Mr. Armstrong, Thank you so much for all of the info. I really do appreciate it, and look forward to visiting Orkney. Take care! William A. Mills Perry, GA ======= On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:54:35 +0800 "David Armstrong" <davidrli@iinet.net.au> writes: >G'day from Western Australia, >I'm new to the list, but you may have seen my name elsewhere in >relation to >the 1851 and 1821 Census transcripts and indexes that I've published >on >microfiche. > >"The Orcadian" is a weekly newspaper published in Kirkwall. Price >£61.88 >payable by credit card. (The £61.88 pre annum is for surface mail to >Western Australia, but the papers often come by air mail). The >address to >write to is >The Orcadian Ltd, P.O. Box 18, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1DW, Scotland >or Fax (0)1856-879001. > >I notice that some of the recent postings relate to the Parishes of >Orphir, >Stromness and South Ronaldshay. These are three of the six Parishes >that >have survived from the 1821 Census. (The others are Sandwick, St >Andrews >and Deerness and they're available in North America on microfiche from >the >Ontario Genealogical Society ) The 1821 lists all household members >and >often has some gem of a comment by 19th century transcribers. > >For places to stay, contact the Orkney Tourist Bureau in Kirkwall. >They >have a free brochure listing accommodation ranging from hotels to bed >& >breakfast to self catering cottages. (Sorry I haven't got their >address at >my fingertips). > >Cheers >David Armstrong > >Researching >Stewart, Stout, Baikie, Malcomson, Sutherland, Heddle, Bews, Gray >mostly in Walls > > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.