Hi Norma While trying to get my PETRIE info into some kind of order and updated the following marriage caught my eye - Hellen Petrie c.30 Sep 1801 (parents John Petrie & Betsy Robertson) to Donald Petrie b.3 Jan 1799 (parents Alexander Petrie & Annie Robertson) on 8 May 1825. If I have the correct Hellen and Donald, then John and Alexander are not likely to be brothers as that would make H & D 1st cousins. But, if John and Alexander were cousins then H & D would be 2nd cousins. Could you check the marriage for me and see if anything is mentioned. Thanks Hazel

Hi everyone hoping you all have a nice time at the reunion. I found this South African War 1899-1900 list on the net: Name Rank PETRIE CHARLES non commissioned address: Lochland St. Abroath PETRIE EDWARD R. non comm address: West High street Forfar . PETRIE JOHN non comm Address: South Grimsby Abroath PETRIE WILLIAM non comm Address: Forfar. LDS Family History Cent. Film No 1426108 Monikie Scotland Valuation Roll 1904-05 PETRIE DAVID A. labourer proprietor Monikie house and garden Roll 58 PETRIE DAVID tenant Craigton Pendicle Roll 170 Some of Monikie Parish deaths are listed on this site http:www.monikiescotland.freeserve.co.uk/ah-monburtext.htm There are a few Petrie`s paying for mort. cloths e.g. Barbara Petrie 1804-4-15 James Petrie 1804-08-19 The Monikie Story by Rev.W.C.Chisholm also lists a Thomas Petrie on page 82 Stone MO8 Monikie graveyard. Hopes this helps some one If you do not get to the site by the address above I put in Scottish Parish records on line and it came up with quite a few. Katherine

Saw your message re the Petrie Gathering. We too are unable to attend due to distance and $$$, as we are in Sydney Australia. We are particularly interested in your reference to the FIFE Petries. Our Petrie line is also from Fife: Our earliest known event is the marriage of Robert Petrie and Christian Scott on 6th May 1763 at Collessie, and they had Robert b. 1763, Catherine b. 1765, David, 1767, James b. about 1767, Cecil b. 1773 and George b. 1782. James married Rachel Shields/Sheils/Shield in 1804 at Dysart, and they had William b. 1816 David b. 1818, and George Septimus b. 1821. The George Septimus makes us think there were other children but we have not to date found them. They appeared to be in the Dysart Pathhead area. George Septimus married Crawford Henderson and they had three children in Kirkcaldy before they migrated to Melbourne Australia in 1853. Do our Fife Petries coincide at all with yours, as we are currently orphans in the Petrie Group. We have sent an outline of our Petrie family to Norma for the Gathering, so you might see it later if it interests you. All the best Bill and Triss Waddingham ----- Original Message ----- From: Bette Dick <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 06 August, 2001 1:39 Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] The Gatheriing > I have just caught up with all the news of the Gathering and am sad that I > will not be able to attend even though I live only 40 mins drive away. I > have been a 'lurker' over recent months as I have done no new research to > contribute but hopefully my circumstances will allow me to be more > participative soon. I hope everyone enjoys themselves and look forward to > hearing all about it from your emails > > Bette Dick > (researching Fife Petries) >

Just wanted to wish you all well and hope you have a good time at the gathering. We are sorry that we cannot make it at the same time, but we will be in Scotland at the end of August for my niece's wedding. I look forward to hearing all about it! Josie and Annie (Kirkmichael Petrie's) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

I have just caught up with all the news of the Gathering and am sad that I will not be able to attend even though I live only 40 mins drive away. I have been a 'lurker' over recent months as I have done no new research to contribute but hopefully my circumstances will allow me to be more participative soon. I hope everyone enjoys themselves and look forward to hearing all about it from your emails Bette Dick (researching Fife Petries)

Clare found a Petrie stone in Glamis Parish Churchyard with which she is very loosely related. Her 2 or 3 x g aunt's daughter married a son of James Petrie and Jane Joss. inscription 1869 In memory of ALEXANDER PETRIE shoemaker who died 28 December 1863 aged 62 years and BARBARA GIBSON his wife who died 1 October 1867 aged 67 years their eldest son JAMES PETRIE Glen Ogilvy who died 9 July 1895 aged 69 years also JANE JOSS wife of JAMES PETRIE who died at Glen Ogilvy 7 September 1908 aged 77 years also ALEXANDER PETRIE shoemaker eldest son of the above JAMES PETRIE who died at Glen Ogilvy 9 November 1917 aged 64 years. It is situated under the branches of a tree, the sun was on the wrong side, so I will return soon to photograph it. Any relatives interested in it? Clare and Murray Nicoll

