Steven Hoy wrote: > Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! > > I thought it was my laptop (and total lack of know how). I just received, > and very expediently I might add, my LDS CD ROM Census Library and was > experiencing the frustration of not being able to get at anything. I am VERY > new to all of this and was thoroughly amazed when this email came in. I > really do appreciate the way the web 'family' does not hesitate to pass on > helpful information. Apart from a lack of expertise in the genealogy > department I'm not too hot on PC technology either! > > Thanks again > Doreen Hoy (Australia) - seeking Aberdeen names Ingram, Abel, Innes, Forbes, > Sherriffs, Omand, Craigie and England names Hoy and Gauntlett! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <finn@ionet.net> > To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 8:55 AM > Subject: [ORKNEY-L] How to install the 1881 Census CDs properly > > > Listers - the LANARK-D@rootsweb.com list I also subscribe to had a > helpful post to insure the > > successful installation of the new 1881 CD set. I asked Marion Paterson > of San Diego, California if > > I could post her instructions to the ORKNEY list, she agreed. I ask the > listers to excuse the > > digression from our regular topics to 'software installation', however, > the 'software' is directly > > related to the collection of ORKNEY data ! > > > > I still await my recently ordered CD set, but it has been available in > the local Family History > > Center of the LDS Church for about a week now, however, it has been > improperly installed. Users > > cannot get into Glasgow, or any of Scotland at all ! It seems this is a > common problem, and her > > instructions are simple to follow. You might check these more closely if > you cannot access some of > > your census CD set. The instructions are evidently not as user-friendly > as they could have been. > > You do not get a manual, it must be downloaded from the net as per > instructions. Once this install > > glitch has been accomplished, the whole world opens up before you ! > Instructions follow: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > There is an 800 number for tech support at LDS and they are very > > helpful. Call 1-800-346-6044 > > > > There was a strange 'quirk' in the install directions. It is obscurely > worded. > > > > You need to do an install from THREE CDs: > > > > 1. Resource File Viewer > > 2. CD #1 of the National Index > > 3. CD #1 of any of the British Census - I chose Disc #1, Scotland Region, > > Highland Counties (it came in the next to last 'flap' of the CD set). > > > > There are 4 paragraphs in the installation instructions, starting with > #1 - > > 'Installing the Resource File Viewer'. > > > > Look at the third paragraph in the instructions. > > 'Installing the 1881 British Census and the National Index' at the top > right side of the page. > > > > 1. Open the Family History Resource File Viewer > > 2. Select <Click here to add a Resource File to the list> > > 3. A window will appear telling you to insert your CD. Insert CD #1. > > 4. Click <OK> > > 5. Repeat these steps to install the National Index. > > > > What they DON'T tell you is that you can find Disc #1 of the National > > Index in the first flap of CD's. The Disc #1 of the British Census for > > Scotland Region is found in the NEXT-TO-LAST FLAP. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Meg Greenwood - via Marion Paterson > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Doreen, Although I have very little info yet, my paternal g-g-grandmother was a Craigie, supposedly from Orkney and I'm working on it. She was a Mary Ann Craigie who had immigrated to Nova Scotia. Brian Hussey brian.hussey@ns.sympatico.ca > > > > >

