Hi Meg, Do you happen to have any Ballantynes in your Orkney bag of goodies? Mine were from Orphir and Kirkwall and spellings varied......Ballantyne, Ballentine, Ballantine. Thanks for looking. Regards Patty Brown Toronto At 09:08 PM 7/18/99 GMT, you wrote: >Listers - When in Kirkwall last summer - June, 1998, we looked up every HALCRO, WILSON, JOHNSTON >and GROUNDWATER we thought we needed in the 1891 census. We find most of our relatives in Orphir, >Kirkwall and Stromness. There were several that, it turns out, were not needed, and a lot of >information on the pages that did not concen the family names. I copied 26 pages of documents !!! > >I will be slowly listing these names, if you find any might be pertinent to you, please eMail me for >the details. These will be generally listed, with few specifics, other than name of head of >household and their age, the spouse if present, and their age. The others enumerated will be listed >as "and 3 children" , or "and servant" with their name. I am trying to keep non-essential >information out of the list. Just enought to identify a family. - Meg Greenwood - Oklahoma > >CLOUSTON - Wm - age 37 on Alfred Street. Wife Margaret - age 46. 8 children. All born Stromness > >BAIKIE - Ann - age 55 on Alfred Street. Sister Georgina - age 45. Both born Stromness. Visitor > > from Canada - Jane BAIKIE. > >FLETT - Peter - age 60 at 'Roadside'. Wife Jane - age 51. Both born Orphir > >FARQUHAR - Robart - age 42 at 'Swenabo'. Wife Margaret - age 32. 3 children. All born Orphir > >FINDLAY - John (born Caithness) - age 20 at 'Cottage" (no other name). Wife Margaret - age 33. 2 > children, Wife and children born Orphir. > >BUDGE - John - age 76 at 'Budges Cottage'. Wife Betisy (exact spelling) - age 61. Both born > South Ronaldshay. > >JOHNSTON - James (born Orphir) - age 45 at "Orphir House'. Wife Sarah Sophia (born Ireland) - age > 27. 1 child (born Orphir). Boarder Fredrick W COUPER - age 19 (born > Forfarshire). Servant Ann KIRKPATRICK - age 21 (born Orphir). > > >