I know you prefer to look at the original documents, but the OFHS census book shows them living at South Breck Burray. Willie 2008/9/6 B Gorie <bruce.gorie@sky.com>: > Lisa, > > I have had a look at the entry for Jane Petrie and am fairly sure that the > place is 'South Brecks'. Further, the 1881 census shows a David (33) and > Margaret (32) Petrie with a gaggle, if five be a gaggle, of kids including a > Jane aged 6, all staying at South Breck. > > Regards > > Bruce > > > On 06/09/2008, Lisa Conrad <nisus00@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> Has anyone come across a "South Brooke" on Burray? (Specifically >> _"Brooke"_, and not "South Breck" or "South Brecks".) >> >> >> Transcribing births for 1874, there is a Jane Petrie, dau of David >> Petrie and his wife, Margaret Robertson. Register says Jane was born at >> "South Brooke, Burray". I cannot locate this place name on the hard copy >> maps I have here at home. >> >> >> TIA, >> Lisa >> >> >> ------------------ >> 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 >