Good morning, Linda:---could you send me the addresss of where to contact the HBC as my FLATTS came from Kirkwall, Orkney Isles and worked for the Hudson Bay Co. transporting prisoners across Canada and settled here in Ontario. Very interesting, thanks for sharing, Pat from Canada where I confuse the dead and irritate the living! ---------- > From: Linda Baikie Gee <gees@home.com> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ORKNEY-L] HBC INFO RECEIVED: BAIKIE, ROBERTSON, MOWAT, RENDALL ... > Date: Saturday, June 19, 1999 2:28 AM > > When the Hudson's Bay Company Archives sent me information on BAIKIES > who had been recruited from Orkney, they also sent a bonus -- a list of > some seventeen other men who worked for the HBC during the period > 1792-1808. I have the Hudson's Bay Company reference numbers so that you > can contact them for additional information. Plus, I can send you what > details I have: > > BAIKIE: Thomas - Birsay, Orkney Served 1858-1875 > Andrew - Costa, Evie, Orkney Served 1804-1822, age 28? > John - Walls, Orkney Served 1851-1861 > George -- Entered service 1807, age 37 > > ROBERTSON: > David Entered: 1797, age 31 > James 1792, age 41 > Thomas 1808, age 20 > John 1804, age 25 > > ROBINSON, George 1807, age 43 > > MOWAT: James 1803, age 49 > William 1809 > > RENDALL, George 1808, age 21 > Magnus 1807, age 39 > > ARTHUR, Magnus 1808, age 24 > > JOHNSTON, Thomas 1808, age 24 > > HARPER: Peter 1807, age 31 > William 1803, age 41 > > BALLENDEN, John 1807, 28 years > > I have no idea if these men were all from Orkney, if they worked > together, or what -- they were listed below the service record of Andrew > Baikie (described in HBCA's records as, "An excellent and trustworthy > man".) > > Linda > > P.S. Thanks again to Ron Garson who first put me on to the HBCA > P.P.S. If you want me to send you the attaments HBCA sent me, first let > me know whether you have Windows '95 or Windows '97 -- and if you have > neither, I'll send them anyway and we'll see what happens! >

When the Hudson's Bay Company Archives sent me information on BAIKIES who had been recruited from Orkney, they also sent a bonus -- a list of some seventeen other men who worked for the HBC during the period 1792-1808. I have the Hudson's Bay Company reference numbers so that you can contact them for additional information. Plus, I can send you what details I have: BAIKIE: Thomas - Birsay, Orkney Served 1858-1875 Andrew - Costa, Evie, Orkney Served 1804-1822, age 28? John - Walls, Orkney Served 1851-1861 George -- Entered service 1807, age 37 ROBERTSON: David Entered: 1797, age 31 James 1792, age 41 Thomas 1808, age 20 John 1804, age 25 ROBINSON, George 1807, age 43 MOWAT: James 1803, age 49 William 1809 RENDALL, George 1808, age 21 Magnus 1807, age 39 ARTHUR, Magnus 1808, age 24 JOHNSTON, Thomas 1808, age 24 HARPER: Peter 1807, age 31 William 1803, age 41 BALLENDEN, John 1807, 28 years I have no idea if these men were all from Orkney, if they worked together, or what -- they were listed below the service record of Andrew Baikie (described in HBCA's records as, "An excellent and trustworthy man".) Linda P.S. Thanks again to Ron Garson who first put me on to the HBCA P.P.S. If you want me to send you the attaments HBCA sent me, first let me know whether you have Windows '95 or Windows '97 -- and if you have neither, I'll send them anyway and we'll see what happens!

Doreen HOY - Thank you for the kind thoughts ! I LOVE feathers in my cap, however, Marion Paterson's addy was not in the copy/pasted instructions, and they were her instructions. She would probably be most pleased to get a quick note from you also - send one to her at: maripat2@san.rr.com/ If readers post it to the OTHER lists, maybe she will become famous ! <G>. Marion has given her kind permission to post them wherever they were needed. I felt that she had wonderful information at a critical time for some folks ! Obviously my local FHCenter needs them ! I am off to the Center now, to order microfilm for 1891 Census in Glasgow. I got 2 answers to my posts asking for help in identifying which of 6 films I needed to order - you are right about helpful listers ! One eMail was from a lady whose ancestors lived 4 numbers away from the house I sought and another from a FHC worker who knew they already had the film index ! When I am asked at Thanksgiving what I have been thankful for this past year - I will remember to mention Rootsweb as it led me to all of you ! - Meg Greenwood

Hi List, I've seen once too many times, people losing their bookmarks so have 'come up with a plan'. I have put a copy of my links on the web. The aim of this page is to give a bookmark page which you can download and import into your own browser. It in no way is intended to take off Cyndi's List or any other major link site. It is aimed for those who: Have just started out and want some sites in their bookmark list as a head start while they feel their way around, and Those who some act of misfortune, have lost their bookmarks and don't want to spend tedious hours adding and categorising links. A couple of points: This is a direct export from my Genealogy bookmark list - you will find it does have an Ivan Sanders slant. Having said that, I will try and keep a general coverage of key sites. If you have some sites that you would like me to add, email me and let me know. If you like, let me know which category you think they should go in. If you would prefer, you can browse it on line as well. Regards, Ivan ________________________________ It is at http://www.alphalink.com.au/~isanders in the Genealogy section

