William Sinclair wrote: > Mike > > Are you related to Margaret Trail Rosie Clouston or is she in your tree. > > As I am her great great grandson > > Willie Sinclair No, Willie, she is not in my tree. -- Mike Clouston

Mike Are you related to Margaret Trail Rosie Clouston or is she in your tree. As I am her great great grandson Willie Sinclair 2008/12/30 Mike Clouston <mcc11639@gmx.com>: > R.A.(Dutch) Thompson wrote: >> Hi- >> I'm trying to find a way to corral the family tree info I've gathered to share with relatives- including photos etc- >> can anyone suggest a book template they've used that's not too complicated ? I'd like to see how the text and photos etc look when laid out properly- >> >> Thanks for any suggestions- >> >> Thompson in PEI > > Anything here that might be suitable, Dutch? > http://www.familytreetemplates.net/ > -- > Happy New Year > Mike Clouston > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have sent you an invitation to have a look at the book. Willie Sinclair 2008/12/30 R.A.(Dutch) Thompson <dutchink@pei.sympatico.ca>: > Hi- > I'm trying to find a way to corral the family tree info I've gathered to share with relatives- including photos etc- > can anyone suggest a book template they've used that's not too complicated ? I'd like to see how the text and photos etc look when laid out properly- > > Thanks for any suggestions- > > Thompson in PEI > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ken:   Here's a "maybe" from 1881 census:  As you can see, there is a Fanny Thom(p)son born 1869/70 & a Robert, born 1881...    William THOMPSON   M   Male   Scottish   51   Scotland   Farmer   Church of England   Margaret THOMPSON   M   Female   Scottish   40   Scotland      Church of England   David THOMPSON      Male   Scottish   23   British Columbia   Farmer   Church of England   Alexander THOMPSON      Male   Scottish   21   British Columbia   Farmer   Church of England   Richard THOMPSON      Male   Scottish   19   British Columbia   Farmer Son   Church of England   Walter THOMPSON      Male   Scottish   15   British Columbia      Church of England   Lizzie THOMPSON      Female   Scottish   14   British Columbia      Church of England   Fanny THOMPSON      Female   Scottish   11   British Columbia      Church of England   John THOMPSON      Male   Scottish   9   British Columbia      Church of England   Allan THOMPSON      Male   Scottish   8   British Columbia      Church of England   Grace THOMPSON      Female   Scottish   6   British Columbia      Church of England   Hugh THOMPSON      Male   Scottish   2   British Columbia      Church of England   Robert B THOMPSON      Male   Scottish   <1 Born: <Jun>; 10/12   British Columbia      Church of England  Source Information:   Census Place (South and North), Saanich, Vancouver, British Columbia   Family History Library Film   1375921   NA Film Number   C-13285   District   191   Sub-district   D   Page Number   9   Household Number   39   Then a 1901 census:  District: BC VANCOUVER ISLAND (#3) Subdistrict: Victoria (South/Sud) I-1 Page 6   25   53 Thomson William M   Head M Apr 5 1832 68 26   53 Thomson Margaret F   Wife M Mar 16 1841 60 27   53 Thomson Alexander M   Son S May 14 1858 42 28   53 Thomson Grace F   Daughter S Jan 19 1876 25 29   53 Thomson B. Robert M   Son S Jul 1 1880 20 30   53 Thomson G. Margaret F   Daughter S Aug 22 1882 18   Unfortunately, we cannot look at the additional information from the 1881 census but looking at the original census form from 1901, we can see that William came from Scotland in 1854, Margaret in 1853 and his occupation was farmer. (www.automatedgenealogy.com)   Hope this is of some minimal help!   Sandi Bellefeuille, Mississauga, ON   --- On Tue, 12/30/08, Ken Harrison <kenharrison43@shaw.ca> wrote: From: Ken Harrison <kenharrison43@shaw.ca> Subject: [ORKNEY] Willie Thomson To: "Query Orkney" <ORKNEY@rootsweb.com> Received: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 8:47 PM Listers, I have an article from a Vancouver newspaper from 1955, which is about a man named Willie Thomson who is described as being, in 1855, a "young Scottish ship's carpenter" who had some time previously been shipwrecked on the west coast of Vancouver Island and served some time as a slave of an Indian tribe. The article does not state that he was Orcadian, nor does it state that he was connected with Hudson's Bay Company, but it does say that he owed money to HBC. Since the name Thomson has some connections to Orkney, and because the HBC did take lots of Orkney men to Canada, I throw the name in and enquire whether any Lister thinks they can identify this Willie Thomson or, better yet, thinks they are related to him. The article doesn't have a lot of detail, but does describe his wife and two children who were aged 84 & 73 in 1955, so born about 1870 and 1881. It also describes the homestead he established near Victoria. Some vague mentions are also made of grandchildren Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. ------------------ List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

