Hi Lisa I have found where I downloaded the PDF. http://www.archive.org/details/orkneysshetlandt00tudo The above link is direct to the book TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and Shetland, Their Past and Present State However if you type Orkney in the search bar and leave it at American Libraries you will get a list of other Orkney books that have been digitised and can be downloaded. They are all free and not in copyright. Willie 2008/10/26 Peter and Rosmary Lawson <palawson@netspace.net.au>: > Lisa, > One of your books can be found at: > http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/vct/books56000.shtml > TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and Shetland, Their Past and Present State with > Chapters on Geology and Notes on the Flora of the Orkneys and Notes on the > Flora of Shetland. London, Edward Stanford, 1883, 1st Edition. Hb , 8vo. > HB, Ex-Library, cracked hinge, foxing, stain to back cover, G. > > Offered for GBP 179.55 = appr. US$ 357.30 by: The Victoria Bookshop - Book > number: 90020428 > > Rosemary (Au) > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Lisa Conrad" <nisus00@earthlink.net> > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:50 AM > To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair > >> Hhm. Seems familiar. So, - maybe I've seen it? >> >> >> Anyway, the "Authorities and Aids" web page has some goodies. >> >> If anyone has, or might run across, a copy of any of the following, >> please let me know: >> :-) >> >> - CLOUSTON, M.D., The Rev. Charles - "Guide to the Orkney Islands" >> Edinburgh, 1862 >> >> >> - EDMONDSTON, Thomas - "An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland and >> Orkney Dialect, with some derivations of names of places in Shetland" >> Edinburgh, 1866 >> Publisher: A. and C. Black (1866) ASIN: B0006AG0R6 >> >> >> - TUDOR, John R. - "The Orkneys and Shetland: their Past and Present >> State. " >> London, 1883 >> Publisher: E. Stanford; [etc., etc.] (1883) ASIN: B0008596H0 >> >> >> ------------------ >> 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 > > > >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1747 - Release Date: 10/26/2008 >> 9:27 AM >> > ------------------ > 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 >

William- Thanks for this site- lots to read from all over ! cheers Thompson in PEI ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Sinclair" <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair > Hi Lisa I have found where I downloaded the PDF. > > http://www.archive.org/details/orkneysshetlandt00tudo > > The above link is direct to the book TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and > Shetland, Their Past and Present State > > However if you type Orkney in the search bar and leave it at American > Libraries you will get a list of other Orkney books that have been > digitised and can be downloaded. > > They are all free and not in copyright. > > Willie > > 2008/10/26 Peter and Rosmary Lawson <palawson@netspace.net.au>: >> Lisa, >> One of your books can be found at: >> http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/vct/books56000.shtml >> TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and Shetland, Their Past and Present State >> with >> Chapters on Geology and Notes on the Flora of the Orkneys and Notes on >> the >> Flora of Shetland. London, Edward Stanford, 1883, 1st Edition. Hb , 8vo. >> HB, Ex-Library, cracked hinge, foxing, stain to back cover, G. >> >> Offered for GBP 179.55 = appr. US$ 357.30 by: The Victoria Bookshop - >> Book >> number: 90020428 >> >> Rosemary (Au) >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Lisa Conrad" <nisus00@earthlink.net> >> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:50 AM >> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair >> >>> Hhm. Seems familiar. So, - maybe I've seen it? >>> >>> >>> Anyway, the "Authorities and Aids" web page has some goodies. >>> >>> If anyone has, or might run across, a copy of any of the following, >>> please let me know: >>> :-) >>> >>> - CLOUSTON, M.D., The Rev. Charles - "Guide to the Orkney Islands" >>> Edinburgh, 1862 >>> >>> >>> - EDMONDSTON, Thomas - "An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland and >>> Orkney Dialect, with some derivations of names of places in Shetland" >>> Edinburgh, 1866 >>> Publisher: A. and C. Black (1866) ASIN: B0006AG0R6 >>> >>> >>> - TUDOR, John R. - "The Orkneys and Shetland: their Past and Present >>> State. " >>> London, 1883 >>> Publisher: E. Stanford; [etc., etc.] (1883) ASIN: B0008596H0 >>> >>> >>> ------------------ >>> 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 >> >> >> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1747 - Release Date: >>> 10/26/2008 >>> 9:27 AM >>> >> ------------------ >> 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 >

