Shyama, Thank you for sending this. One of those listed is in my family. If it was given previously, I missed seeing the URL for the dictionary. Would you please re-send this? Thank you. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. -----Original Message----- From: orkney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orkney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shyama Peebles Sent: November 14, 2008 7:43 AM To: orkney@rootsweb.com Subject: [ORKNEY] Registry of Shipping >From the New Zealand Dictionary of Biographies I found the following Orkney people - there are more details of each person on the website Eyre, Betsy Robertson 1911 - 1983 Teacher, community worker, local politician Garden, Oscar 1903 - 1997 Aviator, horticulturist Laughton, John George 1891 - 1965 Presbyterian missionary Marwick, John 1891 - 1978 Palaeontologist, geological consultant Ritchie, John Macfarlane 1842 - 1912 Merchant, shipping agent, financier, stock and station agent Traill, Robert Henry 1892 - 1989 Labourer, fisherman, wildlife ranger, bushman Wason, John Cathcart 1848/1849? - 1921 Runholder, politician Also Mike thank you for the Shipping Registry information Shyama Peebles Hong Kong ------------------ 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
woops sorry about that www.dnzb.gov.nz/dnzb Shyama ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Harrison <kenharrison43@shaw.ca> To: orkney@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:03:05 +0900 (WST) Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Registry of Shipping Shyama, Thank you for sending this. One of those listed is in my family. If it was given previously, I missed seeing the URL for the dictionary. Would you please re-send this? Thank you. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada
Shyama, Thank you for the link. Please note that the link you gave is missing a "t": it should be: www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb While there I found another twiglet on my tree and so was able to update data on two persons !! Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. -----Original Message----- From: orkney-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:orkney-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shyama Peebles Sent: November 14, 2008 9:22 AM To: orkney@rootsweb.com Subject: [ORKNEY] Dictionary of New Zealand Biography woops sorry about that www.dnzb.gov.nz/dnzb Shyama ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Harrison <kenharrison43@shaw.ca> To: orkney@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:03:05 +0900 (WST) Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Registry of Shipping Shyama, Thank you for sending this. One of those listed is in my family. If it was given previously, I missed seeing the URL for the dictionary. Would you please re-send this? Thank you. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada ------------------ 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