At 06:38 PM 8/1/99 -0400, you wrote: >> As a new subscriber to the group, does the Orkney >> also cover the Shetland Islands. >> Derek Sharpe > Derek, This list is dedicated to Orkney, that doesn't mean Shetland is a forbidden topic it just means that people who signed up for this list did so because Orkney is their area of interest, some may have ancestors that came to Orkney from Shetland, I understand it was uncommon for Orcadians to emigrate to Shetland, but it has happened. There doesn't appear to be a Shetland list but there is a Shetland query board at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Shetland Regards, Anne Rendall Volunteer list owner Orkney-L and host of Orkney Gen Web http://www.rendall.net/orkney/ Surname interests include: Westray Rendalls, Stevensons, Seatters, Coopers, Reids, and others.