-----Original Message----- From: Robert Blake Allan <rballan@home.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, 10 March 1999 4:01 Pm Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Isbester or Isbister Orkney >My Allans and Kennedys were from Orkney and it seems likely there is >some connection with you, but not easy to discover. Do you have the >"Notes on the Family of Kennedy of Kermuck and Stroma" published about >the turn of the century by the Orkney Herald in Kirkwall? I could mail >you a copy if you do not. Blake Allan, Victoria BC Robert: The Kennedy's in my family came from Rosskeen Co of Ross around 1820 and a descendant married an Isbester in Queensland Aus in 1914 so I don't think we have a connection there. We may have a shared ancestor in Christian Allan of around 1770. I have only been able to trace her marriage to David Isbester in 1797. Les Kennedy