> Budge is a South Ronaldsay name but I think Kirkness is more of a Mainland > name. I don't remember seeing the name Kirkness in South Ronaldsay. But. > Heather, I am not at home right now and I don't have access to my records. Kirkness was a tunship in the West Mainland parish of Sandwick. -- Sigurd Towrie - Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney E-Mail: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Orkneyjar - The Heritage of Orkney: http://www.orkneyjar.com