The Canada section has HBC books. Willie 2008/11/19 R.A.(Dutch) Thompson <dutchink@pei.sympatico.ca>: > William- > Thanks for this site- > lots to read from all over ! > > cheers > Thompson in PEI > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Sinclair" <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> > To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:29 PM > Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair > > >> Hi Lisa I have found where I downloaded the PDF. >> >> http://www.archive.org/details/orkneysshetlandt00tudo >> >> The above link is direct to the book TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and >> Shetland, Their Past and Present State >> >> However if you type Orkney in the search bar and leave it at American >> Libraries you will get a list of other Orkney books that have been >> digitised and can be downloaded. >> >> They are all free and not in copyright. >> >> Willie >> >> 2008/10/26 Peter and Rosmary Lawson <palawson@netspace.net.au>: >>> Lisa, >>> One of your books can be found at: >>> http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/vct/books56000.shtml >>> TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and Shetland, Their Past and Present State >>> with >>> Chapters on Geology and Notes on the Flora of the Orkneys and Notes on >>> the >>> Flora of Shetland. London, Edward Stanford, 1883, 1st Edition. Hb , 8vo. >>> HB, Ex-Library, cracked hinge, foxing, stain to back cover, G. >>> >>> Offered for GBP 179.55 = appr. US$ 357.30 by: The Victoria Bookshop - >>> Book >>> number: 90020428 >>> >>> Rosemary (Au) >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Lisa Conrad" <nisus00@earthlink.net> >>> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:50 AM >>> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair >>> >>>> Hhm. Seems familiar. So, - maybe I've seen it? >>>> >>>> >>>> Anyway, the "Authorities and Aids" web page has some goodies. >>>> >>>> If anyone has, or might run across, a copy of any of the following, >>>> please let me know: >>>> :-) >>>> >>>> - CLOUSTON, M.D., The Rev. Charles - "Guide to the Orkney Islands" >>>> Edinburgh, 1862 >>>> >>>> >>>> - EDMONDSTON, Thomas - "An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland and >>>> Orkney Dialect, with some derivations of names of places in Shetland" >>>> Edinburgh, 1866 >>>> Publisher: A. and C. Black (1866) ASIN: B0006AG0R6 >>>> >>>> >>>> - TUDOR, John R. - "The Orkneys and Shetland: their Past and Present >>>> State. " >>>> London, 1883 >>>> Publisher: E. Stanford; [etc., etc.] (1883) ASIN: B0008596H0 >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >>>> Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1747 - Release Date: >>>> 10/26/2008 >>>> 9:27 AM >>>> >>> ------------------ >>> 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 >> > > ------------------ > 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 >

Also books from Wales and the Marches which I dearly love- a great site ! Dutch ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Sinclair" <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] re- Internet Archive/ books > The Canada section has HBC books. > > Willie > > 2008/11/19 R.A.(Dutch) Thompson <dutchink@pei.sympatico.ca>: >> William- >> Thanks for this site- >> lots to read from all over ! >> >> cheers >> Thompson in PEI >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "William Sinclair" <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> >> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair >> >> >>> Hi Lisa I have found where I downloaded the PDF. >>> >>> http://www.archive.org/details/orkneysshetlandt00tudo >>> >>> The above link is direct to the book TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and >>> Shetland, Their Past and Present State >>> >>> However if you type Orkney in the search bar and leave it at American >>> Libraries you will get a list of other Orkney books that have been >>> digitised and can be downloaded. >>> >>> They are all free and not in copyright. >>> >>> Willie >>> >>> 2008/10/26 Peter and Rosmary Lawson <palawson@netspace.net.au>: >>>> Lisa, >>>> One of your books can be found at: >>>> http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/vct/books56000.shtml >>>> TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and Shetland, Their Past and Present State >>>> with >>>> Chapters on Geology and Notes on the Flora of the Orkneys and Notes on >>>> the >>>> Flora of Shetland. London, Edward Stanford, 1883, 1st Edition. Hb , >>>> 8vo. >>>> HB, Ex-Library, cracked hinge, foxing, stain to back cover, G. >>>> >>>> Offered for GBP 179.55 = appr. US$ 357.30 by: The Victoria Bookshop - >>>> Book >>>> number: 90020428 >>>> >>>> Rosemary (Au) >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> From: "Lisa Conrad" <nisus00@earthlink.net> >>>> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:50 AM >>>> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair >>>> >>>>> Hhm. Seems familiar. So, - maybe I've seen it? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, the "Authorities and Aids" web page has some goodies. