Hello Don, I wonder, if you have a spare moment if you could tell me what your surname book says about Garrioch. Thanks, Karen on Vancouver Island, BC Canada -----Original Message----- From: DRWGen@aol.com <DRWGen@aol.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 1:32 AM Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Did WESTRAY surname ever appear on Westray Is.? >Some time ago I ran across a book that was written back in the 40's that >showed the origin of Scottish surnames. The book, titled "The Surnames of >Scotland, Their Origin, Meaning and History", written by George F Black, PhD >has an entry for the surname Westray with the following explanation: > >"From the lands of Westray in the island of Westray, Orkney. Michael de >Westray witnessed a charter by Henry de St. Clair, earl of Orkney, apud >Kirkwaw, in 1391." > >Would someone help me understand the meaning of that statement as it applies >to my surname research as my research may or may not extend to the Orkneys? >My surname (WESTER) is occasionally intermixed with WESTRAY as I dig through >19th and 18th century records in Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia, here >in the US. > >Thank you so much. >Don Wester in Minnesota >