G'day Caroline, I've checked my indexes to the 1851 Census of Orkney for all parishes except Shapinshay, Stronsay and Westray which I've yet to index. I didn't find any Andrew Tait aged 4, the nearest being a 13 year old in South Ronaldshay. Incidentally my index to Sanday should be going for microfiching this week, and so available for distribution in a week or so. (Hermes Precisa have sometimes done the microfiching in as little as 48 hours of my walking in off the street with my file !! Excellent service by a large national company to a small customer). Cheers from Perth, David "Could anyone please help me link the Surnames "Tait" and "Smellie". My GGGrandfather's name is Andrew Smellie Tait and I know that he was named after someone..... but I'm not sure who. Ackwarding to the 1881 census his mother was Margaret Wick. The Andrew in question was born on the 14.Jan.1847 and died 1911."