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone has, or might run across, a copy of any of the following, >>>>> please let me know: >>>>> :-) >>>>> >>>>> - CLOUSTON, M.D., The Rev. Charles - "Guide to the Orkney Islands" >>>>> Edinburgh, 1862 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - EDMONDSTON, Thomas - "An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland and >>>>> Orkney Dialect, with some derivations of names of places in Shetland" >>>>> Edinburgh, 1866 >>>>> Publisher: A. and C. Black (1866) ASIN: B0006AG0R6 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - TUDOR, John R. - "The Orkneys and Shetland: their Past and Present >>>>> State. " >>>>> London, 1883 >>>>> Publisher: E. Stanford; [etc., etc.] (1883) ASIN: B0008596H0 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >>>>> Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1747 - Release Date: >>>>> 10/26/2008 >>>>> 9:27 AM >>>>> >>>> ------------------ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> ------------------ >> 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 >

This message was 4 pages long, could we please snip the most of it. Don Wilson Sarnia, Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.A.(Dutch) Thompson" <dutchink@pei.sympatico.ca> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] re- Internet Archive/ books > Also books from Wales and the Marches which I dearly love- > a great site ! > > Dutch > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Sinclair" <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> > To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] re- Internet Archive/ books > > >> The Canada section has HBC books. >> >> Willie >> >> 2008/11/19 R.A.(Dutch) Thompson <dutchink@pei.sympatico.ca>: >>> William- >>> Thanks for this site- >>> lots to read from all over ! >>> >>> cheers >>> Thompson in PEI >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "William Sinclair" <sensiblegrandad@googlemail.com> >>> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:29 PM >>> Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair >>> >>> >>>> Hi Lisa I have found where I downloaded the PDF. >>>> >>>> http://www.archive.org/details/orkneysshetlandt00tudo >>>> >>>> The above link is direct to the book TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and >>>> Shetland, Their Past and Present State >>>> >>>> However if you type Orkney in the search bar and leave it at American >>>> Libraries you will get a list of other Orkney books that have been >>>> digitised and can be downloaded. >>>> >>>> They are all free and not in copyright. >>>> >>>> Willie >>>> >>>> 2008/10/26 Peter and Rosmary Lawson <palawson@netspace.net.au>: >>>>> Lisa, >>>>> One of your books can be found at: >>>>> http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/vct/books56000.shtml >>>>> TUDOR, JOHN R. - The Orkneys and Shetland, Their Past and Present >>>>> State >>>>> with >>>>> Chapters on Geology and Notes on the Flora of the Orkneys and Notes on >>>>> the >>>>> Flora of Shetland. London, Edward Stanford, 1883, 1st Edition. Hb , >>>>> 8vo. >>>>> HB, Ex-Library, cracked hinge, foxing, stain to back cover, G. >>>>> >>>>> Offered for GBP 179.55 = appr. US$ 357.30 by: The Victoria Bookshop - >>>>> Book >>>>> number: 90020428 >>>>> >>>>> Rosemary (Au) >>>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>>> From: "Lisa Conrad" <nisus00@earthlink.net> >>>>> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:50 AM >>>>> To: <orkney@rootsweb.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Christian Sinclair >>>>> >>>>>> Hhm. Seems familiar. So, - maybe I've seen it? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyway, the "Authorities and Aids" web page has some goodies. >>>>>> >>>>>> If anyone has, or might run across, a copy of any of the following, >>>>>> please let me know: >>>>>> :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> - CLOUSTON, M.D., The Rev. Charles - "Guide to the Orkney Islands" >>>>>> Edinburgh, 1862 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - EDMONDSTON, Thomas - "An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland and >>>>>> Orkney Dialect, with some derivations of names of places in Shetland" >>>>>> Edinburgh, 1866 >>>>>> Publisher: A. and C. Black (1866) ASIN: B0006AG0R6 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - TUDOR, John R. - "The Orkneys and Shetland: their Past and Present >>>>>> State. " >>>>>> London, 1883 >>>>>> Publisher: E. Stanford; [etc., etc.] (1883) ASIN: B0008596H0 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >>>>>> Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.3/1747 - Release Date: >>>>>> 10/26/2008 >>>>>> 9:27 AM >>>>>> >>>>> ------------------ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> ------------------ >>> 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 >> > > ------------------ > 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 >