Albert's Beecreek Mail wrote: >Hi List, > Has anyone heard of The Viking Threadworks or my gg uncle, George Melville, born abt 1840? He and his sons George and Edward were supposed to have owned the Threadworks. Thanks for any help, >Albert in Harper, Texas. > Albert, I've never heard of the Viking Threadworks. I assume it was in Orkney, though? If it was, it might be worth sending an email to this man who is in charge of the museum service in Orkney. [email protected] Source here: http://www.orkney.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=446 Just possibly there might be something made by the Viking Threadworks in one of the Orkney museums, or they might have some sort of record of the business. Another contact you might want to try is the Orkney Library & Archive. For general archive enquiries, the address is: [email protected] Source: http://www.orkneylibrary.org.uk/html/contact.htm Regards, Norman Tulloch