Forgot to say, my Grants are no relation whatsoever. That is my husbands line and they come from Grantown, Invernesshire. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Groat <groat@btinternet.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, 30 November 1999 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] GROAT SURNAME >Frankly I suppose the reply should be all Groats no matter what dates in >both Orkney and Caithness. My research is turning into a One Name study >really. My own links are proven in Longhope back to 1761 where the trail is >temporarily cold - until I get into the Kirkwall archives at Christmas I >hope. The offending ancestor being Magnus Groat m. Hellen Stephen ! I have >branches all over the place including New Zealand, Canada and other parts of >the UK. > >I am curious ! Are you one of the Groats who became a Grant? I found a >GEDCOM whilst browsing a genealogy site the other day giving the details of >a whole branch descended from a Malcolm Groat of South Ronaldsay whose >surname changed to Groat when he emmigrated.... these things are sent to >try us !! :-) > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Robert Grant <grantos@ozemail.com.au> >To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 10:51 AM >Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] GROAT SURNAME > > >> Hi Catriona, >> >> I was wondering which Groats you are interested and also what families >from >> Longhope and around what period of time. >> >> Jan >> Canberra, Australia >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Groat <groat@btinternet.com> >> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Monday, 29 November 1999 3:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [ORKNEY] Family Ties >> >> >> >Sarah >> > >> >Contact me off-list if you want copy of the information I have on Hourie, >> >which includes notes and locations of gravestones as well as photos of >farm >> >that Captain Hourie lived at etc. I checked this lot out on one of my >> >regular trips home, on behalf of someone else. You or anyone else is >> >welcome to what I have. >> > >> >Catriona >> > >> >(Interests: Groat; Baikie; Muir; Work; and many more Orkney names, >> >predominantly Rousay, Sanday and Longhope) >> > >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: Sarah Finlow-Bates <sunshinelady@ozemail.com.au> >> >To: <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:12 AM >> >Subject: [ORKNEY] Family Ties >> > >> > >> >> Hi, I have just been added to this list and wondered if anyone had >> >information on the HOWRIE/HOURIE family? My maiden name is HOWRIE and I >> >have been able to trace the family to the Orkneys back to the 1650s - I >> >haven't got anything like a family tree yet though and as I am new to all >> >this (and living in Australia) any snippets of information would be most >> >gratefully received. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Sarah >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > >