Not sure if any of this fits in but I have a Peter Allen Cromarty b. 1885 who married a Sophia Kirkness b. 1884 around Deerness. They had a daughter Eleanor Jean. Heather Researching Surnames: GRIFFITHS, CLOAKEY, KIRKNESS, WYLLIE -----Original Message----- From: Robert Blake Allan <rballan@home.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Re Anderson/Sutherland/Cromarty >It certainly is close to mine, I think. Who were the parents of William >Sutherland and of Jean Cromarty. >In my family data I have William Sutherland b 1836, South Ronaldsay, who >married in 1870 Jessie Cromarty Allan b 1845 in SouthRonaldsay. Blake > > >