Hi, 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! Linda * * * * * Andrea A. Ferguson wrote: > > 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. > >> > > >> > >

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. >> >> >

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. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Dash <dashjk@ozemail.com.au> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 11:29 PM > Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Need map(s) of Orkney > > >At 16:07 10/06/99 -0700, you wrote: > >>The more I get into my research, the more I need a good map or maps of > >>Orkney (contemporary and historic?). Any ideas of where I can obtain > >>same without breaking my bank? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Linda Baikie Gee > >> > >>(Researching surnames: Baikie, Robson/Robertson, Petrie, Dunnet, > >>Malcomson, Gray) > > > >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. > >______________________ > >Keith Dash > >Sydney, Australia > > > >

What happened to this message. Mine seems to have come through blank. I am interested in the heading and would like to know more. Thanks, Jan, Canberra, Australia -----Original Message----- From: Sapwcbt@aol.com <Sapwcbt@aol.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, 15 June 1999 3:21 AM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] SMITHS FROM WALLS AND FLOTTA > > >

Janine - I just ordered some from Amazon.com.UK. See the message below from Bill Teschek Linda "The best contemporary maps to work with are in the Landranger series. Go here to buy them online: 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 > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > > High Point, > > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > > Isleworth, > > Middlesex, > > TW7 5DY, > > UK. > > > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > > >

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 > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > High Point, > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > Isleworth, > Middlesex, > TW7 5DY, > UK. > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > >

Thanks to all for your advice and suggestions. As a relative newcomer to the world of online geneology, I am once again overwhelmed by the generosity of the Orkney-L listers. Linda Baikie Gee Researching surnames: Baikie, Petrie, Gray, Malcomson, Robson

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 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 High Point, 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5DY, UK. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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. -----Original Message----- From: Keith Dash <dashjk@ozemail.com.au> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Need map(s) of Orkney >At 16:07 10/06/99 -0700, you wrote: >>The more I get into my research, the more I need a good map or maps of >>Orkney (contemporary and historic?). Any ideas of where I can obtain >>same without breaking my bank? >> >>Thanks, >>Linda Baikie Gee >> >>(Researching surnames: Baikie, Robson/Robertson, Petrie, Dunnet, >>Malcomson, Gray) > >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. >______________________ >Keith Dash >Sydney, Australia > >

At 16:07 10/06/99 -0700, you wrote: >The more I get into my research, the more I need a good map or maps of >Orkney (contemporary and historic?). Any ideas of where I can obtain >same without breaking my bank? > >Thanks, >Linda Baikie Gee > >(Researching surnames: Baikie, Robson/Robertson, Petrie, Dunnet, >Malcomson, Gray) 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. ______________________ Keith Dash Sydney, Australia

Would like to invite the list members to visit my Scottish Names Research website at http://www.spiderweb.com.au/~frasbett There is quite a few good Scottish Research Links available to help with their Family Research and the list members are very welcome to submit their URL's into the Free For All Links Section to help promote their Scottish Family Research. Peter Cooroy, Queensland, Australia

Is anyone aware of reasonable copies on the web or scanned that could be emailed etc?? Ivan ----- Original Message ----- From: George Mowat-Brown <geomowat@zetnet.co.uk> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 11 June, 1999 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Need map(s) of Orkney > Linda writes: > > >The more I get into my research, the more I need a good map or maps of > >Orkney (contemporary and historic?). Any ideas of where I can obtain > >same without breaking my bank? > > It all depends upon the scale you require - the best British maps are > published by the Ordnance Survey, a moderate scale one is issued for Orkney > - well, it comprises three actually, Northern (but if you want the tip of > Westray, you will need the next one down as well), Middle and Southern > Isles. I find that these are generally sufficient for most purposes. The > O.S. also publish a few reprints of C19th. 1" to the mile maps, but I do > not know if the one for Orkney is available. > > Good luck, > > 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 writes: >The more I get into my research, the more I need a good map or maps of >Orkney (contemporary and historic?). Any ideas of where I can obtain >same without breaking my bank? It all depends upon the scale you require - the best British maps are published by the Ordnance Survey, a moderate scale one is issued for Orkney - well, it comprises three actually, Northern (but if you want the tip of Westray, you will need the next one down as well), Middle and Southern Isles. I find that these are generally sufficient for most purposes. The O.S. also publish a few reprints of C19th. 1" to the mile maps, but I do not know if the one for Orkney is available. Good luck, George 'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds' Albert Einstein $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 High Point, 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5DY, UK. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

> The more I get into my research, the more I need a good map or maps of > Orkney (contemporary and historic?). Any ideas of where I can obtain > same without breaking my bank? The best contemporary maps to work with are in the Landranger series. Go here to buy them online: http://www.tiac.net/users/teschek/orkneybooks/orkneymaps.htm Bill Teschek teschek@tiac.net

I bought a map of the Orkney Islands at the Loon Mountain Highland Games in New Hampshire, USA from a book seller (not too expensive if I remember). The map is part of he National Map Series by John Bartholomew & Sons Ltd., Duncan Street, Edinhburgh, EH9 1TA Scotland.. It is Sheet 61. It is a modern map. For older maps haunt second-hand book stores. I have bought one book on ancient maps. However, if I recall the Orkney Islands and Scotland were not too good.

