 1 > East Lothian ELot Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Edinburgh Mlot Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Elgin Mora Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Essex Esse England Greater London East 4 > Fife Fife Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Flint Flin Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Forfar Angu Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Glamorgan Glam Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Gloucester Glou England Southwestern 1 > Haddington ELot Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Hampshire Hamp England Greater London West 3 > Hereford Here England Midlands West 1 > Hertford Hert England Greater London East 4 > Huntingdon Hunt England East Anglia 1 > Inverness Inve Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Isle of Man IMan England Nth.Boarders & Misc. 1 > Isle of Wight Hamp England Greater London West 3 > Kent Kent England Greater London East 4 > Kincardine Kinc Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Kinross Kinr Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Kirkcudbright Kirk Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Lanark Lana Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Lancashire Lanc England North Central 1 & 2 > Leicester Leic England Midlands East 2 > Lincoln Linc England East Anglia 1 > Linlithgow WLot Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > London Lond England London/Middlesex 1 or 2 > Merioneth Meri Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Middlesex Lond England London/Middlesex 1 or 2 > Midlothian Mlot Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Miscellaneous Unkn England Nth.Boarders & Misc. 1 > Monmouth Monm Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Montgomery Mntg Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Moray Mora Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Nairn Nair Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Navy Navy Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Norfolk Norf England East Anglia 1 > Northampton Nham England East Anglia 1 > Northumberland Nthu England Nth.Boarders & Misc. 1 > Nottingham Nott England Midlands East 2 > Orkney Orkn Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Oxford Oxfo England Greater London West 3 > Peeble Peeb Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Pembroke Pemb Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Perth Pert Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Radnor Radn Wales Wales & Monmouth 1 > Renfrew Renf Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Ross & Cromarty RoCr Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Roxburgh Roxb Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Royal Navy Navy England Nth.Boarders & Misc. 1 > Rutland Rutl England East Anglia 1 > Salop Shro England Midlands West 1 > Selkirk Selk Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Shetland Shet Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Shropshire Shro England Midlands West 1 > Somerset Som England Southwestern 1 > Southampton Hamp England Greater London West 3 > Stafford Staf England Midlands West 1 > Stirling Stir Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Suffolk Suff England East Anglia 1 > Surrey Surr England Greater London West 3 > Sussex Suss England Greater London East 4 > Sutherland Suth Scotland Scotland Highlands 1 > Warwick Warw England Midlands East 2 > West Lothian WLot Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Westmorland Wmor England Nth.Boarders & Misc. 1 > Wigtown Wigt Scotland Scotland Lowlands 2 > Wiltshire Wilt England Southwestern 1 > Worcester Worc England Midlands West 1 > York York England North Central 3 & 4 > Zetland Shet Scotland Scotland Highlands 1

Hi People, Does anyone know how I could access the following Orkney book from the USA: Records of the Earldom of Orkney, 1299-1614 - Author: Joseph Storer Clouston Published: Edinburgh, 1914 (Scottish History Society, 2nd series, volume 7) Does anyone have a copy or know of a microfiche number? Regards John Flett Lotus CA USA

