Hi, Jan ~ Thank you for the information. I've come across some of your surnames in following the ancestral line I'm currently tracing: As of right now, I do not have confirmed starting information, so am just "cruising" web sources. I know only that my great-grandfather was a William Baikie of Orkney, who emigrated to Illinois, USA where my grandfather James Petrie Baikie was born in 1901. I'm assuming there was a Petrie in his line somewhere close, so have settled upon 2 William Baikies born in the appropriate timeframe as probables ancestors. From there I've traced back through the Custer list and using the LDS FamilySearch website. Much of the ancestor line that I'm following on the LDS site comes from work submitted by D.S. Armstrong in Australia (who I've not contacted yet). I'm waiting until I can confirm (through US sources) the exact name of my great-grandfather before I jump in any deeper than what is available online. The surnames I'm looking at right now are: Baikie, Petrie, Robson/Robertson, Malcomson, Dunnet, Nicholson, Sinclair, Gray, Wilson Linda Baikie Gee Fremont, California, USA Robert Grant wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond and Linda Gee <gees@home.com> > Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Longhope, Orkney > > >Can anyone tell me what parish Longhope is in, and what island it's on. > >Is there somewhere on the web an Orkney reference that lists the towns > >in each parish? And can anyone suggest what seaport someone emigrating > >from Orkney to America/Canada would take? I'm interested in searching > >passenger lists. Thank you. > > I was just wondering what surnames you are researching since most of my > family came from Longhope. My main line is Smith, with others being Rich, > Nicolson, Allan, Wilson, Robson, Cromarty, Thomson, Omand, Bruce, Stout and > Sinclair. The small strip of land between North and South Walls is called > The Nyre. > > Jan Grant > Canberra, Australia