Hi Pat ~ This is the website for the Hudson's Bay Company Archives: > www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/index.html Follow the link to "Reference Inquiries" and then follow the directions for submitting inquiries. They were not able to find the two men I was inquiring about, but sent me what they had on BAIKIE anyway. Their answer came via email in about 3 weeks. Now, a question for you: Do you know of any BAIKIEs in your area. I'm trying to solve the mystery of 3 brothers, Daniel, Thomas, and William Baikie, who perished together shortly after immigrating with their father and 2 other brothers to Hamilton, Ontario. Records show the date and place of their death as: "Lake Ontario, Oswego, New York" on July 20, 1855. Regards, Linda Pat Price Flatt wrote: > > Good morning, Linda:---could you send me the addresss of where > to contact the HBC as my FLATTS came from Kirkwall, Orkney Isles > and worked for the Hudson Bay Co. transporting prisoners across > Canada and settled here in Ontario. > Very interesting, thanks for sharing, > Pat from Canada where I confuse the dead and irritate the living! > > ---------- > > From: Linda Baikie Gee <gees@home.com> > > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ORKNEY-L] HBC INFO RECEIVED: BAIKIE, ROBERTSON, MOWAT, RENDALL > ... > > Date: Saturday, June 19, 1999 2:28 AM > > > > When the Hudson's Bay Company Archives sent me information on BAIKIES > > who had been recruited from Orkney, they also sent a bonus -- a list of > > some seventeen other men who worked for the HBC during the period > > 1792-1808. I have the Hudson's Bay Company reference numbers so that you > > can contact them for additional information. Plus, I can send you what > > details I have: > > > > BAIKIE: Thomas - Birsay, Orkney Served 1858-1875 > > Andrew - Costa, Evie, Orkney Served 1804-1822, age 28? > > John - Walls, Orkney Served 1851-1861 > > George -- Entered service 1807, age 37 > > > > ROBERTSON: > > David Entered: 1797, age 31 > > James 1792, age 41 > > Thomas 1808, age 20 > > John 1804, age 25 > > > > ROBINSON, George 1807, age 43 > > > > MOWAT: James 1803, age 49 > > William 1809 > > > > RENDALL, George 1808, age 21 > > Magnus 1807, age 39 > > > > ARTHUR, Magnus 1808, age 24 > > > > JOHNSTON, Thomas 1808, age 24 > > > > HARPER: Peter 1807, age 31 > > William 1803, age 41 > > > > BALLENDEN, John 1807, 28 years > > > > I have no idea if these men were all from Orkney, if they worked > > together, or what -- they were listed below the service record of Andrew > > Baikie (described in HBCA's records as, "An excellent and trustworthy > > man".) > > > > Linda > > > > P.S. Thanks again to Ron Garson who first put me on to the HBCA > > P.P.S. If you want me to send you the attaments HBCA sent me, first let > > me know whether you have Windows '95 or Windows '97 -- and if you have > > neither, I'll send them anyway and we'll see what happens! > >