Listers - Have been listing the extra names from the 28 sheets of photocopies of 1891 Orphir, Kirkwall and Stromness census enumerations, gotten at Kirkwall Library last summer. Had been listing briefly, and sending details when asked. I wrongly assumed there would be little interest in these folks ! The entire details will be listed with the Orcadians found on these sheets - it will keep you from waiting for me to answer, and I can list more sheets. Don't hesitate to ask me questions - these listings are as they appear on each page, there may be more of that name later.- Meg Greenwood Group #3 Orphir : 'North House' Mary Agnes ROBERTSON (born Walls) - servant - 14 yrs 'Linnetdale' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window James H ROBERTSON (born Orphir) - head - marr - 41 yrs - self employed farmer Ann ROBERTSON (born Orphir) - mother - 71 yrs - widow 'Greysinn' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window John ROBSON (born Walls) - head - marr - 47 yrs - self employed farmer Ellen ROBSON (born Orphir) - wife - marr - 37 yrs Margaret ROBSON (born Orphir) - dau - 11 yrs - scholar Elizabeth ROBSON (born Orphir) - dau - 9 yrs - scholar William W ROBSON (born Orphir) - son - 3 yrs Ellen ROBSON (born Orphir) - dau - 2 yrs Samuel ROBSON (born Orphir) - son - 1 yr 'Finyehouse' (not sure of the 'y') - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window Nichol SLATER (born Orphir) - head - marr - 29 yrs - Joiner Margaret SLATER (born Rousay) - wife - mar - 27 yrs Barbarea J SLATER (born Firth) - dau - 5 yrs Maggie SLATER (born Orphir) - dau - 3 yrs Thomas S SLATER (born Orphir) - son - 2 yrs Robert MARWICK (born Orphir) - umnar - 17 yrs - apprentice joiner 'Gerwin' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window Andrew WILSON (born Orphir) - widower - 58 yrs - self employed farmer Catherine WILSON (born Orphir) - dau - unmar - 32 yrs Anderina WILSON (born Orphir) - dau - unmar - 20 yrs Thomas WILSON (born Orphir) - son - umnar - 18 yrs - Tailor Ann TAIT (born Orphir) - visitor - widow - 58 yrs - knitter 'Gerwin' - has 1 room with more than 1 window John BEWS (born Stenness) - head - marr - 47 yrs - self employed farmer Nelly BEWS (born Orphir) - wife - marr - 67 yrs Mary BEWS (born Stenness) - servant - unmarr - 32 yrs - General domestic 'Twatts School House' - has 3 rooms with more than 1 window William WILSON (born Orphir) - head - marr - 46 yrs - Mason Isabella WILSON (born Orphir) - wife - marr - 45 yrs Bella WILSON (born Orphir) - dau - unmarr - 15 yrs - Domestic Peter WILSON (born Orphir) - son - 13 yrs - scholar Anna WILSON (born Orphir) - dau - 11 yrs - scholar Maggie WILSON (born Orphir) - dau - 8 yrs - scholar Jemima WILSON (born Orphir) - dau - 2 yrs 'Little Cot' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window William WILLITTS (born Dumbartonshire) - head - marr - 28 - Farm Servant Mary Ann WILLITTS (born St Ola) - wife - mar - 31 yrs Charles WILLITS (born Orphir) - son - 2 yrs Mary Ann WILLITTS (born Orphir) - dau - 4 yrs 'Hillface" - has 1 room with more than 1 window William M SHEARER (born St Ola) - head - marr - 34 yrs - Farm Servant Mary SHEARER (born Orphir) - wife - marr - 31 yrs William SHEARER (born Orphir) - son - 12 yrs - scholar Mary J SHEARER (born Orphir) - dau - 10 yrs - scholar Margaret SHEARER (born Orphir) - dau - 9 yrs - scholar Robina M SHEARER (born Kirkwall) - dau - 7 yrs - scholar Ellen SHEARER (born Kirkwall) - dau - 5 yrs David SHEARER (born Orphir) - son - 3 yrs Isabella SHEARER (born Orphir) - dau - 9 months 'Hillface' - has 1 room with more than 1 window Christina CORNER (born Orphir) - head - unmar - 78 yrs - General servant 'Aikley' - has 2 rooms with more than 1 window Betsy BALLANTINE (born Orphir) - head - widow - 49 yrs - General servant James PIRIE (born Orphir) - son - unmarr - 18 - Tailor's apprentice

Message text written by INTERNET:ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Also can anyone tell me how to go about trying to find a death date and record for William? < Debbie, You should be able to find the death record for William on the Scots Origins database provided it was before 1897 and if you don't mind paying £6 to access the database. The event is almost sure to be recorded as statutory registration began in Scotland in 1856, but in view of the dates you have given he may still have been living in 1897 in which case you would have to write to New Register House in Edinburgh to get the information. Cheers John Kelday

Adding to the Petrie/Piere/et al thread. I show two crosses with the Baikie line: Mary Petrie/Henry Baikie, m 1862 and her sister Margaret Robertson Petrie/George Baikie, m 1867. Has anyone come across any others? I have an old note of a marriage c 1760 between a John Baikie and an un-named Petrie, but have not been able to verify it. I would also be interested in any crosses with the Corner family. wev ily. wev

