I wonder in relation to your request for world-wide place names, what constitutes an Orkney surname? Surnames of interest: Sutherland - Kirkpatrick - Ballenden(Ballantine) - Shearer - Cromartie - Mcleod - Barnetsone ************************************************* Robert James Sutherland, Ph.D. Professor Depts of Psychology, Neuroscience, & Physiology (UNM) Dept of Psychology & Neuroscience (Adjunct,ULethbridge) Science Advisor, New Mexicans for Science and Reason Head, Behavioral Neuroscience Area Logan Hall, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161 Phone: (505)277-4870, 4871, or 4628 Fax: Lab (505)277-4628; Office (505)277-1394 *************************************************