Hello Carole Many thanks for this further information on your Petrie families. Yes anyone can go to SRO (New Register House) - it costs 17.00 pounds for entry from 9.00 am - 4.30 pm They have a good guide at their website at ....... http://wood.ccta.gov.uk/grosweb/grosweb.nsf/pages/famrec A group of 25 of us are going to SRO on 13th August, we will be sitting together as a group....and would be delighted to have you join us if you can. For the noo Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carole Redpath" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [Petrie-Scotland] Carole Redpath - Petrie's of Arbroath > Dear Norma, thanks for all this information. My grandmother was Georgina > Kydd, James' second wife. James was 65 when my father was born. There was > another child too, Amy who was born on 1921. > I'd be very pleased to have the transcriptions. > There are relativesof Arnold Petrie, the one who died in the First World > War, in Invercargill. There is John Petrie and his sister Joyce. I think > they must be the children of Arnold's brother. > Can you advise me about going to the Scottish Records Office. Can anyone go > and pay a fee to search the records? > I'd love to meet up on the 13 August and may be able to coem to the > gathering too. > Thanks for all your help, > Carole Redpath