Hi Diane Greystone and Newhall are both still occupied houses in the South parish of South Ronaldsay Orkney. Tom Matches Orkney -----Original Message----- From: Diane Davison <dldavison@kwic.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 27 February 1999 00:58 Subject: [ORKNEY-L] RE: Newhall Parish >Hi Everyone > >I recently received 8 dated between 1882-1903. These letters were sent to >me from a cousin and they were passed down to her after her mothers death. >Her great grandmother corresponded with relatives in South Ronaldshay, >Orkney Islands. One letter is from her uncle Robert Thomson who lived a >Greystone, another from her uncle James who lived at NEWHALL South Parish >and another from a cousin Jeannie Duncan Thomson who was the daughter of >Robert Thomson. > >These letters are a gold mine of information. My question would be, does >anyone on the list know where NEWHALL SOUTH PARISH is located? I have >previously been given the location of GREYSTONE, which according to the >letters is a stone house with only six rooms. Are these places still >standing today? > >Thanks for any assistance you can give me on this. > >Diane Davison >Ontario > >