Hi Shyama, Thanks for the offer re Census records. Yes I have used the Census records before and have found all the direct descendants. However I am trying to branch out on the lines of brothers and sisters to see who they married, etc. Also I am stuck at the marriage of Donald Smith and Jean Allen in 1731. Donald Smith was born around 1706 in Caithness and I haven't been able to find a birth for him. I also do not have parents for Jean Allen. I actually have the 1851 census for Walls and Flotta at home and the 1841 is in the Society Library, the others I have ordered from the LDS at various times. Re my Sinclairs moving down south - These are the names and dates I have recorded in my tree, I don't know where they ended up. 3. 1885 – Johanna Nicolson, b. 16.7.1885, d. 13.6.1963 in Brims, Walls and Flotta, Orkney + Alexander Sinclair m. ?, b. 1882, d. 2.12.1958 4. 1903 - Helen (Nellie) Wilson Sinclair, b. 1903 + Peter McLellan, m. ? 5. 1930 – WilliamMcLellan, b. 1930, d. 4.1.1953 (drowned in Spain) 5. Delphine McLellan + James Muncie 6. Noreen Muncie 6. Patricia Muncie 6. William Muncie 4. 1905 – Edith Anne Marwick Sinclair, b. 1905 + William Gray 5. Albert Gray + Teresa 6. Coleen + Maxwell Rennie 7. 1975 – Maxine Rennie, b. 2.12.1975 5. – Alison Gray + John Milton 5. Edwin Gray + Hilary ? 6. Andrew Gray 6. Richard Gray 4. 1906 – John Alexander Sinclair, b. 1.7.1906, d. 28.9.1987 + Anne McGregor 5. Ian Alexander Sinclair + Ida Muir 6. Kay Sinclair, b. 6.1970? + John Craigie, m. 10.1988 6. Gillian Anne Sinclair, b. 1974? 6. Grieg Alexander Sinclair, b. 31.10.1976 6. Carol Sinclair, b. 1980? 5. Eileen Sinclair + John Campbell 4. 1908 – James Sinclair, b. 9.4.1908 (never married) 4. 1910 – Walterina (Ina) Nicolson Sinclair, b. 29.3.1910, d. 13.1.1986 (never married) 4. ? Agnes Sinclair + James Sutherland 5. James Sutherland + Sheila Kemp 6. (Two children) 5. May Sutherland + Bert Bruce 6. (Three children) 5. Lawrence Sutherland + Elaine Allen (div.) 4. ? - Elizabeth Isabel Sinclair, d. as infant at Saltness, Orkney. 4. ? - Margaret Jane Wilson Sinclair 5. Joyce Sinclair, b. 1941 + George Blair 6. (Three children) 4. 1919 - Wilson Nicolson Sinclair, b. 1919 + (1)? 5. (a son) + (2)? 4. ? – Lilian Harriet Groat Sinclair + Ben Adams 5. 1952 – James Sinclair Adams, b. 7,1952 + Jennifer Reid, m. 1984. 4. Johanna Nicolson Sinclair (d. 1978) + Alexander Hill 5. June Hill, b. 7.1946 + ? 6. Son 6. Daughter 5. David John Nicolson Hill 5. Brian Stanley Hill, b. 1952 5. Alexander Hill 4. 1930 – George Stanley Sinclair, b. 1930 + ? 5. Daughter 5. Daughter I have recently corresponded with David John Nicolson Hill who is from Inverness and sent him details of my tree so he maybe able to fill in more gaps of the Sinclairs. Let me know if you think any of the dates and names are relevant. Regards, Jan -----Original Message----- From: Shyama Peebles <shyama@gold.net.au> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, 17 April 1999 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] SMITHS FROM WALLS AND FLOTTA >Jan have you got or have you looked at the Orkney >Census microfiche - if not I have almost a full set >and could look them up for you if you gave me >names & dates & place as they are all on separate >fiche >Shyama Western Australia >-----Original Message----- >From: Robert Grant <grantos@ozemail.com.au> >To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, 15 April 1999 23:51 >Subject: [ORKNEY-L] SMITHS FROM WALLS AND FLOTTA > > >>I have been meaning to ask if anyone knows anything about the Smith's from >>Hoy, Walls and Flotta. Being such a common surname I thought lots of people >>would be searching for Smiths.However, I have had more luck with the >>Nicolsons. I am interested in the descendants of Donald Smith, born in >>Caithness who married Jean Allen in December 1731 in Longhope, Walls. My >>direct line of descendants for each generation since have been Benjamin's >>with one James in 1763. They have been Blacksmith's at Hurliness and >>Longhope for as far back as I can ascertain. The Benjamin's married >Margaret >>Wilson c. 1756, Elspeth Robson c 1788, Isabella Thomson in 1850, Isabella >>Nicolson in 1879 and the James married Marjory Wilson in 1788. Any >>information on any of these lines would be appreciated. >>Jan Grant, Canberra, Australia >> >> >> >> > >