William, I am interested in purchasing one. Please let me know how Ivan ----- Original Message ----- From: William A. Mills <wmamills@juno.com> To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Early Fletts from Orkney > John, > > >> Do you have any other sources that I have not covered above or other > ideas that might help me? << > > Have you read every page of the LDS Locality Catalog of Orkney, via > microfiche? I don't know if you could get a bird's eyeview from > www.familysearch.com or not. I have the actual microfiche, which is very > easy to read. However, there are hundreds of Orkney records which have > been filmed by the LDS besides the obvious vital, census, & estate > records. If you would like to purchase these microfiche, you can for > less than a dollar, plus S+H. If you want info on how to purchase these, > let me know. Happy Hunting! > > William A. Mills > Perry, GA > > ======= > > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:08:41 -0700 John & Mercedes Flett > <jflett@2xtreme.net> writes: > > Hi William, > > with regard to the IGI, I have the following databases on my > computer: > > International Genealogical Index (R) - 1994 Edition - Version 3.06 > Flett: Marriages - Caithness, Orkney & Shetland > Flett: Births & baptisms- Orkney, Caithness & Shetland 13 AUG 1997 > > Unfortunately the earliest listed James Flett from these databases is too > young to be my 7th Grt.Grandfather. > Is this the same as your micro-fish? > > I have also checked the Scot Origins on-line database: > > Scots ORIGINS database contains the indexes to birth and marriage entries > in Scotland's Old Parish Registers (1553-1854, with a few also for 1855 > and 1856); to birth, death and marriage entries in the Statutory > Registers(1855-1898); and to the 1891Census. These indexes are combined > into > a single database, containing over 25 million names, all of which can be > searched at once > > Here the earliest record available for Fletts is from 1657 but no trace > of my James Flett. > > Do you have any other sources that I have not covered above or other > ideas that might help me? > > Thanks > > John Flett > > ___________________________________________________________________ > 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. >