After about 30 minutes of typing, my connection to Netscape dropped and lost my previous attempt to get this information out to you. Hit the SAVE button - I know, I know! BTW, does anyone know why my two families, the WALLS/WALLACE and THOMSON families rarely married each other? Was there some kind of feud between them? I've been compiling a list of Thomsons with a connection to South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands. After 30 years of teaching, I thought I'd seen all the possible variations of the name - my personal favourite is Thomspon- but those creative spellers in the previous centuries have the modern ones beat! The ones I've found are Tamson, Tameson, Tamison, Thomson, Thomison, Thomesone, Thomsone, Thompson, Tomison, Tompson. I know that many of these families have retained the variant spelling but I discovered that one family may have several different spellings, depending on who recorded the event. I also know that first names were similarly treated - today's favourite is Pnellypay!- as well as other last names like Tait/Teat and Norquay/Norqwoy. I have tried to take the information available on Walt Custer's wonderful website at > http://www.cursiter.com/ > and arrange the people into families of Thomson children. I have a list of over 100 families (and I'd typed in about 37 when I lost my last effort!) and if they fit with someone you're researching, please contact me and I'll send you the children's names and birthdates so you can compare them to what you have. The first 19 are children whose parents are both Thomsons or where there is only one parent listed. After that, I list them alphabetically by the mother's last name. The format is this: Mother's full name, Father's given name(s), date of marriage or birth of first child if marriage not known. 1. No Mother Listed (but may be Jean BERSTOUN for abt 1749), Alexander, 1751-59 and also 1851 2. Ann TOMISON, No Father Listed, 1858 3. Betsy THOMSON, NFL (poss. COOLE). 1870 4. NML, David, 1657 5. Jane THOMSON, Donald, 1828 6. Jean THOMSON, Donald, 1855 7. Jean TOMISON, Donald, 1833 8. NML, Donald, 1812 9. NML, Gilbert, 1750 10. Helen TAMESON, James, 1807 11. NML, James, 1757 and 1789 12. NML, Jon, 1663 and 1752-58 13. NML (poss. ? Rosie), Omand, 1755 14. Sarah THOMISON, NFL (poss. ANNAL), 1872 15. NML, Thomas, 1750 16. Barbara THOMSON, William, 1836 17. Esther THOMSON, William, 1852 18. Mary THOMSON, William, 1864 19. NML, William, 1750-1777 20. Barbara ALLAN, David, 1828 21. Catherine ANNAL, Gilbert, 1871 22. Margaret ANNAL, John, 1832 23. Ann ATKEN, James, 1804 24. Jane ATKIN, Gilbert, 1825 25. Margaret ATKIN, Magnus, 1810 26. Elizabeth BANKS, Edward, 1827 (one of the children married Catherine BROWN in 1868) 27. Euphemia BROWN, James, 1852 28. Margaret BROWN, William, 1832 29. Ann BRUCE, James, 1795 30. Helen BRUCE, Donald, 1856 31. Elspet BUDGE, Donald, 1798 32. Elizabeth BUDGE, James C., 1858 33. Euphan BUDGE, James, 1790 ( does anyone know for sure who their daughter Elizabeth married?) 34. Helen BUDGE, Magnus, 1829 35. Jane BUDGE, James, 1855 36. Barbra CLOUSTON, Hendrey, 1788 37. May CLOUSTON, John, 1846 38. Barbara COGAL, Gilbart, 1782 39. Margaret COGLE, Robert, 1825 40. Margaret COOKE, Robert, 1830 41. Catharine D. CROMARTY, George Dunnet, 1865 42. Jane N. CROMARTY, James N., 1861 43. Margaret CROMARTY, John, 1841 44. Jannet DEARNESS, Malcolm, 1825 45. Catherine DUNCAN, Robert, 1864 46. Janet DUNCAN, Edward, 1813 47. Margrat DUNCAN, Donald, 1793 48. Margrat DUNKAN, Gilbert, 1788 49. Catherine DUNNET, Thomas, 1830 50. Jessie DUNNET, James, 1854 51.Margrat FLEAT, Androu, 1786 52. Catherine GARRIOCH, Robert, 1851 53. Johan GOW, John, 1827 54. Anne GRAY, Donald, 1809 55. Barbara GRAY, Donald, 1858 56. Elizebth GRAY, Edward, 1793 57. Margaret GRAY, Gilbert, 1802 58. Charlotte GROAT, William, 1810 59. Elizabeth GROAT, Robert, 1802 60. Janet GROAT, Andrew, 1789 61. Margrat GROAT, Robt, 1798 62. Ann GUNN, James, 1866 63. Catharine GUTCHER, George D., 1864 64. Jane GUTCHER, William, 1843 65. Jane HORN, William, 1815 66. Isabella LEITH, David, 1859 67. Elizabeth LOUTTIT, Thomas, 1835 68. Elizabeth MANSON, John, 1825 69. Isabella MILLER, John, 1823 70. Margaret MUIR, Donald, 1842 71. Barbara NORQUOY, John, 1812 72. Christian NORQUOY, John, 1818 73. Jane NORQUAY, Alexander, 1874 74. Jane Sea B. NORQUAY, John B., 1867 75. Elizabeth OMOND, James, 1832 76. Ann PARK, Robert, 1847 77. Jane RICHAN, Magnus, 1798 78. Catharine ROSIE, Oman, 1851 79. Elizabeth ROSSIE, James, 1785 (Does anyone know for sure who their daughter Elizabeth married?) 80. Isabela ROSSIE, Gilbert, 1784 81. Margaret ROSIE, Oman, 1835 82. Margrat ROSIE, Donald, 1787 83. Jessie RUSLAND, John, 1842 84. Margaret SCOTT, James, 1849 85. Jean SCOTT, Robert, 1844 86. Catharine SYMISON, James, 1819 87. Kaithren SINCLAIR, Donald, 1796 88. Catherine SINCLAIR, John, 1831 89. Jane SKAY, Thomas, 1847 90. Isabella SMITH, James, 1840 91. Jean SUTHERLAND, Magnus, 1808 92. Barbara TAIT, John, 1819 93. Barbara TAIT, William, 1789 94. Barbara TAYLOR, Andrew, 1805 95. ELizebth TAYLOR, Magnus, 1775 96. Elizabeth TAYLOR, William, 1816 97. Mary WALLS, Donald, 1854 ( If you know this family, Please let me know!) 98. Hellan WINWEKE, Edward, 1793 99. Jannet WISHART, Alexander, 1848 100. Barbara WISHERD, Edward, 1787 101. Margaret WOOLRIDGE, John, 1859 102. Elizabeth WOOLDRAGE, William, 1816 Hoo boy, have I ever hit the Save button a lot of times as I did this! I'm researching the family of Malcolm WALLS who married 1. Christian BRUCE and 2. Elizabeth THOMSON and had 3 children with each. He changed his name to Malcom WALLACE part way through the second family! I found something interesting the other day by looking at the census on Walt's site. Malcolm's son, John Thomson WALLACE, and his wife Helen SPENCE had 4 children listed in the WALLACE births text. On the census, it became apparent that this couple had been in Canada, had at least two children and then RETURNED to South Ronaldsay, something I had never thought of. My Christmas present this year was to find a new relative in Wales. Our connection had reversed his second name and family name when he moved to Canada, likely because he had been born illegitimate in England. Made him harder for both of us to find the connection but we did it! I hope you can find some names of interest in here. Let me know if you do. Does one say Happy Hogmanay? Pam -- Pam Thomson http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/ Town Square Network