Woops !! Spot the mistake.... :o) Tay Valley have invited our folks to attend on Sunday 12th August !!! 1pm - 4 pm Cheers Norma

PETRIE of SCOTLAND GATHERING LATE NEWS :: I'll be posting this at the Gathering too, as many are already on their way..... :o) Delighted to let you know Tay Valley Family History Society have invited our Petrie Gathering participants for a private visit to use their Research Centre facilities on Sunday 14 August between 1pm and 4 pm, for those interested contact Murray & Clare Nicoll on Saturday morning in the Marryat Hall. Dundee Courier & Advertiser, which covers the Tayside area, ran an article in their newspaper on our Petrie Gathering yesterday..... the response has been wonderful, and my phone has been ringing constantly since with Petrie's planning to come and join us at our Public event..... call of the day was from Peggy Petrie age 86 ...she says she is "so excited to come along, she just can't wait to get there" she says "I knew every Petrie in Arbroath, 'cos it used to be just a wee place and we were all related....!!!" I for one am really looking forward to meeting Peggy !! :o) Edinburgh Dinner - Chef at Crowne Plaza has suggested since we have such a large number taking over his restaurant on Monday evening..... and to ensure he can serve our party within our time schedule for getting to the Tattoo, that we could have a Hot Buffet instead.... So on further negotiation !! :o) We will now have the "full selection" of choices from the original 3 course Table'Dhote menu ....available as a Hot Buffet, Chef will replenish the buffet throughout, so we can eat as much as we like.... we met half way with a new price of £12.50 per person. Just heard the Tall Ships participating in the Cutty Sark Race sail into Dundee 10th August 2001 and dock for 5 days......(must've knew we were coming :o) they will take to the water in full sail for a Sail Parade on Tuesday 14th.... Cheerio the noo Norma

Hello all fellow travellers We shall be leaving home on Monday, bound for Dumfries and then to Dundee on Friday. See you all there!!! Karen and Stephen

Hello to all of you who are coming to the City of Discovery, I wish you a safe and pleasant journey. There is an air of excitement around here and I am really looking forward to meeting new friends and chatting about backgrounds and such. Till we meet then, Tom Petrie PS Big brother of the said Gordon

Hi all, We just wish to take this opportunity of wishing you all a very happy gathering. We are just sorry that we cannot make it. Perhaps there may be further gatherings which we would love to attend. It is marvellous, the effort being made by you all to get there. A special note of thanks to Norma for the inception and organisation of the event. May we wish you all every success in your genealogical quests and hope that you all meet and make new friends. A safe journey to you all. Let's hope the weather is kind to you. Knowing Scottish hospitality, it is our guess, that a few tears will be shed at the end of the gathering. After all, we are all Jock Tamson's bairns. Once again, our heartfelt best wishes to you all. Rosemary (Petrie) and George Robb

For those of you who may be having trouble reading the Researchers List I posted to the web site File Cabinet, I have found a possible solution. There are 3 free downloads from Microsoft which will enable you to read the Works file in your Word program. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp? and choose the one you need: Works 2000 Converter for Word 2000 users Works 2000 Converter for Word 97 users Works 6.0 Converter for Works and Word users Once downloaded and installed to your hard drive, the Works file will automatically convert to Word and you'll be able to read it. Note that these downloads give you "read only" capability. You won't be able to create anything in Works. Hope this Works! :-) Karen

I am doing well, I am not even a week late :o)) First a belated birthday best wishes to Norma. And to all going to the gathering, have a great time. I think my son has finally realised his choice of wedding date has not gone down too well. Re the subject, can anyone give me any information on the 'St Andrews Immigration Society', or point me in the direction of information on it. Hundreds of families arrived in Tasmania under their auspices, including my ggparents in 1855. Thanks Denis Cheers from [email protected] THE TOP END OF DOWN UNDER HUMPTY DOO NT AUSTRALIA

-----Original Message----- From: Leon & Gillian Fox <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 2 August 2001 21:48 Subject: Margaret Gibson Dear Patricia, I might just get you... Kate has just written and seems to think that Margaret's parents are william Petrie and Isobel Godern.. maybe that really means Gordon! That's it for now, I am going to get her certificate while you are away then all will be revealed. have a great time and I know that you will. Gillian. I'll just try this on the Petrie site in case you haven't quite unsubscribed!

Hi everyone I am just about to unsubscribe as tomorrow we are Scotland bound. Thank you to all of you who wished us well and who can't be with us. I personally wish all of you could be there so we could meet and put a face to all the messages we see from day to day. I have the greatest intentions of taking lots of photos, but we will see how things progress. To all of you who haven't left yet - safe journey - see you there. Patricia (and Jack) Taggart Auckland New Zealand (30 hours flying to Scotland!!)