Hi folks, I know there are some Fletts on the list, I saw a bottle from PC Flett at eBay at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=118529191 it's neat, thought you might like to know But don't start going to eBay looking for Orcadian items - or if you do and you see that I've bid, don't bid against me - okay? :^) Anne Rendall

Listers - the LANARK-D@rootsweb.com list I also subscribe to had a helpful post to insure the successful installation of the new 1881 CD set. I asked Marion Paterson of San Diego, California if I could post her instructions to the ORKNEY list, she agreed. I ask the listers to excuse the digression from our regular topics to 'software installation', however, the 'software' is directly related to the collection of ORKNEY data ! I still await my recently ordered CD set, but it has been available in the local Family History Center of the LDS Church for about a week now, however, it has been improperly installed. Users cannot get into Glasgow, or any of Scotland at all ! It seems this is a common problem, and her instructions are simple to follow. You might check these more closely if you cannot access some of your census CD set. The instructions are evidently not as user-friendly as they could have been. You do not get a manual, it must be downloaded from the net as per instructions. Once this install glitch has been accomplished, the whole world opens up before you ! Instructions follow: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is an 800 number for tech support at LDS and they are very helpful. Call 1-800-346-6044 There was a strange 'quirk' in the install directions. It is obscurely worded. You need to do an install from THREE CDs: 1. Resource File Viewer 2. CD #1 of the National Index 3. CD #1 of any of the British Census - I chose Disc #1, Scotland Region, Highland Counties (it came in the next to last 'flap' of the CD set). There are 4 paragraphs in the installation instructions, starting with #1 - 'Installing the Resource File Viewer'. Look at the third paragraph in the instructions. 'Installing the 1881 British Census and the National Index' at the top right side of the page. 1. Open the Family History Resource File Viewer 2. Select <Click here to add a Resource File to the list> 3. A window will appear telling you to insert your CD. Insert CD #1. 4. Click <OK> 5. Repeat these steps to install the National Index. What they DON'T tell you is that you can find Disc #1 of the National Index in the first flap of CD's. The Disc #1 of the British Census for Scotland Region is found in the NEXT-TO-LAST FLAP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meg Greenwood - via Marion Paterson

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! I thought it was my laptop (and total lack of know how). I just received, and very expediently I might add, my LDS CD ROM Census Library and was experiencing the frustration of not being able to get at anything. I am VERY new to all of this and was thoroughly amazed when this email came in. I really do appreciate the way the web 'family' does not hesitate to pass on helpful information. Apart from a lack of expertise in the genealogy department I'm not too hot on PC technology either! Thanks again Doreen Hoy (Australia) - seeking Aberdeen names Ingram, Abel, Innes, Forbes, Sherriffs, Omand, Craigie and England names Hoy and Gauntlett! ----- Original Message ----- From: <finn@ionet.net> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 18, 1999 8:55 AM Subject: [ORKNEY-L] How to install the 1881 Census CDs properly > Listers - the LANARK-D@rootsweb.com list I also subscribe to had a helpful post to insure the > successful installation of the new 1881 CD set. I asked Marion Paterson of San Diego, California if > I could post her instructions to the ORKNEY list, she agreed. I ask the listers to excuse the > digression from our regular topics to 'software installation', however, the 'software' is directly > related to the collection of ORKNEY data ! > > I still await my recently ordered CD set, but it has been available in the local Family History > Center of the LDS Church for about a week now, however, it has been improperly installed. Users > cannot get into Glasgow, or any of Scotland at all ! It seems this is a common problem, and her > instructions are simple to follow. You might check these more closely if you cannot access some of > your census CD set. The instructions are evidently not as user-friendly as they could have been. > You do not get a manual, it must be downloaded from the net as per instructions. Once this install > glitch has been accomplished, the whole world opens up before you ! Instructions follow: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > There is an 800 number for tech support at LDS and they are very > helpful. Call 1-800-346-6044 > > There was a strange 'quirk' in the install directions. It is obscurely worded. > > You need to do an install from THREE CDs: > > 1. Resource File Viewer > 2. CD #1 of the National Index > 3. CD #1 of any of the British Census - I chose Disc #1, Scotland Region, > Highland Counties (it came in the next to last 'flap' of the CD set). > > There are 4 paragraphs in the installation instructions, starting with #1 - > 'Installing the Resource File Viewer'. > > Look at the third paragraph in the instructions. > 'Installing the 1881 British Census and the National Index' at the top right side of the page. > > 1. Open the Family History Resource File Viewer > 2. Select <Click here to add a Resource File to the list> > 3. A window will appear telling you to insert your CD. Insert CD #1. > 4. Click <OK> > 5. Repeat these steps to install the National Index. > > What they DON'T tell you is that you can find Disc #1 of the National > Index in the first flap of CD's. The Disc #1 of the British Census for > Scotland Region is found in the NEXT-TO-LAST FLAP. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Meg Greenwood - via Marion Paterson > > > > > > > > >

