Bill Does your book have the name Petrie in it??? Janine -----Original Message----- From: Grndwtr@aol.com [SMTP:Grndwtr@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 11:24 AM To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: (was Re: [ORKNEY-L] Re: Orkney Surname - ISBISTER) I have a copy of the "Penguin Dictionary of Surnames" first published in 1967...it lists "Isbister as: "L 'estuary/more easterly/outermost farm settlement' ON; four places in Orkney(also found in Shetland), and a typical Orkney and Shetland surname, including that of the first civilian casualty of the Second World War." Bill Groundwater Tucson, AZ