> I checked at www.cursiter.com and can't see a James Scott born in 1865. There are 4 or 5 Elizabeth Norquay/Norquoy born on South Ronaldsay (Burray is usually listed as SR) at about the right time. Do you know anything about their parents or siblings? That would help you narrow your choices down.At www.familysearch.com -there are some ancestral files - I just checked Elizabeth Stewart Norquay and her husband was not James Scott so, there's one less possibility ( assuming the ancestral file is correct!) Pam > > > I am beginning to do a family tree search. My grandfather, James S. Scott > was born in the Orkney Islands on June 23, 1865. I believe he was born on > South Ronaldsay . My grandmother, Elizabeth Norquay was born about that > time on the island of Burray. If anyone can provide any information I > would appreciate it.They both emigrated to Buffalo, New York in the late > 1880's. > > Frederick S. Wood > fwood@buffalo.edu -- Pam Thomson British Columbia, Canada Proud to be a Rootsweb Sponsor http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/TownSquareNetwork