Hi Evelyn, I have William's and George's in my Petrie line also. What I have so far is: William PETRIE was married in Banchory Devenick Kincardineshire in 1778 to Isobel Davidson. They had the following children: George (c 1779 Banchory Devenick); John (c 1781 Monymusk); William (c 1783 Monymusk - 1856 Badentoy); James (c 1785 Alford - 1856 buried Tarves); Alexander (c 1788 Kintore)& Catherine (b 1792 Kintore - 1860 Aberdeen). William PETRIE was a meal miller. I have no idea as to who his parents were or where or when he was born. I am looking forward to the Scottish Burial Indexes being released so that perhaps I can get a few more leads. I believe that he was still alive in 1817 when his daughter Catherine (my 3 x great grandmother) married - at that time he was a `Miller in Aberdeen'. I do not know if they actually mean Aberdeen or Aberdeenshire. With his first son being called George, I would assume that Williams father was also a George - if the family followed the Scottish naming pattern. I look forward to hearing from you. Kate Gold Coast, Australia -----Original Message----- From: Evelyn Melville [mailto:evelyn@evelynmelville.wanadoo.co.uk] Sent: Friday, 8 April 2005 5:56 To: PETRIE-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Petrie-Scotland] Petrie Connections Hi I too am finding the site very quiet but hope to do some research during the holidays. I have just found a George Petrie born 1791 to parents George Petrie and Helen Innes at Old Machar Aberdeen. I have been searching for a link to the Petries in South Ronaldsay as my Greatgrandfather moved from there to Fife and his father was William and I thought his father and mother was the above George and Helen, either coincidence or there are two. Evelyn from Fife PS will put Evelyn (Fife) as there are now two of the name ==== PETRIE-SCOTLAND Mailing List ==== To send a message to everyone on this Petrie-Scotland List, our address is Petrie-Scotland-L@rootsweb.com