Sorry can't help with your query, but I also have a James Mainland. He married Ann RENDALL at Evie & Rendall 14 june 1883. Are they the same? regards Phil Linklater. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mainland, Myles: #PNWT - PTNO <Mainland.Myles@ic.gc.ca> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 19 October 1999 05:27 Subject: [ORKNEY] Ship Catain James Mainland > > > My ancestor James Mainland apparently was ' Captain ' of a vessel named the > Isabella. It appears he carried cargo amongst the Orkneys in the late > 1800s/early 1900's, before 1904. Would there be any sources that might show > him as captaining this ship or any records of the ship itself ? >