R.A.(Dutch) Thompson wrote: > Hi- > I'm trying to find a way to corral the family tree info I've gathered to share with relatives- including photos etc- > can anyone suggest a book template they've used that's not too complicated ? I'd like to see how the text and photos etc look when laid out properly- > > Thanks for any suggestions- > > Thompson in PEI Anything here that might be suitable, Dutch? http://www.familytreetemplates.net/ -- Happy New Year Mike Clouston

I have made a couple on Ancestry. If I can work out how to show them I will let you see. Willie Sinclair 2008/12/30 R.A.(Dutch) Thompson <dutchink@pei.sympatico.ca>: > Hi- > I'm trying to find a way to corral the family tree info I've gathered to share with relatives- including photos etc- > can anyone suggest a book template they've used that's not too complicated ? I'd like to see how the text and photos etc look when laid out properly- > > Thanks for any suggestions- > > Thompson in PEI > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Listers, I have an article from a Vancouver newspaper from 1955, which is about a man named Willie Thomson who is described as being, in 1855, a "young Scottish ship's carpenter" who had some time previously been shipwrecked on the west coast of Vancouver Island and served some time as a slave of an Indian tribe. The article does not state that he was Orcadian, nor does it state that he was connected with Hudson's Bay Company, but it does say that he owed money to HBC. Since the name Thomson has some connections to Orkney, and because the HBC did take lots of Orkney men to Canada, I throw the name in and enquire whether any Lister thinks they can identify this Willie Thomson or, better yet, thinks they are related to him. The article doesn't have a lot of detail, but does describe his wife and two children who were aged 84 & 73 in 1955, so born about 1870 and 1881. It also describes the homestead he established near Victoria. Some vague mentions are also made of grandchildren Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.

Thanks Willie- Cheers Dutch ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Sinclair" <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] book template >I have sent you an invitation to have a look at the book. > > Willie Sinclair > > 2008/12/30 R.A.(Dutch) Thompson <dutchink@pei.sympatico.ca>: >> Hi- >> I'm trying to find a way to corral the family tree info I've gathered >> to share with relatives- including photos etc- >> can anyone suggest a book template they've used that's not too >> complicated ? I'd like to see how the text and photos etc look when laid >> out properly- >> >> Thanks for any suggestions- >> >> Thompson in PEI >> ------------------ >> List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing >> and UnSubscribing can be found at: >> >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing > and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I have a Robert Reid, b.Feb. 07, 1812 , father Thomas Reid, mother Isabella Guthrie. Do you have Isabella in your tree ? Isabella ----- Original Message ----- From: William Sinclair <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:33 am Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] book template To: orkney@rootsweb.com > Not only are my Sinclair's not related to anyone but my Cromarty's > Cloustons' and Guthrie's do not appear related to anyone either. > > Strange lot my ancestors. > > For anyone related to James Sinclair 28 Oct 1845 South Ronaldsay > parents John Sinclair and Barbara Wishart > > I have the following > > James married a Mary Spence born abt 1856 Canada. > > James Sinclair was in the employ of the HBC from 9 November 1868 (HBCA > A.32/53 fo. 163).  According to the "Abstracts of > Servants'" accounts, > he was employed as a labourer in York Factory (district) until 1879 > when it is noted that he returned to Europe. (In fact he > returned to > South Ronaldsay).  He may have been at Fort Garry during > parts of > 1874-1876 and he was summer master at Severn post from 1876-1879 (HBCA > B.239/g/46-49; B.235/g/1-7; B.239/u/3). > He left South Ronaldsay and went to America in 1893. His son James > went to America in 1891. > Here he is in 1900 in the US > > James in the USA in 1900 > > Name:   James Sinclair > [James Sinclaire] > Home in 1900:  Chicago Ward 4, Cook, Illinois > Age:  53 > Birth Date:  Aug 1847 > Birthplace:  Scotland > Race:  White > Ethnicity:  American > Immigration Year:  1893 > Relationship to head-of-house:  Head > Father's Birthplace:  Scotland > Mother's Birthplace:  Scotland > Marriage Year:  1870 > Marital Status:  Married > Years Married:  30 > Residence :  Chicago City, Cook, Illinois > Occupation:  View Labourer > Household Members:  > Name  Age > James Sinclair  53 > James Sinclair  28 > Katherine Sinclair  16 > Malcolm Sinclair  14 > Jessie Sinclair  11 > > I hope this is of use to someone. > Now if I could only find information on my own Sinclair's > > > Willie Sinclair > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, > Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi- I'm trying to find a way to corral the family tree info I've gathered to share with relatives- including photos etc- can anyone suggest a book template they've used that's not too complicated ? I'd like to see how the text and photos etc look when laid out properly- Thanks for any suggestions- Thompson in PEI