The British Columbia Online indexes now include births from 1872-1898. http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm If you find a relative, I'll go & get a photocopy of the document (birth, death, or marriage) for you in July or August- just send me a copy of the printout: e.g. Groom Name: HARRY BEACH Bride Name: WINIFRED EVA DELAMARE Event Date: 1911 3 4 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: NELSON Reg. Number: 1911-09-144614 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11384 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983977 Pam -- Pam Thomson British Columbia, Canada Proud to be a Rootsweb Sponsor http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/TownSquareNetwork

I am searching the Petrie family from South Ronaldsay. John Petrie 1845 married Margaret Matches 1849 married 1869. John is the son of James Petrie (1801-1865) and Betsy Sutherland (1810- 1877). Betsy was the daughter of John Sutherland & Anne Sinclair. James was the son of William Petrie & Barbara Simpson (1776 - 1862). Barbara was the daughter of William Simpson & Madge Manson. Happy Hunting Janine

Does anyone have a Francis Baikie? I have one married to Lieutenant Gilbert Traill, RN son of Thomas Traill, 2nd of Frotoft. Thanks, Deirdre Liddell Hay. -----Original Message----- From: Andrea A. Ferguson <fergus@worldnetla.net> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Need map(s) of Orkney >Hi Linda! > >I am also researching the descendents of Mary Dunnet and George Baikie. > >I am a descendant of George and Mary's daughter: > Christian BAIKIE b. abt 1721, Canisbay. > m. 16 June 1748, Canisbay > Christian married a THOMAS DUNNET, b. abt 1717 Canisbay. > > Christian and Thomas had several children including: > Christian Dunnet, c. 27 January 1765, Canisbay > she married WILLIAM SHEARER b. abt 1766, Dunnet > >I have more on this line if you would like. > >I look forward to hearing from you. > >Andrea Ferguson > > > > > Hi, Joe. I'm the one researching Dunnet, don't know if Keith is too. >>The Dunnet I'm seeking information on is Mary Dunnet (b. abt. 1686) wife >>of George Baikie (b. abt. 1682). No record of the place, but their >>children lived in Canisbay, Caithness. (Two of their children married >>Dunnets.) Only their son Magnus Baikie moved to Longhope, Orkney, which >>is where most of my research is centered. >> >>Linda >>* * * * * >>Joseph C. Greene wrote: >>> >>> Hell-o Keith, >>> >>> My name is Joe Greene and I am researching William DUNNET (DENNETT in >>> Canada) who left Orkney, employed by Hudsons Bay Company, in about 1800. >He >>> was born in South Ronaldsay. Have not been able to find much in the >parish >>> records though. Apparently this parish does not have good historical >>> records. >>> >>> I do not know if you are aware but the center of the DUNNET family is >>> Windwick Bay, South Ronaldsay. >>> > >>> >> > >______________________________

Hello fellow surname searchers I've only joined this list recently but I've been using the net to search my family name.(Corrigall) Though you all may have come across this link I mention it as I found it very useful to verify birth dates and marriage dates in the Orkneys and the rest of Scotland http://www.cursiter.com/ Margaret Corrigall

