> Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:52:03 +0100 > From: "MARION MCLEOD" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Orkney] Getting started in Orkney > > Hi Norman > > I have come across reference to Hill Head in Holm too but it was actually > the Hill Head in St Ola. Could the St Ola and Holm boundary have changed > over the years? > > Marion > Web pages at www.btinternet.com/~marion.mcleod > http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/l/Marion-A-Mcleod > www.photobox.co.uk/[email protected] This is a very interesting question to me, since I have found a baptism in my family which indicates that a birth took place in 1702 in Holm parish but there was no known (to me) family residence or connection there. However, there was a very strong connection to St. Ola (specifically, Scapa and Kirkwall). Maybe by the time I catch up on the rest of my Digests I will find the answer already posted ..... Please visit my transcriptions of records for 30 Kirkwall area families in the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, on the Orkney Family History Society members' page at www.orkneyfhs.co.uk Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.