Greetings, May I suggest that there are many genealogy programs, some very basic, some more concerned with linking the family tree to prominant people of history, some are free www.familysearch.org some add more features seemingly according to cost. I would suggest that you try some of the free programs before you try paying. Perhaps the quesion may be asked why are you doing the Family History? Are you willing to share data? Are you fascinated by history, are you able to work at a 'brickwall' perhaps for a number of years............the delight at a breakthrough is incredible!! Best wishes, how may I be of service? Peter > Hi- > I'm trying to find a way to corral the family tree info I've gathered > to share with relatives- including photos etc- > can anyone suggest a book template they've used that's not too complicated > ? I'd like to see how the text and photos etc look when laid out properly- > > Thanks for any suggestions- > > Thompson in PEI > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1868 - Release Date: > 29/12/2008 10:48 AM > >

Hi Marilyn The pictures of your Sinclairs come from a different line than mine. Though no doubt there is a relationship between them. In your mystery picture the woman between the two boys bears an incredible resemblance to one of my late Aunts. However I could not say with any conviction these are Sinclair's as I have no early photographs. Willie 2008/12/27 <MSiperek@aol.com>: > Willie, > I have some Sinclair pictures on Lisa Conrad's site, do any of them look > familiar? > Marilyn > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have some photographs that I had taken of houses and farms in South Ronaldsay that are related in some way to my Sinclair families. Unfortunately I did not take any notes when I took the pictures and I was wondering if I could send them to anyone to identify them for me. Willie Sinclair

Willie, I have some Sinclair pictures on Lisa Conrad's site, do any of them look familiar? Marilyn **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

Here in the great land down under where I live some years we're lucky to get a good frost! Lisa, what is 'thundersnow'? Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Conrad" <nisus00@earthlink.net> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] 1864 Death,James THOMISON > Pshaw. We had "thundersnow" here in Seattle Thursday morning. Quite the > thrill! I hear thundersnow can occur around Lake Ontario... perhaps some > of our Orkney ancestors who emigrated to that area experienced this. > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing > and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Meg, While the freshwater Lochs may freeze over, it would be extremely unlikely for a bay or other saltwater inlets to freeze because of the Gulf Stream which keeps British waters so much warmer than the equivalent latitude on the Labrador coast of Canada. Orkney is 59º N, while New York is 40.45º N and Chicago 41.45º N. Cape Farewell, the southern tip of Greenland is 60º N. Currently in Perth it's a lovely + 20º C (+68º F), nice and mild for this time of year. Merry Saturnalia everyone http://www.geocities.com/sisteroffortune/Saturnalia.htm David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: James Irvine To: orkney@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:43 AM Subject: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney Meg: During the 1740s ice formed over the Loch of Stenness sufficiently thickly for Murdoch Mackenzie to use the flat surface for measuring the base line for his survey. James Irvine. > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:37:41 -0600 > From: Meg Greenwood <scotquester@bartnet.net> > Subject: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney > To: orkney@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <494EC535.2020308@bartnet.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > My ancestors [HALCRO, WILSON] lived on The Breck in Orphir. With the > sea so close, do you suppose they ever saw the bay ice over ? What > about those inlets nearby - the Loch of Kirbister and maybe the Loch of > Stennes. It has to stay below freezing a long while for thick enough ice > to form over inland [freshwater] ponds to ice-skate on. Being seawater, > does it ever freeze at the surface ? > > I just heard from my daughter in Chicago, windchill is -40F. That's > just too much for this Orklahoman to fathom. I'd have made a lousy > pioneer. MEG

Meg: During the 1740s ice formed over the Loch of Stenness sufficiently thickly for Murdoch Mackenzie to use the flat surface for measuring the base line for his survey. James Irvine. > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:37:41 -0600 > From: Meg Greenwood <scotquester@bartnet.net> > Subject: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney > To: orkney@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <494EC535.2020308@bartnet.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > My ancestors [HALCRO, WILSON] lived on The Breck in Orphir. With the > sea so close, do you suppose they ever saw the bay ice over ? What > about those inlets nearby - the Loch of Kirbister and maybe the Loch of > Stennes. It has to stay below freezing a long while for thick enough ice > to form over inland [freshwater] ponds to ice-skate on. Being seawater, > does it ever freeze at the surface ? > > I just heard from my daughter in Chicago, windchill is -40F. That's > just too much for this Orklahoman to fathom. I'd have made a lousy > pioneer. MEG