You will be surprised when you meet this "very young lady" - I felt like the "Old one " when I met her last summer. You wouldn't think of calling Norma Ma or any other maternal title. Barbara Petrie Sanborn Brewer, Maine Janine wrote: > As we get closer to our trip we must all remember something. Even though > most of us feel like Norma has become our Petrie mother, we can't call her > Ma or Mom at the gathering. > Janine > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > To send a message to everyone on this Petrie-Scotland List, our address is > [email protected]

Gordon Petrie wrote: > Hi to one and all from New Zealand, > > Just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a marvelous time-out > at the gathering. > > My brother Tom Petrie, who is residing in Dundee, will be attending the > gathering and I would just like you all to say hi from his wee brother > here in New Zealand. > > Have a great time and how I wish we were joining you all............... > > Gordon Petrie......................

As we get closer to our trip we must all remember something. Even though most of us feel like Norma has become our Petrie mother, we can't call her Ma or Mom at the gathering. Janine

You could try the carpark at Greenside Place, just off the roundabout at the top of Leith Walk, opposite John Lewis. Carole Redpath ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Thain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 12:20 AM Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Gathering Trip to Edinburgh - Monday 13 August 2001 > Hi Gang, > > Ok this is the final update for those taking the trip to Edinburgh...... > on Monday 13th August...... > > For our visit to the Records Office at New Register House, we have 27 > attending in total, some are starting at 9.00 am, others have opted for the > 1.00pm afternoon session. I have 9.00 am seats booked in the East Wing, > for the Petrie Genealogy group... you can arrive anytime between 9.00 am > and 10.00 am..... After 10.00 am the seat is lost and entry to use the > Records cannot be guaranteed ..... the 1.00 pm folks also know that they > cannot be guaranteed entry, as this is "peak season" for the Records Office. > > Do please let the staff know you are with the Petrie Group before they issue > your seat number & pass..... Since folks will be arriving at different > times we can just meet inside. Further information about the Records Office > and a map of how to get there can be found at > http://wood.ccta.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/findus > > You'll notice on the map that the Records Office is situated next door to > the National Archives for Scotland...this is where they hold the indexes for > Scottish Wills etc. Entry is free, if you are looking for a will....you > will need to know the exact death date.... if a will or inventory exists the > indexes will give you a little information, you can then if you wish order > copies of any that you are interested in, but be aware that this can prove > to be very expensive as they charge per page, and you have to wait a few > weeks before they can send it to you. > > Our Evening Dinner in Edinburgh has turned into quite an event in itself.... > as we have 37 attending but with it occurring at the same time as the > International Festival Fringe, it was difficult to find a place that would > take a group booking...!! > > However I have managed to book Dinner at 6.00 pm in the Carrubber's > Restaurant at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh...... > and got a great deal with them for a wonderful Table D'hôte Menu...they are > offering us 2 courses for 9 pounds 95 pence, or 3 courses for 14 pounds 95 > pence..... !!! See their website at > http://www.crowneplazaed.co.uk/dining_entertainment.html > > All venue's are situated perfectly for us to be able to walk from SRO, onto > the Royal Mile to the Crowne Plaza, and then onto Edinburgh Castle for the > Tattoo at 9.00 pm. > > Everyone has organised their own tickets for the Military Tattoo, so we will > likely say our goodbyes at the Gates of Edinburgh Castle, and wave to each > other throughout the show !!!!! :o) > > Despite it being our Summer time.....it can get cold at night .... some > visitors to the Tattoo have been known to arrive with Travel Rugs...Big > Coats, Umbrella's and a Thermos.... but it's worth it !!! :o) > > I cannot find any information on location of car parking facilities in > Edinburgh City Centre, and metered parking would be unsuitable and very > expensive for the day....perhaps someone else on the List could give best > advice ?? > > Well that's it...the Final, Final Update.... just need you all to turn up > now !! :o) Although whilst sending these out I have discovered some have > left and are here in Scotland already..... woops !!! :o) I'll get > copies made up for them.... :o) > Meanwhile, have a safe & pleasant journey.... > See you soon !!! :o) > > Cheerio the noo > Norma > > > ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== > Checkout the Petrie Querie Board & Petrie Resource Page on the WWW > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pet/Petrie >

> Hi Janine > > OK. You asked for this :0) > > In the Blue corner, representing the famous Kirkmichael Petries, we are > Karen with husband Stephen, daughter Rachel and son Neil. Travelling North > from Doncaster, (home of the Flying Scotsman!) Yorkshire, to Dundee, via a > short break in Dumfries. > > Looking forward to seeing y'all, folks!! :0) :0) > > KAren, RAchel, NEil, STephen > >