Hi David. I have never been to Orkney and will not likely get there now. My G GM Elizabeth Sutherland dau of Donald Sutherland, farmer at Walls, and his wife Anne Low, was born 1813,at Walls. I assumed that was Orkney but I noticed recently there is a Walls in Shetland also. Can you tell me about Walls in Orkney? Are there parish records? Blake Allan, Victoria BC -----Original Message----- From: David Armstrong <davidrli@iinet.net.au> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 7:15 AM Subject: Fw: [ORKNEY-L] Holm Questions >G'day Debbie, >I think you can rest assured that Deepdale hasn't been "developed". The >current population of Orkney is only in the mid to upper 20,000s. > >A Quoy is an enclosure usually with a stone wall, and usually used for >penning farm animals. I believe it originates from the old Norse dialect >called Norn which was displaced by English. (Gaelic is not a language that >is native to Orkney). > >Regards >David, >Perth, WA > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <DMHINEY@aol.com> >To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 12:33 AM >Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Holm Questions > > >> Hello Everyone! >> >> I was wondering if anyone out there was familiar with Holm Orkney. My >great >> great grandfather William Campbell was a farmer of 100 acres in Deepdale >> Holm. He was listed in the 1881 and 1891 census I believe he died >sometime >> in the early 1900's. I was just curious if deepdale was the name of his >farrm >> or is it a village? I found it on a Mainland Orkney map and was wondering >is >> it still farm land or has it been developed? I hoping in the next year I >can >> get out there for a visit so that I can see where my family farmed. Also >can >> someone tell me what Quoy stands for. I see this alot on the Orkney map >was >> just curious of what it meant. >> >> Thanks Everyone >> >> Debbie >> Medford Oregon USA >> >> ______________________________ >