At 04:28 PM 2/21/99 +1000, you wrote: >Help please! We are trying to find a bookseller or distributor in Australia >who could order books by George Mackay Brown. So far my mother has been >unable to locate a bookseller who even has a computer listing for the >books. If anyone could post the publishing details or a retailer in the UK >we could use, we would appreciate it. By the > way George, my mother is currently researching her Mowat ancestors! >Thanks, >Jacquie Cox <jacqgreg@tpgi.com.au> >---------- > Try Amazon UK at http://www.amazon.co.uk/ you can order the books yourself over the internet or obtain the ISBN numbers if you prefer to order the books locally. Anne Rendall

Thanks to Gregg and Thomas for their speedy replies to my book hunt! Jacquie. ---------- > From: Gregg1MN@aol.com > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Orkney author > Date: Sunday, 21 February 1999 16:39 > > Try www.amazon.com they list lots of his books > > Gregg Harcus > on the Tundra

Hello All, My GGGgrandmother was Janet LOGIE, born 6 Mar 1773 at Westray and Papa Westray, Orkney to David and Ann LOGIE. Recently I succeeded in downloading a list of LOGIES from the International Genealogical Index. All of the documentation I have seen on David and Ann lists Ann's surname as LOGIE and I'm not certain if they put her married name by default or if her maiden name actually was LOGIE. The index lists a David and an Ann LOGIE that fit into the right date range, but they are brother and sister, born in Orkney of David LOGIE and Janet BIGLUND. Is there someone out their who is researching LOGIES and might help me unravel my line? Alas I am researching strictly online from Idaho, USA. Thank you! Laurie Black Glenns Ferry, Idaho USA magpie@micron.net Any aid would be greatly appreciated! Janet LOGIE (F)....................... C: 6 Mar 1773 Ba: C110332 Father: David LOGIE Westray And Papa Westray, Orkney, So: 990518 Mother: Ann LOGIE Scotland Pr: 6902322

Help please! We are trying to find a bookseller or distributor in Australia who could order books by George Mackay Brown. So far my mother has been unable to locate a bookseller who even has a computer listing for the books. If anyone could post the publishing details or a retailer in the UK we could use, we would appreciate it. By the way George, my mother is currently researching her Mowat ancestors! Thanks, Jacquie Cox <jacqgreg@tpgi.com.au> ---------- > From: George Mowat-Brown <geomowat@zetnet.co.uk> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Orkney author > Date: Tuesday, 16 February 1999 11:51 > > Karen writes: > > >Since many of us are looking for something to flesh out the bare > >genealogical bones of our Orkney heritage, I should like to recommend the > >books by George Mackay Brown. . . . He has written > >several books of short stories and his novel, 'Beside the Ocean of Time' > . . . Definitely worth a look for a better > >insight into the Orkneys. > > > I could not agree more, in addition to the novel she cites, might I also > recommend an early volume (1969) 'An Orkney Tapestry'. As many of you will > know, he was a regular contributor to the local newspaper, 'The Orcadian', > with even a posthumous poem of his launching 1999 on the front page. I do > wonder how many editors in how many places (certainly few in the U.K.) > would risk their readship being cultured enough to appreciate such an > offering on the front page? > > His writings extend from the distant to the more recent past. He has also > been the most fruitful source of texts for Orkney's foremost resident > composer, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. > > > George > > > > > 'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds' > > Albert Einstein > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > High Point, > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > Isleworth, > Middlesex, > TW7 5DY, > UK. > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ >

Try www.amazon.com they list lots of his books Gregg Harcus on the Tundra

At 07:28 PM 2/19/99 -0000, you wrote: >-----Original Message----- >From: Anne Rendall <anne@rendall.net> >To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: 19 February 1999 18:21 >Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Managing your subscription to this list > > >>5) To support Rootsweb, visit: >>http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html you can become a >>member for $12.00, a sponsor for $24.00 and a donor for $100.00 a year >>Rootsweb is a volunteer organization, for the benefits of membership visit >>http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/members/ benefits include webspace, email >>lists. > >Hello Anne, >Is there any way (credit cards?) that we in the U.K. can support Rootsweb so >that we can avoid the nausea of buying dollars and sending them by >registered mail? >Kind regards >Mike Mike, There's a secure form at https://www.rootsweb.com/mf.html you can pay with Mastercard, Visa or American Express it only takes a minute to complete. Glad you're interested in supporting Rootsweb - I think they're great, I've found many distant cousins through their sites and lists. Anne Rendall

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Great! Blake Allan JOHN KELDAY wrote: > > Hello Stu et al, > We do seem to have quite a few people > interested in the Garrioch surname. You are quite right, the parish of Holm > & Paplay is right next to Kirkwall. Kirkwall is where my name Kelday is > from, from my grandfather Jonathan Garrioch Kelday, way back to 1600 (ish). > Like many Orcadians and other Scots, my grandfather and his brother left > for Canada, and I have relatives on Vancouver Island. However I live in the > UK in North Yorkshire, so Edinburgh and the records office is only a 3 > hour drive from here. > > If you, Karen, and Robert agree we could carry on the correspondence via > our e-mail addresses, if that is what is normally done, as I am planning a > visit to Edinburgh in the spring and if I have names and dates then maybe > we can kill at least 4 birds with one stone as it were. > > Regards > > John Kelday >

Thanks ! A very nice idea so far as I am concerned. I don't know if you noted my Garriochs when I sent them to Karen, but as there are only a few, will be glad to send them again, if you need my data. Blake Allan >

