At 11:57 PM 8/8/99 -0400, you wrote: >PETRIE, PETRY F, dim ' PETER/PATRICK' Scots Gaelic forms. > > >I've checked back in my files and, on 26 November '98 I posted a query to a >Sharon who had referred to a book.. > > GREGOR LAMB'S ORKNEY SURNAMES > >If Sharon is still on the list, perhaps she could fill us in on that book and >it's availability? > > > Bill, It was me, I was posting info from Gregor Lamb's book. I had the book on a long loan from a family member and finally returned it. The archives of the list are searchable, you can find other references to your surnames of interest at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl enter the name of the list Orkney-L hit return, then when you reach the next page enter your query I may have offered a listing on the name from Mr. Lamb's book previously. Anne Rendall