Listers - There was a great posting with a US site for ordering maps just given ! Thank you to Jennifer Kolthammer for the reference. I had a difficult time locating WHERE at this site: http://www2.davidmorgan.com/ the maps are found ! Scroll down the homepage until this line is found "Browse---Online Index---Site Index" YOU WANT THE SITE INDEX. Keep scrolling, more, yes keep going - BINGO - you will find a great lot of map choices and an example (pic) of the detail achieved on the maps. I have no idea about the shipping charges, though. This site appears to be helpful, offering to confirm the city you seek before ordering ! Thanks again to those who are offering addys for maps - it is certainly a basic tool to 'hunt' with when finding ancenstors ! - Meg Greenwood - Oklahoma Surname interests in Orkney - HALCRO/W (Orphir) and WILSON Also: GROUNDWATER, SHEARER, GUNN, WOOLHEISER, JOHNSTON who married into the HALCRO/W family late 1800's.

Sorry, I haven't been following this thread but a United States source for ordnance survey and landranger maps is: http://www2.davidmorgan.com/ Hope this helps, Jennifer =================== >Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Need map(s) of Orkney >Janine wrote: >> >> Linda >> How much do these maps cost in dollars? Also how long did it take for you to get them? >> >> Janine

Debbie - This is a long shot at best, but stranger things have happened in the world of Genealogy! My Mother's Father's brother was Thomas Halcrow. He was born in Kirkwall, Orkney in 1887. He married Margaret Oliver Cruickshank on Sept. 17, 1909 in GLASGOW. Their place of residence is listed in the Church of Scotland Register of Marriages as 111 Petershill Road in Glasgow. HER parents were William Cruickshank (occupation - Carter) and Margaret Cruickshank (previously Wilson) Maiden surname Oliver. I only thought this might be of interest, as she MIGHT have come from Orkney also, and they moved to Glasgow and then married. She is listed as a Confectionery Warehouse woman. Her age was the same as Thomas's at this wedding, 22 years old, so she must have been born the same year as he, or very near it. My Mother's family is WILSON related, and it is an Orkney name. If this sounds like a Cruikshank you need, I have no more information, just that from this Register. Oh, the Witnesses names were listed if you need them. Thanks for offering your family names - hope this helps ! Meg Greenwood - Oklahoma On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 23:23:37 EDT, you wrote: I'm looking for information on the following surnames Will, Campbell, Gordon, Miller, Farquharson, and Cruickshank of Sandwick and Stromness Orkney. Anyone out there with researching similar surnames? Send me a E-mail would love to exchange info! Happy Hunting! Debbie

>From LDS source I have the following info: Margaret TOLSTER was christened in 1810 in Stromness. Both parents are named \ Where do I go from here? Is this enough of an adress for that time to try to send for a copy of this record? Where do I find out where to write? I have been seeing so many detailed locations in the messages of others. I have just recently learned of this Scotland connection, and , as you can tell, I need hlep. Also have ties to Glasgow in the 1860s-1870s with this same last name TOLSTER/TOULSTER. Kay

Janine ~ At British Pounds 4.20 for each map, that comes to about US$6.75 each. Shipping was another $16 or so, but I also ordered a couple back-ordered books. Alone, they said the maps would be shipped in 2-3 days. With the books I ordered it could take 6 weeks. The shipping for the maps alone was still pretty steep -- around 8 Pounds if I remember right. You can get onto Amazon.com.UK and go through the motions of putting your map order in you "shopping cart", entering you personal date, and then seeing what the total comes to. If you don't like what you see, just cancel it. The currencies are converting at about US$1.61 per British Pound. Linda * * * * * Janine wrote: > > Linda > How much do these maps cost in dollars? Also how long did it take for you to get them? > > Janine > > > > http://www.tiac.net/users/teschek/orkneybooks/orkneymaps.htm > > > > > > Bill Teschek > > teschek@tiac.net" > > > > Janine wrote: > > > > > > Where would one find these maps or even how to order them? > > > Janine > > > > > > On Sunday, June 13, 1999 10:39 PM, George Mowat-Brown [SMTP:geomowat@zetnet.co.uk] wrote: > > > > Keith writes in response to Linda: > > > > > > > > >Linda - Operating from far away just as you do, I have found the Landranger > > > > >series very helpful. They show the smallest settlements and even some > > > > >individual manor houses and farms. And they will be very handy as road > > > > >maps when you visit Orkney. > > > > > > > > Yes, the Landranger Series from the British Ornance Survey are the ones > > > > that replaced the old 1" to a mile, these are now 2cm. to 1km (1:50,000 or > > > > about 1 1/4" to a mile). There are three covering Orkney, from N. to S. 5, > > > > 6, & 7 in the series. > > > > > > > > For More precise information, you will require the 'Pathfinder' series > > > > (again from the Ordnance Survey), these are 2.5" to the mile (1:25,000 or > > > > 4cm to 1 km), and contain all the detail you could want about farms etc. > > > > although, of course you would require a street-name map of either Kirkwall > > > > or Stromness, if your interests lie there. The numbers in this series run > > > > from 22 (North Ronaldsay) to the 40s (I suspect) for the Southern Isles. > > > > You will find that you usually need at least two to cover the larger > > > > islands (or sometimes 3, e.g. the whole of Westray requires 23, 24, and a > > > > tiny bit of 26). > > > > > > > > As a former government organization, the Ordnance Survey (based in > > > > Southampton) issues its maps all over the world. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > > > > > > > George > > > > > > > > > > > > 'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds' > > > > > > > > Albert Einstein > > > > > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > > > > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > > > > High Point, > > > > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > > > > Isleworth, > > > > Middlesex, > > > > TW7 5DY, > > > > UK. > > > > > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > > > > > > >

