Jim, Would you happen to know if those archives are accessible from the net? It sounds like they would be fertile digging ground for other info also. TIA! dan grant researching: GROAT & GRANT www.grantgg.com/~grantda -----Original Message----- From: JGCorse@aol.com <JGCorse@aol.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Ship Catain James Mainland > >The Orkney Public Library Archives would probably be your best bet. >Have you see Ian Hustwick's book "The Peggy & Isabella"? It gives a good >account of that vessel (eighteenth century) and a lot of the info came from >the library. >The Altamachar Press ISBN 0 9529211 0 3 >Regards, Jim . > >