William (a fine Scottish name) and others looking for the information. You have been provided with the address for the Orcadian. To contact the Orkney Tourist Board, the email address is <orkneytb@csi.com>. We have been in contact with them several times since our return to the States from Orkney. Yes, some of us actually go there. Our trip was to visit the farm and kirk where my wife's great-grandparents were buried. The Orkney Tourist Board was very helpful in finding us accomadations. We told them what our desires were, and the money bracket we were aiming at, and they called and got us a place that was not going to open to tourists for another week. You see, we went in March, ahead of the tourist season. Another web site would be ORKNET, which I believe is www.orkney.com, or something close. That was how we got into it in the first place. It is a wonderful place to visit, and as you mentioned South Ronaldsay, and if you don't mind self-catering or B & B, you might inquire of OTB if there is space at South Cara Farm. There are a number of links on ORKNET thast may prove valuable to your research. In Kirkwall, right behind the Tourist Board Office, is the Orkney Genealogic Society, and there rooms, and assistance, are available at certain times. Good luck, and a good trip. Sincerely, Bill & Mary Hillgaertner ---------- > From: William A. Mills <wmamills@juno.com> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Orcadian Info. > Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 9:53 AM > > Orkney Researchers, > > I have a few questions that I am hoping some of you may be able to help > me with: > > 1. Are any of you who are on this Orkney-L list, actual residents of the > Orkney Islands of Scotland? > > 2. How can I susbscribe to the Orcadian newspaper? And is it possible to > do it via the internet? > > 3. I am considering coming to Orkney in the near future. Most of my > Rusland, Russell, Barnet, Thomson, & Groat ancestors were from Shapinsay > & South Ronaldsay. Can anyone give me any advice as to where to stay in > that vicinity? > > 4. I am planning on visiting THE ORKNEY LIBRARY in Kirkwall, Orkney, > which was founded in 1683, and is Scotland's oldest Public Library. Can > anyone give me any info on what genealogical & local history collections > they have. Does this library have an email address? > > William A. Mills > Perry, GA > USA > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Meg I would love a scan if possible. I have looked up both Piere & Petrie on th LDS site and can't find any of them. I do know that there was one family of Petrie's from Orphir and everytime I come across 2 of the girls their ages never seem to fit. One of the sons was a David and he would be old enought to be your David's father. I will keep your email and keep an eye out myself. James should also be listed in the 1881 cenus and my local LDS centre has it on fiche and I will look it up next time I'm there. Thanks for the info. Janine -----Original Message----- From: Greenwood [SMTP ionet.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 8:22 AM To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Re: PIERE - is it PETRIE ? Janine - This name is clearly PIERIE. Have looked for PETRIE, unelss one of these enumerators hen scratchings clears up and becomes PETRIE, there are none on these extra sheets . Apologies ! The only other ' P ' listing is for PEACE. Creative thinking is a necessity when reading some of these names ! I have used the Cursiter site to help me get possibilities for a few - like VELZIAN ! MLSOU becomes WILSON, COSMO might become COCK, BRAION will probably be BROWN, but why is the 'dot' there? My HALCRO was listed as HALERS. There is a name that looks like CASKEY, but that ' K ' is strange. the legs that kick out are really more of a squiggle resembling a ' 3 '. Looks like an ' h ' with a kinked right leg ! And it is written precicely this way 6 times in a row. He was Minister of the Orphir Parish. Guesses are welcomed !!! Look at the listings for PIERIE, and if they are a good fit for your PETRIE family - eMail me, I can easily send a scan - or I can do it anyway if you want to see what it really looks like. Easily done. - Meg Greenwood

Janine, You wrote that you are searching the Petrie family from all of Orkney. It is possible that I have a Petrie in my direct line, but I am lacking some information to prove or disprove the link. I have traced all my line back to a marriage in 1791 between Robert Kelday and Mary Hervy in Kirkwall, but I don't know when Robert was born or who his parents were. The record I have prior to this event is a marriage in Kirkwall between another Robert Kelday and Isobel PETRIE on 19th January 1771but I can find no records of any children from this couple. Could they be my Robert's parents? Do you have any additional info? Regards John Kelday

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:39:46 -0700, you wrote: Janine - Since I did not have much for you with the 1891 census, I have looked up the PIERIEs on the 1881 Census CDs, and found 20 of them !! But they are listed as PIRIE ! Have re-checked the handwritten records of the 1891 census - and what had appeared as a stray mark in the area of the first ' e ' of PIERIE, might be a mark to cross out the ' e ' ! The only other PIERIE surname found is hard to read (blobby ink), but could easily be PIRIE, not PIERIE. Have found 111 PETRIEs on the 1881 Census CDs !!!! Looked only for those born in the Orkneys. We haven't had the scanner on for a bit, it is disconnected. Will fire it up ASAP and send the PETRIE scans to you. Please LMKnow what you want to do with the PIRIEs - send them ? Meg PS - if any other Listers want these PETRIE scans, LMKnow. I won't hand-enter them all and post them onto the ORKNEY List, but a scan sent off-list is easy.

I'm looking for information on William Campbell. In 1881 & 1891 census he was farmer of 100 acres in deepdale Holm Orkney. He married a mary Cruickshank who died giving birth to there only child Jane Campbell in 1857 then later married a Bathia Farquharson Nov 1861. I dont believe that William and Bathia had any children but had a niece by the name of Bathia Farquharson living with them when census records were taken. I believe William was born in Aberdeenshire but spent the remainder of his days in Deepdale Holm. Anyone out there with info of this family? Lets chat. Also can anyone tell me how to go about trying to find a death date and record for William? Debbie

William - It never entered my mind that you were trying to sell anything. I saw something mentioning the costs plus shipping and handling and thought how great it would be if I had the ability to view... I'm sorry if you misunderstood. I do, in fact, use the familysearch.org site frequently and have found quite a bit of information there. I recently had an opportunity to visit the LDS research center in Salt Lake but my time there was limited. I was under the impression that this was the only place I could see any of the other related data they have stored. For example, on the LDS site I have noticed that the names have reference and other numbers noted. I'm not quite sure what those mean or how they are to be used. I am still pretty much a novice at this research stuff, but I'm learning thanks to people like you. Thanks again for all the time and energy you took to fill me in.

Hello! I have no Petries in family line as of yet but, I do have a Janet Baikie b. 1811 Birdsay and married a David Miller Jan 1 1833 Stromness Orkney. Do you possibly have a connection with this Baikie. I do not have info on her parents! Thanks Debbie