Linda How much do these maps cost in dollars? Also how long did it take for you to get them? Janine > > http://www.tiac.net/users/teschek/orkneybooks/orkneymaps.htm > > > Bill Teschek > teschek@tiac.net" > > Janine wrote: > > > > Where would one find these maps or even how to order them? > > Janine > > > > On Sunday, June 13, 1999 10:39 PM, George Mowat-Brown [SMTP:geomowat@zetnet.co.uk] wrote: > > > Keith writes in response to Linda: > > > > > > >Linda - Operating from far away just as you do, I have found the Landranger > > > >series very helpful. They show the smallest settlements and even some > > > >individual manor houses and farms. And they will be very handy as road > > > >maps when you visit Orkney. > > > > > > Yes, the Landranger Series from the British Ornance Survey are the ones > > > that replaced the old 1" to a mile, these are now 2cm. to 1km (1:50,000 or > > > about 1 1/4" to a mile). There are three covering Orkney, from N. to S. 5, > > > 6, & 7 in the series. > > > > > > For More precise information, you will require the 'Pathfinder' series > > > (again from the Ordnance Survey), these are 2.5" to the mile (1:25,000 or > > > 4cm to 1 km), and contain all the detail you could want about farms etc. > > > although, of course you would require a street-name map of either Kirkwall > > > or Stromness, if your interests lie there. The numbers in this series run > > > from 22 (North Ronaldsay) to the 40s (I suspect) for the Southern Isles. > > > You will find that you usually need at least two to cover the larger > > > islands (or sometimes 3, e.g. the whole of Westray requires 23, 24, and a > > > tiny bit of 26). > > > > > > As a former government organization, the Ordnance Survey (based in > > > Southampton) issues its maps all over the world. > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > > > > George > > > > > > > > > 'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds' > > > > > > Albert Einstein > > > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > > > High Point, > > > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > > > Isleworth, > > > Middlesex, > > > TW7 5DY, > > > UK. > > > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > > > >

Linda, If you will send me your email address I will send the tree from Christian and Thomas down to me. If I send a GEDCOM file can you use it? I have thought about Thomas and Catherine being twins, but I don't have any proof. I need to order the films from the Canisbay area. Best wishes, Andrea >My line from Mary Dunnet runs from her son Magnus, so I hadn't pursued >the Dunnets any further than just noting Christian Baikie/Thomas >Dunnet's children. Also, the children of Christian's brother Walter >Baikie, who married a Catherine Dunnet, born the same year as Thomas. I >don't have parentage for either of them -- do you? It's possible that >Thomas and Catherine could have been twins. And yes, I would like more >on this line -- thanks! > >

I'm looking for information on the following surnames Will, Campbell, Gordon, Miller, Farquharson, and Cruickshank of Sandwick and Stromness Orkney. Anyone out there with researching similar surnames? Send me a E-mail would love to exchange info! Happy Hunting! Debbie