> 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 Linda, Don't assume that there is a Petrie in your line because of a middle name. My great grandfather was James Christie Craigie and his father was (coincidentally) William Baikie Craigie, and through research have discovered that there are no Christies or Baikies in their ancestry. Sometime children's middle names came from friends of the family or local individuals of some esteem rather than from family members. Bill Teschek teschek@tiac.net