Hi Janine Mum received a christmas card from a relation Mabel Eunson who still lives in the Orkneys and reckons that Joseph Petrie came from Caithness to Burray and then to Flotta where he married Christina Shearer work, I do have a census from Burray that puts him and his wife and first daughter in the same house as the wifes father but will have to look up the records for which one. Christina was her grandfather's sister. We also have another relation from the Work family who still lives in the family home in Hoy his name is Willie Groat. Unfortunatley Mabel does not have a computer but is very interested in the family tree. Evelyn ======================================== Message Received: Dec 29 2005, 01:35 AM From: "Janine" To: PETRIE-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: RE: [Petrie-Scotland] Roots Hi Evelyn In my own research I have felt that they came from Caithness first also but can't get the proof. So what is the new lead that you got? Janine -----Original Message----- From: Evelyn Melville [mailto:evelyn@evelynmelville.wanadoo.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:34 PM To: PETRIE-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Roots Merry Christmas all I have been given a lead from one of my Orkney relations who thinks my G Grandfather was from Caithness and went to the Orkneys Evelyn from Fife ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== Need Assistance.... your Petrie-Scotland List Administrator is Norma Thain... contact her at Norma.Thain@btinternet.com ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== Need Assistance.... your Petrie-Scotland List Administrator is Norma Thain...contact her at Norma.Thain@btinternet.com