Same here and snow - very unusual in Victoria. Blake Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "H. Alex Cromarty" <socara@telus.net> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney David Armstrong, a Merry Christmas to you. I always enjoy your contributions to the Orkney mail. Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Armstrong" <davidrli@iinet.net.au> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney Meg, While the freshwater Lochs may freeze over, it would be extremely unlikely for a bay or other saltwater inlets to freeze because of the Gulf Stream which keeps British waters so much warmer than the equivalent latitude on the Labrador coast of Canada. Orkney is 59º N, while New York is 40.45º N and Chicago 41.45º N. Cape Farewell, the southern tip of Greenland is 60º N. Currently in Perth it's a lovely + 20º C (+68º F), nice and mild for this time of year. Merry Saturnalia everyone http://www.geocities.com/sisteroffortune/Saturnalia.htm David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: James Irvine To: orkney@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:43 AM Subject: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney Meg: During the 1740s ice formed over the Loch of Stenness sufficiently thickly for Murdoch Mackenzie to use the flat surface for measuring the base line for his survey. James Irvine. > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:37:41 -0600 > From: Meg Greenwood <scotquester@bartnet.net> > Subject: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney > To: orkney@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <494EC535.2020308@bartnet.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > My ancestors [HALCRO, WILSON] lived on The Breck in Orphir. With the > sea so close, do you suppose they ever saw the bay ice over ? What > about those inlets nearby - the Loch of Kirbister and maybe the Loch of > Stennes. It has to stay below freezing a long while for thick enough ice > to form over inland [freshwater] ponds to ice-skate on. Being seawater, > does it ever freeze at the surface ? > > I just heard from my daughter in Chicago, windchill is -40F. That's > just too much for this Orklahoman to fathom. I'd have made a lousy > pioneer. MEG ------------------ List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------ List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In Scotland in the winter that temperature is a heatwave. Willie Sinclair 2008/12/21 Ken Harrison <kenharrison43@shaw.ca>: > Meg, > > Stop yer whimperin' > > Even here in "British California" it's been below freezin' for the past few > days. My ancestors moved here over a century ago "because they don't have > winter here" - I'm thinking of applying for a refund !! > > Oh, and there's some white stuff falling out of the sky right now. I have a > friend who has a cousin who knows somebody from Ontario and I think I heard > him mention this phenomenon. I'll have to phone him and see if he can > explain it. > <VBG> > > Ken Harrison > North Vancouver, Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: orkney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orkney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Meg Greenwood > Sent: December 21, 2008 11:17 AM > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ORKNEY] 1864 Death,James THOMISON > > MegG in Oklahoma USA [where it got down to 7F last night, even the > insides of our insulated windows showed ice on them]. > > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

David Armstrong, a Merry Christmas to you. I always enjoy your contributions to the Orkney mail. Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Armstrong" <davidrli@iinet.net.au> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney Meg, While the freshwater Lochs may freeze over, it would be extremely unlikely for a bay or other saltwater inlets to freeze because of the Gulf Stream which keeps British waters so much warmer than the equivalent latitude on the Labrador coast of Canada. Orkney is 59º N, while New York is 40.45º N and Chicago 41.45º N. Cape Farewell, the southern tip of Greenland is 60º N. Currently in Perth it's a lovely + 20º C (+68º F), nice and mild for this time of year. Merry Saturnalia everyone http://www.geocities.com/sisteroffortune/Saturnalia.htm David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: James Irvine To: orkney@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:43 AM Subject: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney Meg: During the 1740s ice formed over the Loch of Stenness sufficiently thickly for Murdoch Mackenzie to use the flat surface for measuring the base line for his survey. James Irvine. > Message: 9 > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:37:41 -0600 > From: Meg Greenwood <scotquester@bartnet.net> > Subject: [ORKNEY] Freezing temps in Orkney > To: orkney@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <494EC535.2020308@bartnet.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > My ancestors [HALCRO, WILSON] lived on The Breck in Orphir. With the > sea so close, do you suppose they ever saw the bay ice over ? What > about those inlets nearby - the Loch of Kirbister and maybe the Loch of > Stennes. It has to stay below freezing a long while for thick enough ice > to form over inland [freshwater] ponds to ice-skate on. Being seawater, > does it ever freeze at the surface ? > > I just heard from my daughter in Chicago, windchill is -40F. That's > just too much for this Orklahoman to fathom. I'd have made a lousy > pioneer. MEG ------------------ List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message