The more I get into my research, the more I need a good map or maps of Orkney (contemporary and historic?). Any ideas of where I can obtain same without breaking my bank? Thanks, Linda Baikie Gee (Researching surnames: Baikie, Robson/Robertson, Petrie, Dunnet, Malcomson, Gray)

Ive got a Frances Baikie married to a Lieutenant Gilbert Traill RN from Orkney. There is a book called the Frotoft Branch of the Orkney Traills that a guy called Ken Traill sent to me that has lots of my Liddells in it and the Baikie reference came from that. Id be interested to hear if that is your branch and if you can add more names of her descendants. Regards, Deirdre Liddell Hay. -----Original Message----- From: Raymond and Linda Gee <gees@home.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Longhope, Orkney >Hi, Jan ~ > >Thank you for the information. I've come across some of your surnames >in following the ancestral line I'm currently tracing: > >As of right now, I do not have confirmed starting information, so am >just "cruising" web sources. I know only that my great-grandfather was >a William Baikie >of Orkney, who emigrated to Illinois, USA where my grandfather James >Petrie Baikie was born in 1901. I'm assuming there was a Petrie in >his line somewhere close, so have settled upon 2 William Baikies born in >the >appropriate timeframe as probables ancestors. From there I've traced >back through >the Custer list and using the LDS FamilySearch website. Much of the >ancestor line that I'm following on the LDS site comes from work >submitted by D.S. >Armstrong in Australia (who I've not contacted yet). I'm waiting until >I can confirm (through US sources) the exact name of my >great-grandfather before I jump in any deeper than what is available >online. > >The surnames I'm looking at right now are: Baikie, Petrie, >Robson/Robertson, Malcomson, Dunnet, Nicholson, Sinclair, Gray, Wilson > >Linda Baikie Gee >Fremont, California, USA > > > >Robert Grant wrote: >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Raymond and Linda Gee <gees@home.com> >> Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Longhope, Orkney >> >> >Can anyone tell me what parish Longhope is in, and what island it's on. >> >Is there somewhere on the web an Orkney reference that lists the towns >> >in each parish? And can anyone suggest what seaport someone emigrating >> >from Orkney to America/Canada would take? I'm interested in searching >> >passenger lists. Thank you. >> >> I was just wondering what surnames you are researching since most of my >> family came from Longhope. My main line is Smith, with others being Rich, >> Nicolson, Allan, Wilson, Robson, Cromarty, Thomson, Omand, Bruce, Stout and >> Sinclair. The small strip of land between North and South Walls is called >> The Nyre. >> >> Jan Grant >> Canberra, Australia > >______________________________

Hi list, Looking for Robert RITCH from Deerness, Orkney (c 1800) - wife's name Margaret (RITCH?) Descendants of Robert Ritch 1 Robert Ritch . +Margaret Ritch ...... 2 Edward Ritch b: 18 April 1841 d: 1910 .......... +Isabella Hourie b: 1846 ...... 2 John Ritch b: 20 March 1836 ...... 2 Margaret Ritch b: 8 April 1838 .......... +John Stove b: 1838 ...... 2 Anne Ritch b: 12 June 1843 ...... 2 Robert Ritch b: 12 August 1845 ...... 2 David Ritch b: 5 June 1849 ...... 2 Anne Ritch b: 9 March 1934 Regards, Ivan ________________________________ http://www.alphalink.com.au/~isanders

Does anyone have any information on: RITCH/RITCHIE - Their origins in the Orkney's, or the prison ship "The Crown" - read on... The following are bits and pieces I have plagiarised from a couple of emails: In the book by Bremner, "Hoy- The Dark Enchanted Isle" the RITCH's are stated to be descendants from RITCHIE brothers who escaped from the wreck, at Deerness in1679, of the prison ship, "The Crown" which was transporting Covenanters to America. (The Covenantor's memorial in Deerness is dedicated to the loss of those who were not as lucky as our RITCH ancestors). One brother settled in the east and one settled in the west of Orkney, hence the branch differences of the RITCH family in Orkney. Regards, Ivan ________________________________ http://www.alphalink.com.au/~isanders