Karen writes: >Since many of us are looking for something to flesh out the bare >genealogical bones of our Orkney heritage, I should like to recommend the >books by George Mackay Brown. . . . He has written >several books of short stories and his novel, 'Beside the Ocean of Time' . . . Definitely worth a look for a better >insight into the Orkneys. I could not agree more, in addition to the novel she cites, might I also recommend an early volume (1969) 'An Orkney Tapestry'. As many of you will know, he was a regular contributor to the local newspaper, 'The Orcadian', with even a posthumous poem of his launching 1999 on the front page. I do wonder how many editors in how many places (certainly few in the U.K.) would risk their readship being cultured enough to appreciate such an offering on the front page? His writings extend from the distant to the more recent past. He has also been the most fruitful source of texts for Orkney's foremost resident composer, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. George 'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds' Albert Einstein $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 High Point, 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5DY, UK. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

At 10:48 AM 2/14/99 -0800, Karen wrote: >Have been lurking for some time now but have not seen any information >regarding the surname GARRIOCH. I've been trying to determine whether my g-g-g-grandmother Catherine GARRIOCH (b. 1750's) was the daughter of Patrick GARRIOCH and Christian GROUNDWATER of Orphir. Catherine married Magnus TAYLOR (b. 1753) in Orphir. If anyone has information about these lines, please let me know. Thanks. Dick Taylor Oldtime Nebraska <http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/hvn>

Hello Stu et al, We do seem to have quite a few people interested in the Garrioch surname. You are quite right, the parish of Holm & Paplay is right next to Kirkwall. Kirkwall is where my name Kelday is from, from my grandfather Jonathan Garrioch Kelday, way back to 1600 (ish). Like many Orcadians and other Scots, my grandfather and his brother left for Canada, and I have relatives on Vancouver Island. However I live in the UK in North Yorkshire, so Edinburgh and the records office is only a 3 hour drive from here. If you, Karen, and Robert agree we could carry on the correspondence via our e-mail addresses, if that is what is normally done, as I am planning a visit to Edinburgh in the spring and if I have names and dates then maybe we can kill at least 4 birds with one stone as it were. Regards John Kelday

Since seeing Karen's message I have found we live about 100 miles apart. I have Garriochs living in Scotland and am interested. Blake Allan

Hello Stu. I have Garrioch cousins in Scotland and have just sent Karen my Garrioch data (most still living). If you want it, maybe we can connect. I live on Vancouver Island and don't know Karen but was in her town this morning. It is becoming a much smaller world/ Blake

Hello John, My Garriochs originated in Canada with the arrival of William b. Aug 15, 1786 @ St. Ola, near Kirkwall. He was the son of Magnus Garrioch & Margaret Millar b. 1746 & 1759 respectively. William came to Canada with the Hudsons Bay Company and as far as I can tell, most of the Garriochs in this country who trace themselves back to Manitoba, are his descendants. I have browsed the Cursiter site but unfortunately I can't find any siblings who may have remained on the Islands nor can I find a line back from either of his parents. It is impossible for me to say whether there is a connection or not but I would welcome any advice you might have to offer about researching further on the Orkneys. Thanks for getting in touch, Karen -----Original Message----- From: JOHN KELDAY <JKELDAY@compuserve.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 3:14 PM Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Surname Lookup >Message text written by INTERNET:ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com >>Have been lurking for some time now but have not seen any information >regarding the surname GARRIOCH. Would it be possible for someone to check >the book on Orkney surnames and let me know what it says. >Thanks, >Karen on Vancouver Island, BC Canada< > >Hi Karen, > I too am interested in the Garrioch surname, but it looks >a very common surname in the islands. My great great grandmother was >Margaret Garrioch born 1831. She was the daughter of Archibald Garrioch and >Janet Garrioch, and they originated in Holm and Paplay. I know quite a lot >about Margaret now, so if your line of enquiry follows mine I would be >happy to share information. > Incidentally the traditional scottish naming pattern helped me to find >this ancestor, as my grandfather was given Garrioch as his middle name. > >Regards > >John Kelday >

Message text written by INTERNET:ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com >Have been lurking for some time now but have not seen any information regarding the surname GARRIOCH. Would it be possible for someone to check the book on Orkney surnames and let me know what it says. Thanks, Karen on Vancouver Island, BC Canada< Hi Karen, I too am interested in the Garrioch surname, but it looks a very common surname in the islands. My great great grandmother was Margaret Garrioch born 1831. She was the daughter of Archibald Garrioch and Janet Garrioch, and they originated in Holm and Paplay. I know quite a lot about Margaret now, so if your line of enquiry follows mine I would be happy to share information. Incidentally the traditional scottish naming pattern helped me to find this ancestor, as my grandfather was given Garrioch as his middle name. Regards John Kelday

Hello Karen. I'm also on Vancouver Island and have Garrioch cousins in Scotland but don't know where they live. My ancestors came from Orkney to Canada in 1842 and I have masses of data but not too much which is earlier than that. However, I have Garrioch cousins now in Scotland and can give you that data. Where are you, and what is your own surname? Blake Allan, Victoria

Since people are asking for surname lookups, I'll ask as well ... I've just recently started researching my family history and have traced one branch back to a HALCRO from Orkney. Any info anyone ... Margaret HALCRO ... born cir. 1647. Thanks alot, Caleb Stegall. L. Garrioch wrote: > Have been lurking for some time now but have not seen any information > regarding the surname GARRIOCH. Would it be possible for someone to > check > the book on Orkney surnames and let me know what it says. > Thanks, > Karen on Vancouver Island, BC Canada

Karen, I happen to be working on the name GARRIOCH now. For the IGI go to www.cursiter.com/ which will give you a lot of information for the name in Orkney. Out of curiosity, exactly what GARRIOCH'S are you trying to find? E-mail me at schristie@adelphia.net. Stu Christie